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Alexis De Tocqueville
published democracy in america
identified five values he found critical in america's success -
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The Gilded Age – Post Reconstruction [1877] - 1900
A period of expansion, industrialization, immigration and urbanization with significant effects on Native Americans, workers, immigrants, and the rise of big business in the late 19th century. -
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Age of Imperialism and Reform – 1898 - 1919
During the early 20th century the U.S. entered a new historical era: an Age of Expansionism beyond our natural borders as the country moved from isolationism. U.S. imperialism led to involvement in the Spanish-American War, changing policies in Latin America and Asia and eventually to World War I. At home, reformers made efforts to correct economic and social abuses of the Gilded Age. -
16th Amendments
allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. -
Woodrow Wilson
president from 1913-1921
advocate for women suffrage -
17th Amendment
established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. -
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World War I – 1914 – 1918
This was an era in which the global conflict of World War I and its effects had an impact on all Americans. -
John J. Pershing
led forces at the battle of argonne forest
insisted the US Solier fight as a unit and not be spread throughout the french forces -
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The Roaring 20s
This was also an era of significant prosperity and social change as Americans became more isolationist and responded to significant change in social norms, consumerism, technological advances and artistic achievement. -
18th Amendment
effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport and sale of (though not the consumption or private possession of) alcohol illegal. -
19th Amendment
prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
Waren G. Harding
president from 1921-1923
appointed friends to positions:teapot dome scandal tainted his reputation -
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Great Depression: 1930s
Beginning with the Stock Market Crash in 1929, this era is marked by severe depression and the increasing role of the Federal government to improve the economy. -
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Rise of Dictators and World War II – 1930s and 1940s
The rise of totalitarian governments in Europe and East Asia led to World War II and involvement of the United States in that conflict. -
Omar Bradley
world war general
commander during battle of bulge -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president from 1932-1945
pulled the country out of the great depression with new deal -
Douglas MacArthur
commander of us army in the pacific during WW11
commander of army during korean war -
Hector P. Garcia
physician and surgeon during WW11
human rights advocate and founderof american G.I. Forum -
Joseph McCarthy
led to witch hunt for communist
had no proof for his acusations -
George S. Patton
led third army through europe
commander of us forces in north africa and sicily -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
commander of d-day and allied invasions of europe in WW11
created the interstate highway -
Chester W. Nimitz
commander of the pacific fleet during WW2
successfully organized the halt of the japanese advances -
Harry S. Truman
president from 1945-1953
used atomic weapons against japan to end world war 2 -
George Marshall
army chief of staff and advisor to roosevelt during WWII
churchill referred to him as the "organizer of victory" -
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Cold War – Post WWII through the 1980s
This post-war era is marked by issues of communism vs. democracy in Europe and America after World War II. It includes the United States and the Soviet Union as competing superpowers in the balance of power. The escalation of the Cold War from containment to the outbreak of the Korean War and foreign policies of the Kennedy / Johnson years including the growing conflict in Vietnam as well as the ending of the Cold War in the 1980s. -
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Civil Rights – 1950s, 1960s and beyond
This era highlights the issues of emerging rights for minorities and the leaders and critical events of the modern 20th century civil rights movement. -
Rosa Parks
didnt give seat to white man
montgomery bus boycott -
Martin Luther KIng Jr.
motgomery bus boycott (1955)
march on washington(1963) -
John F. Kennedy
supported space race
embarrassed by bay of pigs -
Betty friedan
leader of women's liberation movement
wrote the feminine mystique -
Richard Nixon
president from 1969-1974
noralized relations with red china (1972) -
Caesar Chavez
leader of the chicano movement to eliminate racism against mexican americans
organized farm workers in california and florida -
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Late 20th Contemporary Issues 1980s – 2000
An era of change as the U.S. experienced the end of the Cold War, new conflicts in the Middle East, the impeachment of a President and a controversial election to begin a new century. -
Sandra Day O'Conner
First Female Justice
Established Her vote between conservayives & liberals -
Ronald Reagan
president from 1981-1889
his presidency saw the beginnin of the end of the cold war -
Phyllis Schlafly
conservative activist
founder of eagle forum -
Bill Clinton
president from 1993-2001
supported NAFTA -gradually phased out tariffs -
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21st Century
Early in this century America dealt with a new threat of terrorism at home with the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and a decade of the “War Against Terror”. This era also marked the election of the first African-American President of the United States in 2008. -
Barack Obama
first african american president
supported health care
