1877 to Present

  • Compromise of 1877

    Compromise of 1877

    Ended reconstruction and removed all federal troops from the south
  • Gilded Age Industrialization

    Gilded Age Industrialization

    Quick growth in the economy along with rapid urbanization
  • Progressive Era Reforms

    Progressive Era Reforms

    More labor rights, women's suffrage and Anti trust laws
  • Spanish American War

    Spanish American War

    The U.S acquired the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
  • WW1

    WW1

    The first world war which introduced the new combat technique of trench warfare.
  • Red Scare

    Red Scare

    The fear of communism led to the U.S government searching for suspected spy's
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash

    A steep drop off in the value of the U.S market led to the crash of the market and started the great depression
  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl

    An extreme drought led to many farmers having to leave behind their farms to migrate somewhere else.
  • WW2

    WW2

    A global war between the axis and allied powers and the Allied powers came through with the victory after 6 years of fighting.
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    Tension between the U.S and the Soviet union after WW2 but no real blood was shed
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    After WW2 Korea was split up over communism and North Korea invaded South Korea moving the U.S to step in and back South Korea.
  • Civil Rights Movement

    Civil Rights Movement

    Aimed to end segregation and the discrimination against African Americans
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    A conflict between North and South Vietnam on the conversion of the country to communism.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    A U.S attempt to overthrow the Cuban government
  • Assasination of JFK

    Assasination of JFK

    President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas
  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing

    NASA accomplished putting the first man on the moon with the Apollo 11 mission.
  • End of the Cold War

    End of the Cold War

    The fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union collapse marked the end of the Cold War
  • 9/11

    9/11

    A terrorist attack on U.S soil led to the war on terror.
  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina

    One of the deadliest storms in U.S history and tested our governments emergency response
  • Covid 19 Pandemic

    Covid 19 Pandemic

    A global pandemic that put everyone on lockdown along with changing our medical field and the way we live our daily lives