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Modern America - US History
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Industrialization
U.S. was shaped by transnational movement and increased manufacturing. Many new industries and existing industries growth. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This was a bill that prohibited the Chinese from immigrating to the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions. This bill was passed because the United States felt that the Chinese were a threat to the natural work order. -
Immigration
Due to industrialization and booming business in U.S., it caused high demand of migrants and opportunity for people all around the world to immigrate to U.S in 1882. -
American Empire - US Imperialism
Announcing wars - MR. PRESIDENT, the times call for candor. The Philippines are ours forever, “territory belonging to the United States,” as the Constitution calls them. And just beyond the Philippines are China’s illimitable markets. We will not retreat from either. We will not repudiate our duty in the archipelago. We will not abandon our opportunity in the Orient. We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustee, under God, of the civilization of the world. -
World War 1
United Stated attempted to remain neutral in this war but Germany was battling the U.S. WWI began on July 28th, 1914 -
World War 1 Ends
During this war, the United States fought against Germany. All over the world on November 11, 1918, people were celebrating, dancing in the streets, drinking champagne, hailing the Celebration in Paris
Nov 11, 1918armistice that meant the end of the war. But at the front there was no celebration. Many soldiers believed the Armistice only a temporary measure and that the war would soon go on. As night came, the quietness, unearthly in its penetration, began to eat into their souls. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; however, in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. The great depression was a time in US history when the stock market crashed and everything went wrong economically. It affected many people very negatively financially. -
Black Tuesday
The Stock Market Crash of 1929. the market had completely collapsed. They called it: The Black Tuesday. Billions Lost as Stocks Crash. The Stock trader jumped off a building after losing everything on the Black Tuesday. -
President Franklin Roosevelt by election
Franklin Roosevelt is the only president that has ever been elected for four terms. Roosevelt's presidency made a very large impact on the United States. Roosevelt won by a landslide in both the electoral and popular vote, receiving the highest percentage of the popular vote for a Democratic nominee. He worked hard to help fix the stock market and help create aid for the unemployed. -
World War II
Lasted 6 years and 1 day long. Millions on millions of people died in many well-known events around this time, and 400,000 Americans died- almost as many as in the Civil War. It ends December 7, 1941 -
The Battle of Pearl Harbor
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Mordern Feminism
Before the 1960s, traditional American society encouraged young women to find happiness and fulfillment through marriage and homemaking. Television shows like "The Donna Reed Show" presented an image of domestic bliss in a pleasant suburban setting. But not every woman wanted to wear pearls and bring her husband his pipe and slippers when he came home from work. Some women wanted careers of their own. -
The Vietnam War - Cold War Conflict
Cold War – Russia and the United States supported its allies around the world in these conflicts. The most famous one being Vietnam. “The Vietnam War was the longest war in the United States history” (ushitsory.org). This fact shows how important this war was in US history because we were so determined to get to our objectives that we were blinded by the fact that we were not succeeding, which is why the war was so long. -
Women's Liberation Aims to Free Men, Too
Manifestos, speeches, essays, and other materials documenting various aspects of the Women's Movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. -
President Roald Reagan and Ending the Cold War
Reagan and Gorbachev first met in Geneva in November 1985 to discuss reducing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Over the next three years, despite their ideological differences, the two men found a diplomatic and personal meeting of the minds. Further summits took place and finally, in December 1987, agreed the INF Treaty (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces), the first agreement on actually reducing nuclear weapons. (Pictured: Reagan and Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty, 8 December 1987). -
Clinton Presidency ordered with sexual advances
U.S. District Court judge dismisses Paula Jones' civil lawsuite which alleged Clinton made sexual advances toward her in 1991, while he was governor of Arkansas. She later drops an appeal of the dismissal, agreeing to a financial settlement. -
Columbine Shootings
The crime was the worst high school shooting in U.S. history and prompted a national debate on gun control and school safety, as well as a major investigation to determine what motivated the gunmen, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17. Two teens went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, killing 13 people and wounding more than 20 others before turning their guns on themselves and committing suicide. -
911 Terrorist Attack
The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11)were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000 others and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage and $3 trillion in total costs. -
Americanization and Capitalization
An example, the word Coke is a trademark of the Coca-Cola Company. It is a proper noun and should always be capitalized. The word coke, meaning either cocaine or a by-product of coal or oil distillation, is not a proper noun and should not be capitalized except as normal English-language capitalization rules dictate.
