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Theodore Roosevelt
Before he became the U.S. vice president, he was the governor of New York. Theodore Roosevelt was known for his anti-monopoly policies and ecological conservationism. -
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Spanish American War
A conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americans and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the Western Pacific and Latin America. -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Two families, abolitionist Northerner the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine in director D.W. Griffith's controversial Civil War epic. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), battling Elsie's congressman father and his African American protégé, Silas Lynch. -
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Red Scare
Hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. as the Soviet Union and the United States, also know as the Cold War, intensifies. -
The League of Nations
The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
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Harlem Renaissance
A artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that kindled a new black culture identity. It took place in Harlem, New York throughout the 1920s and early 1930s. -
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Flappers
A generation of young Western women in the 1920s who worn short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. -
The Great Gatsby (Novel)
Midwest native Nick Carraway arrives in 1922 New York in search of the American dream. Nick, a would-be writer, moves in next door to millionaire Jack Gatsby and across the bay from his cousin Daisy and her philandering husband, Tom. Thus, Nick becomes drawn into the captivating world of the wealthy. -
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Malcom X
A African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He was a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans, detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. Malcom X has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. -
Social Sercurity
The Social Security Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. Also serval provisions for general welfare, this new Act created a social insurance program designed to pay retired workers age 65 or older a continuing income after retirement. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
They were charged with conspiracy to commit espionage, they were accused of heading a spy ring that passed top-secret information concerning the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. -
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed military invasion of Cuba undertake by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on April 17, 1961. -
Medicare and Medicaid
The President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the bill that led to the Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly. Medicaid, a health insurance program for the poor. -
Jimmy Carter's Energy Crisis
The Energy crisis was a period when the major industrial countries of the world, particularly the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, faced substantial petroleum shortages, real and perceived, as well as elevated prices. -
Watergate
A political scandal that followed a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. -
Reaganomics
The economic policies of Ronald Reagan, which called for widespread tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military spending and the deregulation of domestic markets. -
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Iran Contra Scandal
The National Security Council became involved in secret weapons transactions and other activities that either were prohibited by the U.S. Congress or violated that stated public policy of the government. -
"Fatboy and Little man"
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. Groves selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs, the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little boy". -
September 11, 2001
On this day, terrorists attacked the United States. 19 militants associated with, al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against the United States. Two planes had flown into the World Trade Center in New York City, the third plane hit the Pentagon right outside of Washington, D.C., and the fourth and final plane had crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Over 3,000 people were killed during this, including more than 400 police officers and firefighters.