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Isolationism A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs
Woodrow Wilson gave the US his 14 points on how to avoid future wars
Harlem Renaissance A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American
culture.
Immigration Restrictions set limits on the number of immigrants that could enter the
country from each country
Great Migration Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs.
Espionage Act made it a crime to communicate any information that would interfere with
the US military operations or aid the US enemies
Eugene V. Debs Leader of the American Railway Union, he voted to aid workers in the
Pullman strike. He was jailed for six months for disobeying a court order after the strike was
over.
18th Amendment Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages
, 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote
New Deal A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between
1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.
Social Security Act created a tax on workers and employers. That money provided
monthly pensions for retired people.
Pearl Harbor Base in hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941, which
eagered America to enter the war.
Lend-Lease Act the US can lend military equipment and supplies to any nation
Pacific Theater Battle of Midway: turning point in WW2
European Theater D Day: allied invasion of Nazi occupied France
Fall of Berlin: lead to the end of WW2 many of the nazis including hitler committed suicide
Atomic Bomb known as the manhattan project it was built in Los Alamos, New Mexico
Marshall Plan program designed to rebuild western europe and oppose communism