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Industrialization and Progressivism
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Labor Unions
Labor Unions began in about 1880 to protest unfair working conditions. Some of these conditions were unsanitary work places or long wokring hours. Labor unions protewted these unhealthy working conditions until they were safe to work in again. -
Muckrakers
Muckrakrers were a hige part in the progressive era. They uncovered real or alleged corruption,scandal in this time period. Some famously known muckrakers were Upton Sinclair and Ida Tarbell. -
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Foreign Affair from Imperialism to Post WWI
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Railroads
Railroads greatly expanded industry and modernization of the United States. With railroad being built in 1869, the United States had railroads across the country in only a short period of time.270,000 miles of tracks were in the United States by 1900. -
Sinking of Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania was a huge part in the reason for a America to enter WWI. While the United States was already at odds with Germany, the sinking of the U.S. ship that was headed towards the other fighting party, Britain, was only one event that made the United Statesd join the war. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
Espionage and Sedition Act.
This event made any obstruction to the war effort illegal to less civil liberties and democratic rights. It was thought to be necessary for the nation's security but restricted freedom of speech. -
The Red Scare (Isolationism)
The red scare is a period of intense fear of Communism and other extreme ideas. Americans feared Communism spreading into the United States; this idea spread throughout the United States in 1919 and 1920. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations was createde to keep peace throughout the world. It was made after WWI with Germany and after the land disputes with other countries, regarding imperialism. -
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Prosperity, Depression, and the New Deal
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From Isolationism to World War
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
The CCC was a great way to produce job oportunites. While jobs were low during the Great Depression, Roosevelt found a way to multi task. Roosevelt was worried about the conservation of natual resources, so to make jobs, he hired African Americans to conserve the natural resouces. -
New Deal Programs
The New Deal was a recovery plan made by Roosevelt after he took office in 1933. Roosevelt had different progreams inside the New Deal to help get the country back on its feet. There were 10 original programs, a few being the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the Nationalo Recovery Administration (NRA). -
Fireside Chats
Roosevelt began to give fireside chats in 1933. Fireside chats were a radio broadcast or Roosevelt about the Great Depression. These chats would raise the morale of the country, because Roosevelt would share the little bit of progress frequently. -
Arms Race
Starting in 1941, the arms race was a race between the Soviet Union and the United States to own nuckear weapons. Although these thwo countries raced to get the weapons, neither party used them in war. -
Lend- Lease Act
The Lend-Lease policy, previously known as An Act to Further Promote the Defense of the United States. It was a policy to give materials and aid to a select other countries. This act ended in 1945. -
Containment Policy
Starting when the war began, containment was a way that the United States could stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism. Security was raised in the United States and Soviet soldiers were contained in camps in America. -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The bombings at these two cities were the last of World War II. This was the only time in this war with the use of nuclear weapons. -
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Social Transformation in the United States (1945-1994)
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The Cold War
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The bus boycott was the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement to get equal rights for African Americans. Rose Parks sat in the white section of a bus, and refused to get up. This motivated other African Americans to boycott and fight for their rights. -
Little Rock Nine
This event was when 9 African American students attended an all white school. This helped advance in equal rights in the Civil Rights Movement because the 9 students were willing and happy to attend school. Also, the blacks were encouraged to take part in this new idea. -
First Hispanic American in Government
In 1961 voters in San Antonio, Texas elected the democrat Henry B. Gonzalez to the house of Representatives. This was a huge step up for equal rights to hispanic Americans. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile crisis was the closest the United States has ever been to a nuckear war. The Soviet Union had nuckear missiles pointed our way, and threatened to send them off at any moment. -
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns
Soviets were unhappy after the Cold War with Gorbachev. He was anit-communist, but the Soviets still wanted to have Communism. With the Soviets making harsh maneuvers, Gorbachev resigned in 1991. -
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United States and the Post-Cold War World (1991 to present)
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911
On this day, a terrorist attack occured on the World Trade Center. Planes were high jacked by terrorists and they flew planes into the twin towers, and the pentagon. One plane was meant to hit the white house, but crashed down into a field. -
Obama elected President
Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. He is also our current president in his second term.
