US History One Liners Section 5

 

• The US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was John F. Kennedy.
• The US President during the Gulf War was George H. W. Bush.
• The first woman speaker of the US Congress was Nancy Pelosi.
• The 19th Amendment to the USA’s constitution granted the right to vote to women.
• The author of the famous “I Have a Dream” speech was Martin Luther King Jr.
• The Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education led to desegregation of public schools.
• The Lewis and Clark Expedition explored the western territory of the USA in the early 1800s.
• Suffragettes fought for women’s right to vote in the early 20th century.
• The Gettysburg Address was delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
• The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the USA in 1803.
• The Great Depression in the 1930s led to widespread economic hardship.
• The Boston Tea Party was a protest against British taxation in 1773.
• Manifest Destiny was the belief that the USA should expand across the continent.
• The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln freed slaves in Confederate states.
• The Dust Bowl was a severe drought and ecological disaster during the 1930s.
• The Cold War tension between the USA and the Soviet Union shaped international politics.
• Rosa Parks sparked the Civil Rights Movement by refusing to give up her bus seat.
• The Vietnam War was a controversial conflict in the 1960s and 1970s.
• The Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed by the USA in World War II.
• Prohibition was a period when alcohol was banned in the USA in the 1920s.
• The Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bomb during World War II.
• The Marshall Plan provided economic aid to help Europe recover after World War II.
• The Iran Hostage Crisis strained US-Iran relations in the late 1970s.
• The Space Race between the USA and the USSR led to the moon landing in 1969.
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
• The Monroe Doctrine warned European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
• The Stock Market Crash of 1929 triggered the Great Depression.
• Cesar Chavez advocated for the rights of farm workers in the USA.
• The Trail of Tears forcibly relocated Native Americans in the 1830s.
• Stonewall riots marked a turning point in the LGBTQ+ rights movement in 1969.
• The Iran-Contra Affair involved covert arms sales to Iran in the 1980s.
• The 9/11 attacks were a series of terrorist acts on US soil in 2001.
• The Transcontinental Railroad connected the east and west coasts in 1869.
• Alcatraz Island housed a famous high-security prison from 1934 to 1963.
• The G.I. Bill provided benefits to World War II veterans, including education and housing.
• Eleanor Roosevelt was a prominent First Lady and human rights advocate.
• The Kent State shootings in 1970 involved the killing of students protesting the Vietnam War.
• Apollo 11 successfully landed humans on the moon in 1969.
• The Japanese internment during World War II led to the forced relocation of Japanese Americans.
• The Homestead Act offered land to settlers willing to develop the western frontier.
• John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 during his presidency.
• The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I but faced criticism in the USA.
• Alexander Hamilton was a founding father and advocate for a strong central government.
• The Erie Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River in the 19th century.
• The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first commercial railroad in the USA.
• Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross and helped during the Civil War.
• The Oregon Trail was a pioneer route to the western United States.
• The Spanish-American War of 1898 expanded US influence in the Caribbean and Pacific.
• Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, aiding escaped slaves.
• The Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s celebrated African-American culture and arts.
• Plessy v. Ferguson upheld racial segregation in the “separate but equal” doctrine.
• The Zimmerman Telegram contributed to the USA’s entry into World War I.
• Gerald Ford became president after Nixon’s resignation and pardoned him.
• The Wright brothers achieved the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
• Samuel Adams was a key figure in the American Revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
• The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal Civil War battle fought in Pennsylvania.
• Betty Friedan wrote “The Feminine Mystique,” sparking second-wave feminism.
• The Haymarket Affair in 1886 was a significant labor protest for workers’ rights.
• Salem witch trials in the late 1600s led to the execution of several accused witches.
• The National Road was the first major improved highway in the USA.
• Teapot Dome scandal involved bribery of government officials for oil leases.
• The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Native Americans from their lands.
• Andrew Johnson faced impeachment but was acquitted by a single vote.
• The Harriet Beecher Stowe novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” fueled anti-slavery sentiment.
• Sputnik launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 initiated the space age and Cold War competition.
• The Panic of 1837 was a severe economic depression.
• Edgar Allan Poe was a renowned American author and poet known for macabre tales.
• The Eisenhower Doctrine promised US assistance to Middle Eastern countries resisting communism.
• The American System promoted by Henry Clay included internal improvements and a protective tariff.
• Thurgood Marshall became the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
• The Bataan Death March was a brutal episode during World War II involving POWs.
• Roe v. Wade landmark Supreme Court case legalized abortion in 1973.
• The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution escalated US involvement in the Vietnam War.
• Susan B. Anthony was a prominent suffragist advocating for women’s voting rights.
• The Gold Rush of 1849 drew thousands to California in search of riches.
• D-Day marked the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.
• The Brady Bill mandated federal background checks on firearm purchasers.
• Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision denied citizenship to African Americans.
• The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 established a central banking system.
• Theodore Roosevelt mediated the end of the Russo-Japanese War, earning a Nobel Peace Prize.
• The Tea Act of 1773 led to the Boston Tea Party protest.
• Hoover Dam construction during the Great Depression provided jobs and electricity.
• The Freedmen’s Bureau aided newly freed slaves after the Civil War.
• Malcolm X was a prominent civil rights activist known for his advocacy of black empowerment.
• The Iran Hostage Crisis lasted for 444 days, straining US-Iran relations.
• Alaska Purchase from Russia in 1867 added a vast territory to the USA.
• The Missouri Compromise of 1820 attempted to balance slave and free states.
• Jamestown was the first successful English settlement in North America.
• The New Deal programs of FDR aimed to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression.
• Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general during the Civil War.
• The Black Panthers were a revolutionary African-American organization in the 1960s.
• Benjamin Franklin was a polymath and a Founding Father known for his inventions.
• The Panama Canal was completed in 1914, facilitating maritime trade.
• George H.W. Bush led the USA during the end of the Cold War and the Gulf War.
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement.
• Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
• The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 restricted immigration from China.
• Wounded Knee Massacre marked the end of the Indian Wars in 1890.
• The Whiskey Rebellion opposed a tax on distilled spirits in the early USA.