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Gilded Age
Mark Twain's 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, which satirized an era of serious social problems masked by a thin gold gilding. -
Progressive Era
was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to the 1920s. The main objective of the Progressive movement was eliminating corruption in government. The movement primarily targeted political machines and their bosses. -
19th amendment
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote -
Roaring 20's
is a term for Western society and culture in the 1920s. -
Black Tuesday
New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression. -
Great Depression
was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States -
New Deals
was a series of social liberal programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later -
Post WW2 boom
During this time, there was high worldwide economic growth; Western European and East Asian countries in particular experienced unusually high and sustained growth, together with full employment. -
Civil Rights Era
Civil rights era, movements to end racial discrimination -
Great Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Environmental Movement
conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues. -
Oil Embargo
The embargo both banned petroleum exports to the targeted nations and introduced cuts in oil production. Several years of negotiations between oil-producing nations and oil companies had already destabilized a decades-old pricing system, which exacerbated the embargo’s effects. -
Reaganomics
refers to the economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. -
Patriot Act
is an Act of Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. With its ten-letter abbreviation (USA PATRIOT) expanded, the full title is "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001". -
The Great Recession
began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, and thus extended over 18 months.