20th century

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    Spanish-American War( April 1898 – August 1898)

    A conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor in Cuba leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
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    Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
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    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg(1915-1953)

    United States citizens who were executed under the auspices of committing espionage for the Soviet Union. They were accused of selling the United States' top secret plans for building a nuclear bomb to the Soviet Union.
  • The Birth of a Nation (1915)

    The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed and co-produced by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon Jr. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay, and co-produced the film. It was released on February 8, 1915.
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    Red Scare

    A "Red Scare" 1917-1920 is the promotion by a state or society of widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. In the United States, the First Red Scare, which occurred immediately after World War I, revolved around a perceived threat from the American labor movement, anarchist revolution and political radicalism.
  • Flappers

    a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior.
  • The League of Nations(10 January 1920)

    was an intergovernmental organization founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.
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    Malcolm X(1925-1965)

    Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and later also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister, racist and human rights activist.
  • The Great Gatsby (Novel)(April 10, 1925)

    a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan.
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    Martin Luther King, Jr(1929-1968)

    Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.
  • Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars.
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    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
  • Medicare and Medicaid(1965)

    Medicare is a federal program that provides health coverage if you are 65 or older or have Social Security
  • Watergate (June 17, 1972)

    was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. in 1972 and President Richard Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement
  • Jimmy Carter’s Energy Crisis(1979)

    Oil crisis or oil shock occurred in the United States due to decreased oil output in the wake of the Iranian Revolution.
  • Reaganomics(1980s)

    the economic policies of the former US president Ronald Reagan, associated especially with the reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free-market activity.
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    Iran-Contra Scandal(Aug 20, 1985 – Mar 4, 1987)

    The Iran–Contra affair, also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or the Iran–Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration.
  • September 11, 2001

    The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.