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"Neutrality Act" of August 31, 1935

Description: Passed because of rising threats that would eventually lead to World War II and as a result of World War I, the Neutrality Act sought to ensure the United States was not entangled in foreign wars.

Date: 1935
Location: USA
Keywords: WWII
Course codes: AMH2020; EUH2001; WOH2012

Legal Documents

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Declaration Concerning the Laws of Naval War

Description: International code of maritime law during wartime.

Date: 1909
Location: London
Keywords: WWI; navy
Course codes: AMH2020; EUH2001; WOH2022

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Description: As a result of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, this resolution gave President Johnson to retaliate and promote international peace in southeast Asia.

Date: 1964
Location: USA
Keywords: Cold War; Vietnam
Course codes: AMH2020; EUH2001; WOH2022

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Marshall Plan

Description: U.S. aid program which provided more than $15 billion to help rebuild Europe after the Second World War.

Date: 1947
Location: USA
Keywords: WWII; Cold War
Course codes: AMH2020; EUH2001; WOH2022

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Platt Amendment

Description: Describes seven conditions the withdrawal of US troops from Cuba at the end of the Spanish American War.

Date: 1901
Location: USA
Keywords: Spanish American War
Course codes: AMH2020; EUH2001; WOH2022

Letters

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Zimmerman Note

Description: A secret telegram sent in January 1917 by the German Foreign Office proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico.

Date: 1917
Location: Europe
Keywords: WWI
Course codes: AMH2020; EUH2001; WOH2022

Oral Accounts

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Fourteen Points

Description: Speech given by Woodrow Wilson which sough peace negotiations at the end of World War I.

Date: 1918
Location: USA
Keywords: WWI
Course codes: AMH2020; EUH2001; WOH2022

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President Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Message to Congress, 1/6/1941

Description: Known as the "Four Freedoms" speech, Franklin Roosevelt proposes four freedoms which everyone in the world should enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear, and freedom from want.

Date: 1941
Location: USA
Keywords: WWII; four freedoms
Course codes: AMH2020; EUH2001; WOH2022

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In Praise of Folly

Description: A satirical work by Desiderius Erasmus which attacks the Western Church and superstitions of European society.

Date: 1509
Location: Europe
Keywords: Erasmus
Course codes: EUH2000; EUH2001; WOH2012