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Declaration of Independence
The document that separated the US from Great Britain -
E Pluribus Unum
Latin for "Out of many, one" it is a traditional motto of the United States -
U.S. Constitution
is the supreme law of the United States of America -
Bill of Rights
the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. -
Susan B. Anthony
an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement -
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth -
Sanford B. Dole
A descendant of the American missionary community to Hawaii, Dole advocated the westernization of Hawaiian government and culture. -
Jane Addams
an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author. -
an American sociologist, socialist, historian and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
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Eminent Domain
The U.S. Supreme Court first examined federal eminent domain power in 1876 its the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. -
Spanish-American War
he Spanish–American War was a period of armed conflict between Spain and the United States. -
Expansionism & Imperialism
Expansionism is defined as a policy to increase a country's size by expanding its territory, while imperialism can be defined as a policy of extending a country 's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. -
Upton Sinclair
best-known novel was "The Jungle" which was an expose of the appalling and unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry. -
16th Amendments
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. -
17th amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. -
establishment of the National Park System
an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational properties with various title designations. -
18th amendment
prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors -
19th amendment
prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex -
Harlem Renaissance
e was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. -
Lost Generation (artists)
"Lost" in this context refers to the "disoriented, wandering, directionless" spirit of many of the war's survivors in the early postwar period. -
American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. -
Immigration Act of 1924
limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota -
dust bowl
was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent the aeolian processes caused the phenomenon. -
1930s - characteristics of the decade
The decade was defined by a global economic and political crisis that culminated in the Second World War. It saw the collapse of the international financial system, beginning with the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the largest stock market crash in American history. -
Japan annexation of Korea and invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
was a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937 -
The Mexican Repatriation was the repatriation and deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans to Mexico from the United States during the Great Depression between 1929 and 1939
The Mexican Repatriation was the repatriation and deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans to Mexico from the United States during the Great Depression between 1929 and 1939 -
Bataan Death
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Pampanga, the prisoners being forced to march despite many dying on the journey. -
German annexation of Austria and Sudetenland invasion of Czechoslovakia
The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by the end of 1944 extended to all parts of Czechoslovakia. -
Nuremberg Trials
The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries and other crimes in World War II -
In God We Trust
"In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States and of the U.S. state of Florida. It was adopted by the U.S. Congress in 1956 -
Tin Pan Alley
was a collection of music publishers and songwriters in New York City which dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.