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assassinated
archduke franz ferindinand -
schlieffen plan
a plan attack france and defeat them then attack russia and defeat them -
lustitania ship
british passenger ship sunk by an u-boat -
battle of somme
bloobiest military battles -
zimmerman note
a coded telegram intercepted by the british stating an attack planned on us by mexico -
bolshevik revolutionary
a group of socialist who wanted to over throw the leader of russia -
selective service act
required men to register for the datf to randomly be selected for service -
18th amendement
began the probition which made it illegal to make, transport and sell alcohol -
november 11 , 1918
germany agrees to the armistice and sign it -
treaty of versailles
stated germany's punishment for the war and established 9 new nation -
nineteenth amendment
gave women the right to vote -
harlem renaissance
a neighborhood in new york city that became the central place for jazz -
jazz music
combination of fast upbeat blues a gospel music that the players would make up as they went along became very popular help to break the color barrier -
flappers
they were women who were less conservative that wore a new fashion style as a way of rebelling -
washimgton navel conference
conference to discuss naval disarmament -
tea pot dome scandal
this was a scandal caused by corrupt government official's leasing out oil that was supposed to only be used by the navy for bribes -
dawes plan
this was a plan to help germany pay back their reparations money owed to the us -
scope trail
jonh scopes
clarence darrow
william jennings bryan -
kellogg briand pact
this was a peace treaty to outlaw war between 62 nations that stated could only go to war in self-defense that gave everyone a false sense of security -
21st amendment
ended prohibition -
nuremburg laws
the Nazis announced new laws which institutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology. The laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or related blood." -
kristallnacht
A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich on the night of November 9, 1938, into the next day, has come to be known as Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass -
blitzkrieg
A German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. Its successful execution results in short military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery. -
lend least act
It permitted him to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government [whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States] any defense article. -
United States freezes German and Italian assets in America.
worsening relations with the Axis powers prompted President Roosevelt to order all German assets in the U.S. frozen on June 14, 1941. -
atlantic charter
was a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland. -
pearl harbor attack
A major United States naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force on December 7, 1941, with great loss of American lives and ships. -
d-day
the day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy -
manhattan pact
The Manhattan Project was a secret military project created in 1942 to produce the first US nuclear weapon. Fears that Nazi Germany would build and use a nuclear weapon during World War II triggered the start of the Manhattan Project, -
truman doctrine
the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War. -
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cold war
a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular -
loyalty review board
President Harry S. Truman signed United States Executive Order 9835, sometimes known as the "Loyalty Order", on March 22, 1947. The order established the first general loyalty program in the United States, designed to root out communist influence in the U.S. federal government. -
berlin airlift
A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin ( see Berlin wall ), had cut off its supply routes -
fair deal
The Fair Deal was an ambitious set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in his January 1949 State of the Union address. More generally the term characterizes the entire domestic agenda of the Truman Administration, from 1945 to 1953. -
hollywood ten
The Hollywood Ten is a 1950 American 16mm short documentary film. In the film, each member of the Hollywood Ten made a short speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting. The film was directed by John Berry. -
korean war
A war, also called the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The war began in 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
checkers speech
Fund speech was an address made on September 23, 1952, by the Republican vice presidential candidate, California Senator Richard Nixon. Nixon had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reimburse him for his political expenses. -
warren court
The Warren Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States during the period when Earl Warren served as Chief Justice -
warsaw pact
A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. -
interstate highway act
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. -
suez war
A major international incident that arose in 1956 from the decision by Gamal A. Nasser of Egypt to nationalize the Suez Canal, which long had been controlled by Great Britain. -
sputnik
each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which
was the first satellite to be placed in orbit -
the bay of pig incident
, 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. -
berlin wall
Fortified concrete and wire barrier that separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. It was built by the government of what was then East Germany to keep East Berliners from defecting to the West. -
silent spring
Silent Spring is a 1962 environmental science book by Rachel Carson. The book documented the detrimental effects on the environment—particularly on birds—of the indiscriminate use of pesticides -
cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba -
gideon v wainright
the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution requires the states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford lawyers themselves. The case began with the 1961 arrest of Clarence Earl Gideon. -
limited test ban
On August 5, 1963, representatives of the United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere. -
war on poverty
The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address -
economic opportunity act
United States Public Law 88-452, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty. These agencies are directly regulated by the federal government -
miranda v arizona
the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination
