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The Industrial Era
The Industrial Era was the transition to new manufacturing processes. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power, and the development of machine tools. It also included the change from wood and other bio-fuels to coal. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act made it a misdemeanor punishable by a year in prison and a $5,000 fine to take part in a "contract combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among several states or with foreign governments." -
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The Imperialism Era
The Era where countries expanded by gaining new teritory, and making colonies. -
Spanish American War
The United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire -- Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippine islands, Guam, and other islands. -
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The Progressive Era
Progressivism is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America. Progressivism began as a social movement and grew into a political movement. -
Coal Miner Strike
The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the UMWA (United Mine Workers of America) in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania . Striking miners demanded higher wages, shorter workdays, and union recognition. This strike threatened to shut down the winter supply of coal to the major cities. -
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The Roaring Twenties
The 1920s in the United States, called “roaring” because of the exuberant, freewheeling popular culture of the decade. The Roaring Twenties was a time when many people defied Prohibition, indulged in new styles of dancing and dressing, and rejected many traditional moral standards. -
Kellog-Briand Pact
After World War 1 there was a lot of people with anti-war feelings, and that lead to the signing of the Kellog-Briand Pact. Saddly there was no way of enforcing the outlaw of war because you have to go to war to end it. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1937. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. -
Stock Market Crash
The Wall Street Crash was the U.S. Stock Market crash of October 29, 1929, which precipitated a world-wide collapse of share values and triggered the Great Depression – 10 years of economic slump with catastrophic levels of unemployment -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. The German invasion of Poland showed how Hitler intended to wage war, what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. This was the start of World War II. -
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World War 2
war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States). -
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The Cold War
The Cold War is the name given to the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the USSR after World War Two. The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades and many major crises occurred - the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, and the Berlin Wall being just some. For many, the growth in weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue. -
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The Fifties
The economy was booming, more consumer goods, cars, and suburban living, and it was an era of great conflict. -
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The Civil Rights Era
The national effort made by black people and their supporters in the 1950s and 1960s to eliminate segregation and gain equal rights. -
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Vietnam War
A Cold War conflict pitting the U.S. and the remnants of the French colonial government in South Vietnam against the communist Vietnamese independence movement (the Viet Minh) -
Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. -
Murder of Emmett Till
14 year old Emit Till, an african american boy from Chicago, was brutally killed on August 28th 1955 for allegedly flirting with a white woman. Two men beat him nearly to death, gouged his eye out, shot him in the head, and threw him in the river. His corpse was recovered 3 days later, and his mother wanted an open-casket funeral, so the world could see what the killers did. The all white jurry found the killers not guilty because they had no proof the body was Emit's. -
Alaska becomes a state
Alaska came into U.S. possession in 1867, when William Seward, secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson, negotiated a deal to buy the 586,000-square-mile area from Russia for $7.2 million, less than 2 cents per acre. On January 3, 1959 Alaska was recognized as the 49th state. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gives President Lyndon Johnson the power to take whatever actions he sees necessary to defend South Vietnam against Viet Cong forces
