Stephen Crane To Eisenhower

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Stephen Crane

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(1871-1900), American journalist, poet, and author wrote The Red Badge of Courage: an episode of the American Civil War (1895).

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CREEP

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CREEP was actually officially designated CRP and stands for the Committee to Reelect the President (President Nixon). In the Watergate Scandal, one of the five men arrested and convicted of burglarizing the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate Hotel (James W. McCord, Jr.) was Chief of Security for CRP. It was later found out that McCord received payments from CREEP. How incredibly interesting!

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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(October of 1962) The soviets decided to put nuclear war heads in Cuba as a way of defending the island against an invasion by the U.S. It was also a response to the presence of U.S warheads in Turkey. It was the closest the world ever came to a nuclear war. Kennedy, God bless him, blockaded the island and eventually Krusvhev agreed to dimantle the missiles if the U.S promised not to invade Cuba and if they pulled their missiles out of Turkey.

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Jefferson Davis

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(1808 – 1889) He was an American military officer, hero, statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as the president of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865.

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De Lome Letter

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(1898)This letter, written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd. Publication of the letter helped generate public support for a war with Spain over the issue of independence for the Spanish colony of Cuba.

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Declaration of Independence

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A statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire.

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Détente

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(1970's) Détente was a permanent relaxation in international affairs during the Cold War rather than just a temporary relaxation (the so-called "thaw").

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George Dewey

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(1837 –1917) He is best known for his victory (without the loss of a single life of his own forces due to combat; one man died of heat stroke) at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. He was also the only person in the history of the United States to have attained the rank of Admiral of the Navy, the most senior rank in the United States Navy.

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John Dickinson

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Wrote Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania (criticizing Townshend Acts), He became an influential member of the second continental congress and was assigned to write the constitution

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Dien Bien Phu

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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries. The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that influenced negotiations over the future of Indochina at Geneva.

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Dorothea Dix

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(1802-1887)She began a change in the United States with mental institutions. She covered half of the United States and Europe inspecting institutions for mistreatment by the time she was fifty-four.

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Stephen Douglas

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An American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost the election to Abert Linkolne. He was nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short of stature but was considered by many a "giant" in politics. He was largely responsible for the Compromise of 1850.

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Frederick Douglass

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Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass was one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement, which fought to end slavery within the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War. Advisor to LIncoln.

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Dred Scott Decision

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In 1857 held that blacks were not citizens and that it was illegal to hold slavery in western territories because it took away due process of the slave owners.

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W.E.B DuBois

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-Wrote "the souls of black folk" in 1903 emphasizing the problem of the color line as the key problem in society.
- American civil rights activist, author and editor.
- Earned a PhD from Harvard and believed that education was fundamental for blacks to improve their condition i society.
-helped found the NAACP
-significant for his contributions toward integration and equal rights. His influence challenged the American identity that was against integrating new races and keeping them from interacting socially.
Dam Black!

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The Dust Bowl

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The name given to the area of the southern Great Plains severely damaged by droughts and dust storms during the 1930s Caused by technology and destroying roots...rains washed soil away.

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Thomas Edison

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(1847-1931) Made the first commercialy available incandescent lightorb and phonograph. He had over 1000 patents.

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Jonathan Edwards

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John Kerry's running mate. (1703-1758) A preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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(1890—1969) 34th president of the United States (1953–61), who had been supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe during World War II.