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Volstead Act
The Volstead Act/ National Prohibition Act provided enforcement for the 18th amendment, which makes the manufacturing and selling of alcoholic beverages not legal. -
Census revealed 50% urban population
That means that 50% of the people that live in the United States live's in an Urban/city area. This is important because that shows that half of the people that live in America are in cities in 1920s. -
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance was the rising of African American culture in Harlem, New York. It was when the music, arts, the fashion of African American culture. -
Universal Negro Improvement Association (Marcus Garvey)
The Universal Negro Improvement Association was created by Marcus Garvey. He was an influencer for African Americans in the north. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment was the most important event in women's history. This amendment allowed women in the united states to vote in elections or on anything really. -
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan was a plan that was an agreement with allies and Germany. It was to help Germany to pay for reparation. -
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act was to limit the number of immigrants that are allowed in the United States. -
Scopes Trial
The scopes trial also known as the Scopes Monkey. John Scopes was a teacher in a Tennessee public school when he was teaching his students about evolution, the next day he was charged with violating the Butler act. -
Transatlantic Flight
It when John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic ocean that lasted 16 hours. -
The Jazz Singer
"The Jazz Singer" was an American musical film. It the first long picture film with a star singing and peaking in the film. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
It was an agreement that was attempting to eliminate the war of national policy. It was a way to prevent WWll. -
Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market Crash was when many people were taking out loans from the banks, and the banks were losing money. -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
On St. Valentine's day, there was mass murder by gang members in Chicago. It was a gang war between Al Capone and Bugs Moran and they both wanted control of smuggling and selling dugs. -
Bonus Army
the Bonus Army was veterans that were promised to be paid for their service. But they never got paid. -
“Hundred Days”
It the first 100 days of Franklin D.Roosevelt's presidency. It also knows refers as the beginning of politicians tern in Office. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennesse Valley Authority was to help control floods, improve living standards for farmers and everyone, and get electricity across Tennesse. -
Emergency Banking Relief Act
It was a federal law that was passed in 1933 to help the nation's banking system. This act made the people trust in the banks again. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
It was an event that normal civilians voluntarily to help improve public land. Men ages between 18 and 25 would enlist into different categories of job to help parks and forest. -
Federal Emergency Relief Act
It was an act for states that needed relief and federal aid. It was apart of the New Deal act. -
National Industrial Recovery Act
It was a law that passed congress and signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt to enforce the regulation of fair wages, fair competition. -
Public Works Administration
It was an administration that people at the age of 18 - 25 volunteer with public works. They would work on helping the parks, build dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools. -
Civil Works Administration
It was a sub-division of the Federal Emergency Relief. This hired both men and women to work. -
U.S. off gold standard
The government and President Richard Nixon announced that America will not use gold as the fixed value of money. That means that -
Second New Deal
The second New Deal was when President Franklin D Roosevelt was more focused on social justice and plans for unemployment, and helping with the elderly, disabled of the citizens. -
Social Security Act
It benefits for people that were victims of industrial accidents, insurance of people that are not unemployed, aid-dependent for mother and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped. -
Jesse Owens wins four gold medals
Jesse Owens wins 100m, 200m, 4x100 relay, and the long jump. He broke the nine Olympic records and set three world recods. -
Neutrality Act (Cash and Carry)
The ban on loans remained in effect. It ended the arms of the embargo. It was to make sure the United States do not go to war. -
Destroyers for Bases Deal
It was a deal made by the U.S and the UK to transfer fifty mothballed destroyers from the U.S Navy in exchange for the right to own land in British possessions. -
Lend-Lease Act
Congress approved President Roosevelt the authority to give materials to help aid Europe that was at war. He provided ammunition, tanks, airplanes, water, and food. -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bomb pearl harbor because they did not what the United States interfering with Southeast Asia. The bomb was on Oahu Island, Hawaii. -
Midway
It was the victory in Midway island. The united states Navy had launched a surprise attack on the Japanese and the U.S navy won. -
Rationing Begins
The government began rationing certain food in the United States. Some examples are sugar, coffee, meat, canned fish, cheese, and canned milk. -
D-Day
It was a code that was used to indicate any important invasions or military operations. -
Korematsu v. United States
At his time there was an order to eclude all of the citizens that japanesse or decent. Fred Korematsu was a son of Japanese immigrants, he violated the order of exclusion that made them to subit and to recolate during the war. -
Yalta Conference
It was a conference in Ukraine, Yalta they were talking about world war 2. The President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph. -
V-E Day
V-E means, Victory in Europe. It was a day that they celebrate the defeat of the Nazi's war machine that they had -
Potsdam Conference
was held near Berlin. It was a conference when president Truman telling Stalin that the United States has detonated the first bomb in Hiroshima. -
V-J Day
V-J means, Victory in Japan. It is when they officially when Japan surrendered from a sic year old war. -
Iron Curtain Speech
It was a speech that the British prime minister Winston Churchill. He wanted people to know that the United States and Britain will act as peacemakers and stability against Soviet communism. -
Containment Policy
It was to help stop communism to spread to Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam. -
Marshall Plan
It is also known as the European Recovery Program. It was made to provide aid to the West of Europe. They provided more than $15 billion dollars to help. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman pledged that the United States would help with political, military, and economic to any nation that was democratic. -
China Goes Red
It is when the United States cut off all ties with China. The reason is that China fell as a communist. -
NATO Formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization that the United States, Canada, and serval Western European nation created. It was to provide security against the Soviet Union. -
Korean War Begins
The Korean war started when North Korean troops went across to South Korea. North Korea wanted South Korea and try to make Korea a single country with communisms. -
Alger Hiss Convicted
Alger Hiss was a part of the government in American. He was accused to be a spy for the Soviet Union. He was found guilty. -
Rosenberg’s Convicted of Espionage
Ethel was convicted of Espionage (spying) on the unites states. He was passing information about the secrets of the atomic bomb during and after the war. -
McCarthy Allegations
McCarthy time period was when Senator. Joseph McCarthy was accusing many Americans of being communists. -
Domino Theory
The Domino Theory was a Cold War policy. It was a policy that suggested that a government that has communists in a nation was going to infect the other neighboring states, and they will all fall like dominoes. -
SEATO Formed
It is the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization and it was formed by the United States, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Phillippines, Thailand, and Pakistan. it was made to prevent communisms. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
It was a civil rights protest because African Americans refused to ride the city busses in Montgomery. It was a part of the Civil Rights Movements to change laws to have equal rights regardless of race in the United States. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley became famous. He was setting records, he was on TV, in Movies theaters, and also had live concerts. he had 3 singles that his #1 in charts. -
Sputnik I
Sputnik 1 was a satellite that was launched into space in Russia. Its primary goal was to send radio and tracking the earth's orbit. It was the very first artificial sattilite into space -
Berlin Crisis
During the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. The Soviet Union was dividing Germany and the city of Berlin. That caused the construction of the Berlin wall in 1961 -
U-2 Incident
The Soviet Union shot down an American spy plane. The Soviet Union arrested the pilot. -
Bay of Pigs
During this time Cold war was helping to prevent communism. The Bay of pig was an invasion planned by the United States to Cuba, The President of Cuba Fidel Castro was a communist and he was working with the Soviet Union. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a very dangerous conflict. The United States and the Soviet Union were having a standoff, that almost involved many Nuclear Bombs on Cuban territory. -
James Meredith (University of Mississippi)
James Meredith was an African American man that wanted to enroll in college. The University of Mississippi was a white-only school, James Meredith became the very first African American to go to this University. -
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gideon was accused of robbery and he took his case to the supreme court. He could not afford a lawyer, the Supreme Court said that states are required to defense attorneys if they charged with serious crimes. -
Civil Rights Act
The act made people of a different races, colors, sex, or national origin was given the right to vote, the right to get employment, and to go to any school. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It was granting President Johnson to any action that is needed to have international peace and security in southeast. -
Great Society
it was a society that had more than 60 programs that helped people that are living in poverty. -
Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona was a supreme court case that ruled that defendants have the right to have an attorney when they are being questioned. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American that serves as a justice in the Supreme Court of the United States. -
MLK
Martian Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist. He made a speech that made a turning point for civil rights. -
Tet Offensive
It was a planned attack by the North Vietnamese to attack the South of Vietnam. It was an attempt to form a rebellion among the south. and that made the U.S to not get involved with the vitamin war. -
My Lai Massacre
It was part of the Vietnam war. When American soldiers attacked and kill about 500 innocents, civilians, in the village of My Lai. -
MLK Jr. Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in his room at the Lorraine Motel located in Memphis on the second floor. -
SALT
Strategic Arms Limitations Talks was in agreement with the ABM Treaty to lessen the threat of making a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Massive Demonstrations Against Vietnam War
There were many protests that the American people did not want to get involved with in the Vietnam war. -
Kent State Shooting
In the Kent States University, they were student protesting/ demonstrators about the Vietnam war. Ohio's National Guards open fire into the crowd and killed 4 students and injured 9 others. -
Nixon Opens Relation with China
The president of the United States Richard Nixon went to visit the Republic of China. The United States and china regain relation of trade with China and also removed china as a foe with the Soviet Union. -
Nixon Resigns
He is the first president to resign from office. He resigned after the Watergate scandal. -
South Vietnam Falls to Communists
The Republic of Vietnam turned to communist. It was the end of the Vietnam war. North Vietnam won over the South. -
American Hostages in Iran Released
Iran had American soldiers as hostages. There 53 hostages and they were let fear after 444 days after Ronald Reagan became the new president. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
It was an anti-ballistic missile program. It was madly made to shoot down nuclear missiles. It was also called the "Star Wars program" -
Iran-Contra Arms Deal
It was a secret U.S arms deal that they would trade missiles and weapons in order to to green some Americans that are being held hostage. And they would use the funds to help the conflict in Nicaragua -
Fall of Berlin Wall
It was when they knocked down the wall that separated Germany from the city of Berlin. That when Germany became one. -
Germany Reunified
It is when the East and west side of Germany was reunited as one. It would effectively mark the end of the Cold War. -
Operation Desert Storm
It was an operation that the unites states would attack in the air. This was the beginning of the Gulf War. -
Breakup of the USSR
The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev decided to allow elections to the public and that began the slow process of the democrazation.