The americans

major eras in 11th grade u.s. history

By mickey.martin

  • westward expansion beginning

    westward expansion beginning
    •Growth of railroads
    •Mining
    •Ranching & Cattle Industry Boom
    •Farming and Agricultural Innovation
    •Conflict with Native Americans

  • the gilded age beginning

    the gilded age beginning
    •Industrialization
    •Monopolies
    •Andrew Carnegie
    •Immigration
    •Urbanization (growth of cities)

  • westward expansion end

    westward expansion end
    •Growth of railroads
    •Mining
    •Ranching & Cattle Industry Boom
    •Farming and Agricultural Innovation
    •Conflict with Native Americans

  • u.s. imperialism beginning

    u.s. imperialism beginning
    •U.S. expansion overseas
    •Spanish American War 1898
    •Annexation of Hawaii
    •Teddy Roosevelt

  • the gilded age end

    the gilded age end
    •Industrialization
    •Monopolies
    •Andrew Carnegie
    •Immigration
    •Urbanization (growth of cities)

  • progressive era beginning

    progressive era beginning
    •Democratic Reforms
    •Regulation of Monopolies
    •Consumer Protection
    •Environmental Conservation
    •Women’s Suffrage: 19thamendment
    •Prohibition

  • world war 1 beginning

    world war 1 beginning
    •Lusitania
    •Zimmerman Telegram
    •Trench warfare
    •Woodrow Wilson
    •League of Nations

  • u.s. imperialism end

    u.s. imperialism end
    •U.S. expansion overseas
    •Spanish American War 1898
    •Annexation of Hawaii
    •Teddy Roosevelt

  • world war 1 end

    world war 1 end
    •Lusitania
    •Zimmerman Telegram
    •Trench warfare
    •Woodrow Wilson
    •League of Nations

  • progressive era

    progressive era
    •Democratic Reforms
    •Regulation of Monopolies
    •Consumer Protection
    •Environmental Conservation
    •Women’s Suffrage: 19thamendment
    •Prohibition

  • roaring twenties beginning

    roaring twenties beginning
    •Jazz Age
    •Flappers
    •Prohibition
    •The “new” KKK
    •Scopes Trial

  • roaring twenties end

    roaring twenties end
    •Jazz Age
    •Flappers
    •Prohibition
    •The “new” KKK
    •Scopes Trial

  • great depression beginning

    great depression beginning
    •Stock Market Crash
    •High unemployment
    •Herbert Hoover
    •Franklin D. Roosevelt’sNew Deal

  • world war 2

    world war 2
    •Pearl Harbor
    •Holocaust
    •Adolf Hitler
    •Europe and the Pacific
    •Atomic Bomb

  • great depression end

    great depression end
    •Stock Market Crash
    •High unemployment
    •Herbert Hoover
    •Franklin D. Roosevelt’sNew Deal

  • world war 2

    world war 2
    •Pearl Harbor
    •Holocaust
    •Adolf Hitler
    •Europe and the Pacific
    •Atomic Bomb

  • cold war beginning

    cold war beginning
    •Soviet Union
    •Communism
    •Containment
    •Arms Race
    •Space Race –Sputnik 1957
    •Espionage (spies)

  • civil rights movement beginning

    civil rights movement beginning
    •Martin Luther King, Jr.
    •Rosa Parks
    •Sit Ins
    •Brown vs. Board of Education
    •“I Have a Dream”

  • Vietnam war beginning

    Vietnam war beginning
    •Part of the Cold War
    •U.S. supported South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam
    •Lyndon B. Johnson
    •Draft
    •Antiwar Movement

  • civil rights movement end

    civil rights movement end
    •Martin Luther King, Jr.
    •Rosa Parks
    •Sit Ins
    •Brown vs. Board of Education
    •“I Have a Dream”

  • late 20th century beginning

    late 20th century beginning
    •Inflation
    •Oil Crisis
    •Conservative Resurgence
    •End of Cold War
    •Technological Revolution

  • Vietnam war end

    Vietnam war end
    •Part of the Cold War
    •U.S. supported South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam
    •Lyndon B. Johnson
    •Draft
    •Antiwar Movement

  • cold war end

    cold war end
    •Soviet Union
    •Communism
    •Containment
    •Arms Race
    •Space Race –Sputnik 1957
    •Espionage (spies)

  • late 20th century end

    late 20th century end
    •Inflation
    •Oil Crisis
    •Conservative Resurgence
    •End of Cold War
    •Technological Revolution

  • u.s. in the 21st century beginning

    u.s. in the 21st century beginning
    •Globalization
    •9/11 Terrorist Attacks
    •War on Terror
    •Hurricane Katrina
    •2008 Economic Recession
    •Election of Barack Obama

  • u.s. 21st century still happening

    u.s. 21st century still happening
    •Globalization
    •9/11 Terrorist Attacks
    •War on Terror
    •Hurricane Katrina
    •2008 Economic Recession
    •Election of Barack Obama