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| Laws that were passed in the 1930s in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually became World War II |
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower's theory that stated if every country succumbed to communism, then America would eventually fall too |
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| Plane carrying an A-bomb that crashed in enemy territory during WWII |
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| The place Johnson claimed that North Vietnam had attacked US forces, almost completely causing the war |
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| First part of FDR's presidential term in which 15 New Deal Programs were passed |
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| Speech that Nixon gave to save his presidency |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) |
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| Federal agency that enforces security laws and regulated the security industry |
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| The abduction of aviator Charles Lindbergh's 20 month old son; Cause of death found to be massive skull fracture; Bruno Hauptmann was convicted and executed |
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| The "ultra secret" project that resulted in the making of America's first atomic bomb |
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| The first human-made object to orbit the Earth (made by the Russians) |
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| Took prayer out of school |
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| Political scandal in which several government officials broke into the Democratic headquarters |
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| Johnson's "New Deal"; Also known as the "Great Society" |
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| FDR's plan to add more Democrats onto the Supreme Court to overshadow the Republicans |
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| Truman's plan to prevent communism from spreading |
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| U.S. attacks on the beaches of Normandy, France |
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| College students were protesting the War in Vietnam and were killed by police forces |
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| A series of economic programs devised by FDR during his presidency |
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| The first city to be hit with an atomic bomb |
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| U.S. corporation devised to ensure Americans could trust that their banks wouldn't lose their money |
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| British Prime Minister Chamberlain met with Hitler to sign a "peace treaty" of sorts (one in which Hitler, of course, ignored) |
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| Tension and mistrust from 1945-1989 between the USSR and the U.S. |
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| Human space flight program which aimed to send a human in orbit around the Earth |
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| Outlawed discrimination on blacks and women and made segregation illegal |
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| Limited the presidency to two terms |
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| Johnson's New Deal; Also known as the War on Poverty |
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| Plan to give money to Europe to rebuild after the war |
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| One of the most important battles in WWII. Fought in the Pacific, fatally wounded the Japanese military |
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| Rally to end racism, discrimination, and segregation; Where MLK gave his famous speech |
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| The plan to replace U.S. troops with South Vietnam troops |
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| The second city to be hit with an atomic bomb |
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| The result of multiple scandals and other problems |
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| The war between America/South Korea and China/North Korea |
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| Huge massacre of tons of unarmed women and children |
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| The plan to fight with any country against communism |
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| Case that ordered that anyone who cannot afford their own attorney is to be appointed one |
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| North Koreans invaded and attacked South Korea and U.S. troops |
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| Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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| Gave blacks the right to vote |
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| Provided a system in case the U.S. lost their president for any reason |
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| Given at Washington D.C. by MLK; Changed the civil rights movement |
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| Invaded by the U.S. and occupied until 1968; Many Imperial forces were killed |
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| U.S. planes flew supplies to East Berlin |
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| Forced all Americans of Japanese descent to be locked up until the end of the war "just in case" |
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| Period in which the USSR was building nuclear weaponry (missiles) in Cuba in response to America's intent to take over Cuba |
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| Occurred in 1960; TV made a huge influence for the first time; Everyone thought Kennedy had won |
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| Controlled economic development in Tennessee and the areas around it |
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| First space project to reach the moon with humans on it |
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| Largest Nazi camp in Germany |
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| Agreement between everyone but Germany to fight together and help each other forever |
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| Made it necessary that everyone be read their rights when they are arrested |
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| The division between North and South Korea |
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