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Theodore Roosevelt
The coolest president ever, Theodore Roosevelt served as the 26th President of the United States from September 14th, 1901 to March 14th, 1909. He was also a war hero and exceptional writer and naturalist. -
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Spanish-American War
The war starring the coolest US President Theodore Roosevelt, the Spanish-American War only lasted about 4 months and the Spanish got completely squashed and had to give up all of their island colonies, some to the US, and some were given independence. -
The Birth of a Nation
A really really racist movie that white people really liked. It did some really neat stuff with film techniques but still insanely backwards that it was looking back at the Medieval Ages. -
Social Security
Originally issued to workers so they could have a bank to save part of their wages, now nearly everyone in the US today has a social security number, and is now required to do many things, such as getting a job. -
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Red Scare
Occurring after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, in reaction to the leftist Russia against the extremely patriotic countries of the WW1 era. -
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League of Nations
The League of Nations was made to prevent wars and other conflicts through collective security and disarmament, acting as a platform to negotiate conflicts, and dealing with other things like labor, drugs, health etc. It dissolved after WW2 due to becoming unstable and was replaced with the United Nations of today. -
Harlem Renaissance
Based in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City, the Harlem Renaissance is often seen as as a rebirth of African-American arts, culture and social ideas. -
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Flappers
Young woman of the Roaring Twenties and Jazz Age, who dressed in short skirts, with hair cut in bobs and doing things that a young woman wouldn't do, like smoking, driving, etc. -
The Great Gatsby (Novel)
Set during the 1920s on Long Island, the main character James Gatsby is a young and mysterious millionaire who's story explores the life style around the Roaring Twenties and the downsides of the American Dream. -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
One of the most well known Civil Rights leaders in America, King lead peaceful protests and meetings to gain equal rights for African Americans in the US. -
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
A American couple, the Rosenbergs were accused and executed for selling information on atomic bombs and other US plans to the Soviet Union. -
Medicare and Medicaid
Government programs to help the United States people in paying for medical services, started in 1978 and 1965, and serve the elderly and people/families with limited income respectively. -
"Fat Man and Little Boy"
"Fat Man and Little Boy" is a film that reenacts the Manhattan Project of the 1940s that developed the bombs later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.