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Industrialization and Progressivism
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Foreign Affair from Imperialism to Post WWI
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Prosperity, Depression, and the New Deal
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League of Nations: (LON)
The League of Nations is the world's first international security organization goes into operation. In the LON, the United Staes does not join. The LON was created to resolve any internatioal disputes between countries. -
People are Unemployed
More than 3.2 million people are unemployed in the nation which is up from 1.5 million in October. People were losing theor jobs due to the Great Depression and there was no way they could be paid and no reason for people to be working. -
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From Isolationism to World War
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"Bonus" Pay for the Service
In order to collect their bonus pay for being in the service, 15,000-25,000 WWI veterans gather and begin to set up encampments near the White House and the Capitol in Washington, D.C. On June 15. However, the bill fell to defeat in the Senate, 62 to 18. Still, the veterans maintained their determination to stay camped out until they were to get their pay. -
Neutrality Acts
passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. They were sought to ensure that the US would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts. -
Cash and Carry
Cash and Carry was created to replace the Nuetrality Acts. Cash and Carry was proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt. It was defeated repeatedly by the Senate and the House on more than one occasion as Isolationists feared that passing the bill would draw the US into the conflict in Europe. -
Lend-Lease
The Lend-Leas ewas created to supplyy the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material during World War II. A total of $50.1 billion worth of supplies were shipped, -
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The Cold War
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Social Transformation in the United States
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Warsaw Pact formed
The Warsaw Pact was formed byT he Soviet Union and Communist nations in Eastern Europe. The Warsaw Pact was focused on the objective of creating coordinated defenses among its member nations in order to prevent any enemy attacks that come their way. -
U.S. lands first man on moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man to ever set foot on the moon. Apollo 11 was the rocket that took Armstrong to the moon and was the "first manned lunar landing" -
Reagan and Gorbachev sign treaty
The treaty that Reagan and Gorbachev designed was to eliminate the U.S. and Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe. Gorbachev's offer(signing wityhout delay) led to a breakthrough and eventually, the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in December 1987. -
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United States and the Post-Cold War World
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Bush elected for President
George W. Bush was elected President. The election was one of the closest and most controversial elections in United States history. In the beginning of his term, his administration approved education reform and a large across-the-board tax cut aimed at stimulating the economy. -
Obama becomes President
Barack Obama won the election ni 2008 and was the first African American preident ever. During his first term, he removed combat troops from Irq. -
Defense of Marriage Act
The Supreme Court struck down this act.
