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Emergence as a Great Power: 1897–1913. Wilson and World War I. Interwar years: 1921–1933. Roosevelt, World War II, and its aftermath: 1933–1947. South in foreign policy. Cold War: 1947–1991. Post-Cold War: 1992–present. Debate over the United States as an empire. Soft power.
Presidency of George H. W. Bush. 1990 — Hubble Space Telescope launches during STS-31, a Space Shuttle Discovery mission. 1991 — The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom, against Iraq. 1991 — The World Wide Web publicly debuts as an Internet ...
The 1815 panic was followed by several years of mild depression, and then a major financial crisis – the Panic of 1819, which featured widespread foreclosures, bank failures, unemployment, a collapse in real estate prices, and a slump in agriculture and manufacturing. [9] 1822–1823 recession. 1822–1823. ~1 year.
Common objectives of U.S. foreign interventions have revolved around economic opportunity, social protection, protection of U.S. citizens and diplomats, territorial expansion, fomenting regime change, nation-building, and enforcing international law. [1] There have been two dominant ideologies in the United States about foreign policy ...
The history of the United States from 1991 to 2008 began after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The dissolution signaled the end of the Cold War and left the U.S. unchallenged as the world's sole superpower. The U.S. took a leading role in military involvement in the Middle East. The U.S. expelled an Iraqi invasion force from Kuwait, a ...
Administration Building (Decatur Baptist College), Decatur, Texas. Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen Building, Georgetown, Texas, a historic building of Southwestern University. Administration Building (Texas Tech University), Lubbock, Texas. Administration Building (Randolph Air Force Base), Universal City, Texas.
The Supreme Court of the United States is the only court specifically established by the Constitution of the United States, implemented in 1789; under the Judiciary Act of 1789, the Court was to be composed of six members—though the number of justices has been nine for most of its history, this number is set by Congress, not the Constitution.
Gerberding Hall (formerly the Administration Building) is a building in the northwest United States, located on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle. History [ edit ] Built 75 years ago in 1949 to house the university's administrative offices, it was the first major structure erected on campus following World War II .