-
Apr 20, 1491
Native Americans
There were many groups of Native Americans n different areas and they all culturaly differed from one another.
- Eskimos(Arctic Area): fishing and gathering
- Cherokee/Creole(Southeast): hunted and learned how to grow crops
-Hopi/Pueblo(Southwest): hunted and farmed
-Sloux(Plain Indians): horses were introduced from Europe
-Wichita Tribe: agriculture and trade
-Iroquis/Alaunauns: hunted, gathered, and practiced slah and burn
* Gender Roles: women shared labor excpet for hunting -
Apr 20, 1492
European Contact
During this time, Europeans began to colonize Native Ameircan lands and the Natives were either forced in labor or they converted to their ways of living. The euopeans also brought new things t their land such as diseases, weapons, and food.They also wanted to change many aspects of their lives such as their gender roles and relationship with the environment.
Ex: converting to christianity -
Salem Witch Trials (1692-1693)
In Salem, Masachusetts, they began to have a series of prosecutions of many people that were accused of witchcraft. It all began with a group of girls getting together in the woods practicing what seemed to be a ritual. During this time, people were not allowed to practice witchcraft and if they did, they would have to face the consequences of being lynched, put down by rocks, etc. -
The Second Great Awakening
Revivals began in Conneticut in 1790, unlike the revivals of the First Great Awakening they were calmer and quieter.In New Englad, these revivals formed a movement to educate and reform America. Social activists made all sorts of reformed groups.
Ex: American Bible Society, The Society for the Promotion of Temperance -
Temperance Movement
To begin with, in the early 1800's Americans began to consume and produce large quantities of alcohol.In 1826, the American Temperance Society wanted total abstinence from drinking alcohol. Many citizens thought that drinking was immoral and not religious and that it would cause poverty and mental instability. Another thing, was that women thought that it made men drunk to the point where they were harming their families and others around them. -
Abolitionism
Around this time, many influential people had rised to stand up for African-American and immigarant rights to allow them to be treated equally.
Ex of the leaders:
- William Lloyd Garrison: launched an abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and he worked along Fredrick Douglass -
Public Schools Reform
Thie reform movement began in rural areas becasue people wanted to improve education so that children would become more responsible and well informed. In 1837, Horace Mann became secretary of Massachusett's Board of Education.Hi impacted movement by spending more money on schools, making the school year longer, dividing the students into grades, and issuing textbooks. -
Senevca Falls Convention
During thie time, many women were wanting to be treated equally, so they put up a lot of protests and conventions to show the people what they would do for their rights.Lucrettia
Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized a conventin for womens rights in Seneca Falls, New Yok. This convention issued a declaration of Sentiments that stated that all men and women were created equal. -
Niagara Movement
1906- The Niagara Movement began in 1906 in a meeting at Niagara Falls, Canada in opposition to Booker T Washington's philosophy of accepting segregation. It encouraged black pride. -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle which investigated the dangerous working conditions and unsanitary procedures in the meat packing industry. In 1906, the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act were passed. -
The Assembly Line
Henry Fore made the first moving assembly line. It was a manufacturing process where parts of the Model T move station to station and parts are added in sequence until the final product is produced. -
Period: to
First Red Scare
The red scare is based on the fear of socialism and communism in the Untied States. Several states posed free speech limitations. The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 gave the authorities the right to jail individuals who were against the war. -
Flapper Girls
In the 1920s, women began wearing short skirts, bobbed hair, listened to jazz and promoted unacceptable behavior at the time period. The flappers wore excessive makeup and drank. They also smoked, drove automobiles and flouted sexual norms. The flappers ditched the Victorian lifestyle and traditions and set up a new way of life that gave women a new sense of freedom. -
WNBC
In 1922, NBC was created to reach more people with national programming. Radio became a medium for the masses after he production of NBC and other networks. -
The Scopes Trial
The state of Tennesee v. John Thomas Scopes. This was a court case which accused John Scopes, a substitute teacher, of violating the Butler Act in Tennessee: the Butler Act made it it unlawful to teach evolution in a public school. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100. This case opened the question on whether schools should avoid teaching lessons due to the Bible. -
The Wagner Act
In 1935, Congress passed a National Labor Relations Act, called the Wagner act. It legalize collective-bargaining. Also, outlawed spying on union activities and blacklisting.The Wagner Act caused a great increase in union membership. -
Social Security Act
In 1935, Congress passed the Social Security Act. This system offered three types of insurance: old age pensions and survivors benefits, unemployment insurance, and aid for dependent children, the blind, and the physically disabled. Social Security helped Americans feel more secure. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
In 1938, a Fair Labor Standards Act banned child labor and set up a minimum wage. It allowed people to receive a fair pay for their work and children could now attend school to recieve an education. -
Pearl Habor
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese pilots attacked Pearl Harbor Navy base in Hawaii. 2500 people died. The following day President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. -
Period: to
Xenophobia (Internment of Japanese Americans)
Americans of German and Italian descent faced harsh discrimination and threat of deportation. Japanese-Americans were viewed as a threat to many communities on the West Coast. President Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order that forced the internment of over 100,000 Japanese Americans and camps in 1942. -
9/11
On September 9, 2001, there was a series of four coordinated terrorist attacksby the Islamic terrorist group Al Qaeda. This tragic event killed many Americans and brought the nation to mourn together. It also caused security in the country to become more stricter.
