The significance for communism is that it has caused many wars between the U.S. and other communist countries. The United States doesn't believe in communism, so we are trying to help the people in other countries.
Iron Curtain was where Europe was divided during the Cold War.
The Cuban Missile Crisis put America in a state of panic. The United States was on the brink of nuclear war.
The Vietnam War was significant because America helped fight against communism in Vietnam. We fought against North Vietnam.
The Taliban gave sanctuary to Osama Bin Laden.
Septmeber 11, 2001. This day shook the nation. It helped create thousands of jobs, especially in the TSA (Transportation Security Administration).
The war in Afghanistan was fought because of 9/11/01. We fought the al-Qaeda.
We fought in Iraq because of oil. The whole Kuwait thing happened in Iraq.
<span>The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is a metaphor of war referring to the international military campaign that started after the September 11th attacks on the United States.</span>
The Articles of Confederation, was in effect from March 1, 1781, when Maryland ratified it. The second, The Constitution, replaced the Articles when it was ratified by New Hampshire on June 21, 1788.
It would be the "Ku Klux Klan" that is considered to be a domestic terrorist group, since they have a long history of intimidating people (especially blacks and Jews) with whom they disagree and degrade.
President Jefferson hesitated in
submitting the Louisiana Purchase treaty because he did not want to
violate the Constitutional power granted to him. He was aware that the
Constitution does not specifically allow him to buy land or territory from a foreign
power.
The reconstruction period had generally good ideas which were exploited by bad people and who turned it all upside down. The idea of reconstruction was to integrate African-Americans into the society and protect their rights and enable them to educate themselves and become sophisticated and emancipated members of the society.
During the gilded age, the focus switched form social to economic reforms and because of this the reconstruction ended and many southern states reverted to their original racist ways. This is why it's called the gilded age, it only looked like everything was great but it was bad at its core, like gilded items which only look gold.
