Between France and England to remove the French threat to the American colonies; led to the end of salutary neglect

conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its North American colonies, which declared independence as the United States of America.

An uprising which broke out in western Massachusetts; protesting the foreclosures of farms for debt and briefly succeeded in shutting down the court system; showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington.

War between the United States and Great Britain; Britain burned down the White House

A war that started after the US claimed Texas as their own; Compromise of 1850

plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South. He would seize the arms and ammunition in the federal arsenal, arm slaves in the area and move south along the Appalachian Mountains, attracting slaves to his cause.

A war between people of the same country.

1898 war that began when the United States demanded Cuba's independence from Spain

Woodrow Wilson, make the world safe for democracy, the war to end all wars, Schenck v. US, Versailles Treaty, 14 Points

FDR and Truman, Pearl Harbor, Manhattan Project, bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular; 1945-1989

North vs. South; ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel

An invasion of Cuba by the CIA which had failed

a Cold War conflict pitting the U.S. and the remnants of the French colonial government in the South against the indigenous but communist Vietnamese independence movement

A war between the forces of the United Nations, led by the United States, and those of Iraq that followed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein 's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.