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The Red Scare of the 20's
The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, which led many to fear that immigrants, particularly from Russia, southern Europe, and eastern Europe, intended to overthrow the United States government; The end of World War I, which caused production needs to decline and unemployment to rise. -
Women Gain Rights
Females advanced in the work force as more women began to get hired for office jobs. They also gained several rights and a freer lifestyle. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed in the United States, granting suffrage to women. -
Prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol often referred to simply as prohibition. It means the legal act of prohibiting the manufacture from selling the alcohol and transporting it to people. The term can also apply to the periods in historic of countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. -
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The Great Depression
The great depression should people from all social classes the value of economic security -
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World War II
Many African Americans served in the war. Overseas they found that the racism that was found in the United States was not international. ... they Independence due to a rise in nationalism, and because the mother country was weakened due to WW2. -
Pearl Harbor
December 7th, 1941 353 Japanese fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes that came I two waves and attacked an American base. 2,402 Americans were killed and 1282 were wounded. This marked the start of WWII. -
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The Cold War
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc -
The Red Scare of the 50's
As the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s, hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War,[59] and also known in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Vietnamese: Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955[A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. -
First Man In Space
Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, made history on April 12, 1961 when he became the first person in the world to enter space. He also became the first man to orbit the earth. They named his shuttle the Vostok 1. He made approximately a ten minute orbital flight. America matched the accomplishment less than a month later. -
LA Riots
The riots took place in a neighborhood called Watts, Los Angeles. It was a civil disturbance lasting from August 11th to August 15th. The death count was 34 for the incident with 1,032 injuries. The result of the riot was $40 million dollars. It goes down in history as the largest and costliest rebellion of the Civil Rights Era. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights act became effective July 2nd, 1964. The legislation outlawed discrimination against African Americans and women including racial segregation. It ended racial segregation in public places and schools. It allowed women to vote in the United States. The bill changed American history forever. -
Watergate
The House Judiciary Committee voted in favor of the three articles of impeachment, charging President Richard Nixon with obstruction of justice. The Watergate scandal had a devastating effect on American politics. ... Americans could never look at government the same way again. -
Columbine
Eric Harris had been plotting this massacre since 1996. He created a website for gaming with his friends and then they started to blog on the site. In late 1997 Harris really became a threat when he rambled about his rage against society. Two years later, when he was a senior, Harris and his friend Dylan Klebold ran into the school with guns. They killed 12 students and 1 teacher. -
9-11
Made people want to fight radical Islamics