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