U.S History timeline

  • Western Expansion 1866 -1890

    Western Expansion 1866 -1890
    Railroads grew
    Ranching ,Cattle Industry Boom ,Mining ,Agricultural
    Innovation, and farming.
    People started moveing west
    Conflict with Native Americans
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    Westward Expancion

    Westward Expancion 1865-1890
  • Gilded Age 1877-1900

    Gilded Age 1877-1900
    A lot of imigrants came to the U.S to work in factorys
    so most people move in to cities lots of (Urbanization) started hapening.
    Bussnes wanted to monopolice things
    •Andrew Carnegie
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    Gilded Age 1877-1900

    Gilded Age 1877-1900
  • U.S Imperialism 1898-1914

    U.S Imperialism 1898-1914
    Teddy Roosevelt wanted U.S. expansio causeing Spanish American War 1898, and Annexation of Hawaii.
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    U.S Imperialism 1898-1914

    U.S Imperialism 1898-1914
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    (1900-1919)Progresive Era

    (1900-1919)Progresive Era
  • (1900-1919)Progresive Era

    (1900-1919)Progresive Era
    Democratic Reforms
    Regulation of Monopolies
    Consumer Protection
    Environmental Conservation
    Women’s Suffrage: 19th amendment
    Prohibition
  • World War One 1914- 1918

    World War One 1914- 1918
    Lusitania
    Zimmerman Telegram
    Trench warfare
    Woodrow Wilson
    League of Nations
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    World War 1 1914-1918

    World War One 1914- 1918
  • Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

    Roaring Twenties 1920-1929
    Jazz Age
    Flappers
    Prohibition
    The “new” KKK
    Scopes Trial
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    Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

    Roaring Twenties 1920-1929
  • Great Depression 1929-1941

    Great Depression 1929-1941
    Stock Market Crash
    High unemployment
    Herbert Hoover
    Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal
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    Great Depression 1929-1941

    Great Depression 1929-1941
  • World War II 1939-1945

    World War II 1939-1945
    Pearl Harbor
    Holocaust
    Adolf Hitler
    Europe and the Pacific
    Atomic Bomb
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    World War II 1939-1945

    World War II 1939-1945
  • The Cold War 1945-1991

    The Cold War 1945-1991
    Soviet Union
    Communism
    Containment
    Arms Race
    Space Race – Sputnik 1957
    Espionage (spies)
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    The Cold War 1945-1991

    The Cold War 1945-1991
  • Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968

    Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Rosa Parks
    Sit Ins
    Brown vs. Board of Education
    “I Have a Dream”
  • Vietnam War 1954-1975

    Vietnam War 1954-1975
    Part of the Cold War
    U.S. supported South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    Draft
    Antiwar Movement
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    Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968

    Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968
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    Vietnam War 1954-1975

    Vietnam War 1954-1975
  • Late 20th Century 1970-1999

    Late 20th Century 1970-1999
    Inflation
    Oil Crisis
    Conservative Resurgence
    End of Cold War
    Technological Revolution
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    Late 20th Century 1970-1999

    Late 20th Century 1970-1999
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    U.S. in the 21st Century 2000-Present

    U.S. in the 21st Century 2000-Present
  • U.S. in the 21st Century 2000-Present

    U.S. in the 21st Century 2000-Present
    Globalization
    9/11 Terrorist Attacks
    War on Terror
    Hurricane Katrina
    2008 Economic Recession
    Election of Barack Obama