Washingtons Fairwell Adress A 32 page hand written dress by General Washington, saying wanting Americans to ignore excessive political party spirit and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances with other nations. It was printed in Philadelphia's American Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1796.
War of 1812 Impressment Impressment of American sailors in the Royal Navy was the most important for many Americans. The British practice of manning naval ships with "pressed" men, who were forcibly placed into service, was a common one in English history, dating back to medieval times
Monroe Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
Manifest Destiny the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
Roosevelt Corollary The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03.
World War 1 The first world war also called "The Great War", it lasted from August 1, 1914 to November 11, 1918. It was started due to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand from Austria.
World War 2 Lasting from Sep 1, 1939 – Sep 2, 1945, The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific and was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937, but the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom.
Truman Doctrine In 1947 the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
Ending the Cold War Lasting from 1947-1991, the cold war ended due to the shredding of the Iron Curtain. When Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the reins of power in the Soviet Union in 1985, no one predicted the revolution he would bring. A dedicated reformer, Gorbachev introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika to the USSR.
Persian Gulf War Conflict between Iraq and a correlation force of 30 other nations mandated by the United Nations led by the U.S. Leading up to the invasion to the war when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990.
War of Terrorism After the biggest attack of terrorism on September 11, 2001 being the attack on the world trade center, leaving thousands dead. Terrorist flew planes into the world trade center. Since then there has been many acts of terrorism. In 2013, President Barack Obama announced that the United States was no longer pursuing a War on Terror, as the military focus should be on specific enemies rather than a tactic. He stated "We must define our effort not as a boundless 'Global War on Terror,' but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America."