-
The USA purchased Alaska for 7.2 million dollars from Russia. This show the desire for the United states to attain more land.
-
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone which is a major step in communication in the United States.
-
The Wright brother make the first ever controlled flight of an aircraft. This shows the desire for new transportation in the United States as well as the innovative ideas during the age of industry.
-
The US supreme court deems Standard Oil a monopoly and forces Rockefeller to dissolve it. This shows how there was a desire to create opportunity for people to become successful.
-
Jeanette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to congress. This completely changed how society was and gave women more rights and opportunity to be their own person.
-
The stock market crashes which forms the great depression. This is a time when America was at a low and the American Dream was not thriving.
-
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor which kills many Americans. This causes the US to enter the war and pulls out of the depression due to the need for industry to militarize.
-
The US drops the atomic bomb on Japan making them surrender and well as declaring the US as the clear dominant power.
