Screenshot 2022 05 09 10.02.27 am

us history

By 802937
  • “E Pluribus Unum”

    “E Pluribus Unum”

    a Latin phrase on the great seal which means one of many.
  • “In God We Trust”

    “In God We Trust”

    The offical motto of the United States and it replaced "E Plurbis unum."
  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence

    the Declaration of Independence was a document that separated the 13 colonies and Great Brittany. It was approved July 4, 1776.
  • US Constitution

    US Constitution

    document that serves as the fundamental law of the country.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    the first 10 amendments in the constitution ratified 1791.
  • Homestead act

    Homestead act

    it gave US citizens 160 acres of land if they agreed to farm the land
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    A migration to the Yukon territory and Alaska in 1869 because gold was being mined there.
  • Social Darwinism

    Social Darwinism

    a theory that human groups and races follow the same laws as natural selection.
  • Eminent Domain

    Eminent Domain

    this allows the government to yous your private property for their uses even without your consent, but they must compensate you.
  • Sanford B. Dole

    Sanford B. Dole

    first president of the Republic of Hawaii
    First governor of the territory of the Hawaii
  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford

    revolutionized factory production
  • Panama Canal

    Panama Canal

    The canal was built to lower the distance, cost and time to ship between the Atlantic and pacific ocean.
  • Upton Sinclair

    Upton Sinclair

    he pioneered the kind of journal "muckraking". he a book called the jungle wrote about the meat packing industry.
  • Muckraker

    Muckraker

    This was a group of writers who exposed the hardships, corruptions and scandals
    (before WW1).
  • Causes of WW1

    Causes of WW1

    assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
  • Reasons for US entry into WW1

    Reasons for US entry into WW1

    Germany attacked our submarine and merchant ships
  • Gen. John J. Pershing

    Gen. John J. Pershing

    commander of the american forces in WW1
  • 18th Amendments

    18th Amendments

    prohibiting alcohol including, making, selling, drinking and transporting it.
  • Settlement House Movement

    Settlement House Movement

    This was a movement to bring poor and wealthy people together for social justice.
  • 19th Amendments

    19th Amendments

    this amendment gave women the right to vote
  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance

    this allowed a new commitment to political activism.
  • Douglas MacArthur

    Douglas MacArthur

    an american general who lead the southwest pacific in WW2
  • Alvin York

    Alvin York

    a blacksmith that was drafted into WW1. He then was promoted sergeant and got a medal of honor.
  • Flying Tigers

    Flying Tigers

    an armed force hired by china to fight the Japanese.
  • Bracero program

    Bracero program

    allowed Mexicans to legally work in the us on short term contracts.
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March

    76,000 prisoners were forced to march through unbearable measures.
  • Navajo Code Talkers

    Navajo Code Talkers

    worked in the war with a little known language. used this language so they could communicate without other countries breaking code.
  • Vernon Baker

    Vernon Baker

    the only surviving African american to receive his medal of honor for is action during the war.
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    The goverment can tax on incomes and whatever else they really want.
  • 17th Amendments

    17th Amendments

    each state must have 2 senators