1917 - Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S.; intercepted and caused the U.S. to mobilize against Germany

a series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after WWI

regulation that prohibited certain private activities people considered immoral, such as drinking alcohol on Sundays

forms of communication, such as newspapers and radio, that reach millions of people

a response to those who claimed South Carolina was a cultural wasteland, celebrated South Carolina heritage and literature

a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art, music, and literature flourished

African American poet who described the rich culture of African American life using rhythms influnced by jazz

plunge in stock market prices that marked the beginning of the Great Depression

This man ran FDR's Office of Economic Stabilization. Under his rule from 1942 to 1946, the U.S. was an absolute socialist model run off of this department.

United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955)

relief that provided work for young men 18-25 years old in food control, planting, flood work, etc.

New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs constructing public buildings

created a tax on workers and employers - that money provided monthly pensions for retired people

tried to bring businesses and labor to cooperate so that business would set prices fair and laborers would not strike

provided cheap power to rural areas - largest public power project of its kind in the nation

counterattack after Pearl Harbor that bombed Japan, did little but boosted morale

United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into WWII; attacked on December 7, 1941

allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deemed vital to the defense of the U.S.

famous segregated unit of African-American pilots