PRAXIS HISTORY REVIEW by Lauren Walker

EXAMPLE: Abraham Lincoln

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 16:49:54 UTC

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the USA and served during the entirety of the American Civil War. (One sentence)

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Assassinations of President Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 17:00:06 UTC

The assassinations of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, Senator Robert Kennedy in 1968, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, which all happened within 5 years, shocked the country and pushed people to fight for more justice and change.

Communism

elrice413 — 2025-09-24 17:00:08 UTC

Communism is a political and economic ideology originating from Karl Marx that aims to create a classless society where the major production is controlled by the public.

Soviet Union

elrice413 — 2025-09-24 17:00:28 UTC

The Soviet Union was the former Eurasian country and the largest Marxist-Communist state that played a major role in global affairs, especially during the Cold War.

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: June 28th, 1914

laurenwalker16 — 2025-09-24 17:00:40 UTC

This triggered the start of WWI, because after Ferdinand was killed, Austria-Hungary declared War on Serbia, then triggered many other European Nations to declare war on each other.

Civil Rights Movement

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 17:00:45 UTC

This was a powerful movement led by people standing up against racism and demanding equal rights, changing laws/lives across the country.

Truman Doctrine

elrice413 — 2025-09-24 17:00:46 UTC

President Harry S. Truman addressed a joint session of Congress asking for $400 million for emergency military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey who were under communist threat. The goal was to prevent the spread of communism (contain it), and was a shift from the U.S.'s previous non-interventionist policies.

Segregation

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 17:00:55 UTC

Segregation was legal, which separated races in schools, housing, and public areas, and it developed inequalities that took years of activism to break those barriers.

NAACP

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 17:01:03 UTC

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People worked through the courts and public action to fight racial discrimination, and this helped lead to the end of school segregation, Brown V. board of Education, and more.

Vietnam War (1964-1973)

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 17:01:23 UTC

The Vietnam War occurred in Southeast Asia, this was a painful conflict that took years and even brought in the U.S. military. It led to anti-war protests and questioned the government’s role.

Marshall Plan

elrice413 — 2025-09-24 17:01:44 UTC

The Marshall Plan was a U.S. program that provided more than $15 billion in aid to Western Europe after WWII to help finance rebuilding efforts.

Civil Rights Act

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 17:02:09 UTC

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination in public areas and employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Berlin Blockade

elrice413 — 2025-09-24 17:02:25 UTC

This was an attempt by the Soviet Union to cut off all land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin in an attempt to force the Allies to abandon their jurisdiction there.

Clean Air Act

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 17:02:33 UTC

The Clean Air Act was one of the first steps taken in environmental legislation, it was created in 1970 to help reduce pollution and protect people’s health by setting these laws.

Water Quality Act

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 17:03:23 UTC

The Clean Water Act was created in the 1970s to set standards for clean water sources to help reduce pollution in rivers and lakes, and to keep the future implementation of water safe.

Peace Corps

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 17:03:39 UTC

The Peace Corps was created in 1961 to send American volunteers around the world to support education, health, and poverty in other countries.

War on Poverty

aoliva52 — 2025-09-24 17:03:49 UTC

The War on Poverty was a set of federal programs by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s to reduce poverty through education, healthcare, housing, and jobs to build a better future.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

elrice413 — 2025-09-24 17:03:56 UTC

12 countries create the NATO military alliance in 1949 to provide a collective defense against the Soviet Union threat after World War II.

Korean War

elrice413 — 2025-09-24 17:04:07 UTC

The Korean War was a conflict between (communist) North Korea and (non-communist) South Korea beginning on June 25, 1950, when North Korea launched a surprise attack on South Korea at several points along the 38th parallel, the line that divided the two. North Korea aimed to unify Korea under the communist regime.

McCarthy Era

elrice413 — 2025-09-24 17:04:21 UTC

Part of the "Red Scare Era" in which U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy oversaw a series of investigations and hearings to expose alleged communist infiltration of areas of the U.S. government during the 1950's.

Organization of the American States

elrice413 — 2025-09-24 17:05:20 UTC

OAS is a regional organization formed in 1948 to promote economic, military, and cultural cooperation among almost all of the independent states of the Western Hemisphere.

American Neutrality (1914-1917)

laurenwalker16 — 2025-09-28 21:47:06 UTC

American Neutrality by President Woodrow Wilson had America remaining impartial in the war conflict. Eventually they entered the war in April of 1917.

Woodrow Wilson

laurenwalker16 — 2025-09-28 21:49:37 UTC

President during 1913-1921, he is best known for advocating for the League of Nations and leading the US during WWI.

Lusitania

laurenwalker16 — 2025-09-28 21:51:39 UTC

This was a ship from Britain that was sunk by a German U-boat, killing over 1,000 people and contributing to the entry of US into WWI.

Allies

laurenwalker16 — 2025-09-28 21:54:32 UTC

The Allied powers of WWI were Britain, France, Russia, and later Italy and the US.

Treaty of Versailles

laurenwalker16 — 2025-09-28 21:55:56 UTC

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris between the Allied powers and Germany.

Monroe Doctrine:

laurenwalker16 — 2025-09-28 22:04:59 UTC

The Monroe Doctrine ordered that European nations stay out of the Americas and that America would not influence European nations.

Panama Canal

laurenwalker16 — 2025-09-28 22:09:46 UTC

The US took the project over after France could not complete, making a revolutionized trade route from the atlantic to the pacific.

Pure Food and Drug Act:

laurenwalker16 — 2025-09-28 22:13:36 UTC

In 1906, this was the first law enacted for consumer protection of sold food and drugs. Eventually this led to the creation of the FDA.

Progressive Era:

laurenwalker16 — 2025-09-28 22:20:21 UTC

This was a period in the US known for man progressive social and political reforms like worker reforms, food safety laws, and rights for women.

Fair Trade Commission

elrice413 — 2025-09-30 02:15:31 UTC

The Federal Trade Commission Act was a federal law passed in 1914 which created the Federal Trade Commission which was established to protect consumers from unfair competition methods between businesses.