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American Revolution 1763-1783
American Revolution was the first modern revolution, it marked the first time in history that a people fought for their independence.
Declaration of Independence created in 1776
American colonies won their independence from Great Britain
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson -
The New Nation 1783-1815
The U.S. Constitution was Ratified in 1789
Americans turned to George Washington for leadership as the president of the new republic.
President Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the new nation with the Louisiana purchase
Principles: Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Federalism, etc…
Bill of Rights -
Expansion & Reform 1815-1860
The Republic expanded from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Settlements displaced other groups including Indian tribes and Mexicans.
Expansion gave African-American slavery a new lease on life and led to increasing conflict between North and South.
Manifest destiny
California Gold Rush
Abolitionism
Women’s Suffrage (Susan B. Anthony)
Temperance Movement
Asylum/Prison Reform -
Civil War 1861-1865
Northerners wanted to limit the spread of slavery and abolish it.
Southerners wanted to maintain and expand it.
Slavery was the main political crisis.
The South created an Independent Confederacy of states where slavery would be protected.
Most of the war was fought in the South, so the region was damaged physically and economically.
Union (North) vs. Confederacy (South)
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln -
Reconstruction 1865-1877
The Reconstruction Acts established military rule over Southern states
They limited former Confederate and military officers rights to vote and run for office
The acts gave former male slaves the right to vote and hold office.
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery from the US
The 14th Amendment made Blacks protected citizens from discriminatory state laws
The 15th Amendment guaranteed African American men the right to vote.
Ku Klux Klan
Jim Crow laws -
Westward Expansion 1865-1890
The United States expanded into what is now Oklahoma.
To Jefferson, westward expansion was the key to the nation's health.
He believed that the republic depended on an independent, virtuous citizenry. Independence and virtue went hand in hand with land ownership, especially the ownership of small farms.
Growth of railroads
Mining
Ranching & Cattle Industry Boom
Farming and Agricultural Innovation
Conflict with Native Americans -
The Gilded Age 1877-1900
The period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath
An urban society dominated by it's industrial economy
There was shady business practice, scandal in politics, technological innovation,unfettered capitalism, labor violence, racial tension, militant farmers, and mass immigration
A national transportation and communication network was created
Gold and Silver brought miners
Railroads, barbed wire, windmills and pumps attracted ranchers and farmers
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Progressive Era 1900-1919
An era of business expansion and progressive reform
Progressives worked to make society a safer place to live and to improve corrupt city governments, conditions in factories, and living conditions in slums. They also regulated big business.
Democratic Reforms
Consumer Protection
Environmental Conservation
Women’s Suffrage: The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote
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U.S. Imperialism 1898 - 1914
Imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. The economic, military and cultural influence of the nation spread on other countries. Financial panic led to Americans experiencing a major economic depression which caused all this.
US expansion overseas
Spanish American War 1898
Annexation of Hawaii
Teddy Roosevelt -
World War I 1914-1918
World War I destroyed German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Romanov empires. WWI carried far-reaching consequences for the home front, including prohibition, women's suffrage, and a bitter debate over civil liberties.World War I killed more people and cost more money than any previous war in history.10 million soldiers died and about 21 million were wounded.Arab lands came under the control of Britain and France.
Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram
Trench warfare
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations -
The Roaring Twenties 1920-1929
The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s where jazz music and dance styles became popular
Flappers were "fashionable" young women intent on enjoying themselves
Prohibition, the prevention of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, was being enforced
The KKK, a secret organization of White Protestant Americans, mainly in the South, who use violence against Black people, Jewish people, and other minority groups was in action
The Scopes Trial teaching the theory of evolution in violation of state law -
Great Depression 1929-1941
The Depression expanded the government and created a welfare state. It gave rise to an idea that the government should provide a safety net for the elderly, jobless, disabled, and the poor. The stock market crash brought economic prosperity to an end. The results were insufficient purchasing power, falling crop and commodity prices, and dependence on borrowed money and foul government policies.
Stock Market Crash
High unemployment
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal -
World War II 1939-1945
WWII killed more people, involved more nations, and cost more money than any other war in history. WWII was truly a global war. 70 nations took part in the conflict. It cost the nation a million causalities and 400,000 deaths. It ended the Depression, brought millions of women into the workforce, initiated changed the lives of the nation's minority groups, and dramatically expanded government's presence in American life.
Pearl Harbor
Holocaust
Adolf Hitler
Europe and the Pacific
Atomic Bomb -
The Cold War 1945-1991
Soviet Union: A former federation of Communist republics occupying the northern half of Asia and part of eastern Europe
Communism: A political theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Containment
Arms Race: A competition between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War for superiority in development and accumulation of weapons.
Space Race – Sputnik 1957
Espionage -
Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an African American clergyman and political leader he was the most prominent member of the civil rights movement.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus to a white person, which she was legally required to do.
Sit Ins are where you occupy a place as a form of peaceful protest.
Brown vs. Board of Education
“I Have a Dream” -
Vietnam War 1954-1975
Vietnam was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the 20th century. It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and in an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths. Congress enacted the War Powers Act in 1973, requiring the president to receive explicit Congressional approval before committing American forces overseas.
Part of the Cold War
U.S. supported South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Draft
Antiwar Movement -
Late 20th Century 1970-1999
The three decades of the 20th century were shaped by fundamental challenges that arose including political leadership, wrenching economic transformations, and uncertainty over America's proper role in the world. Economic growth slowed, productivity flagged, inflation and oil prices soared, family income stagnated, and major industries faltered in the face of foreign competition.
Inflation
Oil Crisis
Conservative Resurgence
End of Cold War
Technological Revolution -
U.S. in the 21st Century 2000-Present
Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations
On September 11, terrorist hijackers turned commercial airlines into missiles and attacked key symbols of American economic and military might. These hideous attacks leveled the World Trade Center towers in New York, destroyed part of the Pentagon
War on Terror
Hurricane Katrina
2008 Economic Recession
Election of Barack Obama our first black president.
