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Roosevelt’s Corollary
A contribution to our foreign policy by - you guessed it - Roosevelt. -
Scopes-Monkey Trial
This Supreme Court case is the beginning of a shift from conservative Christian to modern points of view in the public. -
Herbert Hoover elected
The 30th president enters his term with no idea that he’ll be blamed for the Great Depression. -
Stock Market Crashes
10 years of partying leads to a lot more of suffering. Like a decade long hangover. -
FDR elected
Distantly related to Teddy Roosevelt, FDR is like the grandpa of American presidents. -
FDR begins Fireside Chats
FDR becomes everybody’s grandpa, hosting a radio program to help Americans feel safe and informed. -
Eleanor Roosevelt becomes First Lady
What kind of lunatic would want to be Cleopatra over Eleanor Roosevelt? -
Rosie the Riveter image first used
Rosie would become iconic, especially in the feminist movement. -
Cold War begins
America goes on the defense after nuking Japan, trying to avoid planetary destruction as the rest of the world caught up with them. -
Brown v. Board of Education
In this landmark case, segregation is re-evaluated and deemed unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott ends
African-Americans start riding the busses again after protesting unfair treatment for over a year. -
JFK elected
One of the most famous presidents follows one of the least. -
JFK assassinated
During his re-election campaign, incumbent president John F. Kennedy is shot in his convertible. -
The Feminine Mystique is published
Betty Friedan’s book made the point that not all women want to do the same things. Shocker. -
Bull Connor uses firehoses
A very gross man uses firehoses to slam innocent, peaceful black protesters into brick walls. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It advanced civil rights, but I couldn’t tell you when it was passed. -
Griswold v. Connecticut
This Supreme Court victory helped women gain contraceptive rights. -
Malcolm X killed
The leader of the Black Power movement is murdered. -
NOW formed
The National Organization of Women was founded to help women have a political voice. -
Nixon elected
What tapes? -
MLK killed
Martin Luther King Jr. is murdered after years of successful civil rights work. -
Woodstock
A musical festival with an audience of 400,000 hippies. Yikes. -
Vietnam draft begins
It’s the first draft in 25 years - all for a war that wasn’t even technically a war. -
Nixon’s revised Philadelphia Plan is implemented
Affirmative action is put into place in the workforce. -
Kent State shootings
If you’re looking for evidence that arming teachers or putting guards at school isn’t going to help gun violence, this is a perfect example. -
ERA sent to the states for ratification
The Equal Rights Amendment is drafted but not passed, and a resurgent attempt is going on in 2018. -
Title IX passed
This mandate ended discriminations based on gender in places like college admissions and sports. -
Roe v. Wade
Another landmark Supreme Court case, this made abortions legal in the US. -
Nixon resigns
After months of scandal, President Nixon resigns before his impeachment trial can be held. -
Reagan elected
Another actor becomes president and marks a conservative shift in US politics for a few terms. -
Sandra Day O’Connor becomes first female SC Justice
O’Connor served for 25 years on the Supreme Court after being appointed by Ronald Reagan. -
Geraldine Ferraro runs for Vice President
She didn’t win, but she made history as the first woman to run from a major party. -
Cold War ends
The Berlin Wall comes down and relations between the US and Russia are (mostly) restored. -
Bill Clinton elected
One of the more controversial presidents on this list is this one. -Perd Hapley -
Clinton impeached
President Bill Clinton is impeached, largely due to his deceit regarding an extramarital affair. -
World Trade Center falls
The terrorist attack is America’s first major exposure to Al Qaeda, an extremist Muslim gang. -
Barack Obama elected
Like him or not, he’s the first black man to become our president and that’s pretty cool. -
Hillary Clinton runs for President
Though her campaign is highly contested by the GOP, Clinton wins the popular vote and makes history as the first woman to run for the job.
