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Industrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization
These three milestones in American history impacted the lives of Americans by bringing in new technologies, cultures, and lifestyles into the country. -
Imperialism
The concept of manifest destiny was instilled in American values and due to this reason America wanted to expand the economy in response to the demand of the growth of industrialism which lasted for 23 years. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams founded the Hull Houses and helped to create housing for immigrant workers in the 1890s. She was also a women’s suffrage activist and an advocate for peace. -
Queen Liliukalani
She was forcibly removed from her throne as Queen of Hawaii when the United States government annexed the country. -
Progressivism
This was an era in America in which politicians began to analyze the founding of America and lasted for 14 years. -
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair was a journalist and author who worked undercover to research meatpacking plants in Chicago and wrote a bestselling Political expose. -
World War I
World War I marked the emergence of the United States into the world as a superpower and prior to WWI, the United States was fairly isolated from foreign affairs. -
New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt transformed American economy after Wall Street shattered it but originally this plan was deemed unconstitutional. -
John J Pershing
A general in World War I, Pershing was one of most famous generals of his time who successfully led the Meuse-Argonne offensive in 1918. -
1920's
This era was a time of celebration and self expression immediately after WWI ended. The automobile was the biggest form of self expression and consumerism. -
Sacco-Vanzetti
Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian laborers and rebels who were arrested for a South Braintree robbery that jumpstarted America's most imfamous political trial. -
World War II
The United States was involved in the war in the Pacific and in Europe and in response to this the U.S. economy flourished and became a economical super-power. -
The Great Depression
The great depression was a widespread economic disaster caused by the stock market crash that resulted in widespread unemployment and despair all over America. -
FDR
Roosevelt was president at the time of the Great Depression and helped the American people regain faith in themselves and the direction of the country. -
Huey Long
Long was a legendary Luisiana constitutional governor who was aimed to run for president, however, he was assinated in 1935. -
Cold War
The Cold War, which lasted about 45 years, caused Americans to be aprehensive about communism and created what was called a "balance of terror". -
Joseph McCarthy
He exploited the specter of communist inflitration to increase his power. -
Rosie the Riveter
It was a group of American women who took their time to volunteer and work for the industrial labor force when all of the men were fighting in the World War. -
William Levitt
William Levitt, known as "The father of modern America", built homes across the country as well as "Levittowns" which advanced America into suburbs. -
1950's
At the end of World War II, America’s economy expanded and more corporate jobs were offered, and also the Baby Boom was underway this decade. -
The Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement, which lasted 13 years, was a struggle by African Americans to achieve rights equal to those of white people in terms of employment, housing and education. -
Francis Gary Powers
Powers was a captain in the Air Force who left for the Soviet Union in 1956 in a secret spy program and was later captured by the Soviets, but he returned to work with the CIA in 1970. -
1960's
This decade was a time of revolution for education, lifestyle, music, laws , and values in America in which the youth of the country jumpstarted. -
Dean Rusk
Was secretary of state under JFK and Lyndon B. Johnson. Rusk believed in using military power to combat communism. -
Michael Schwerner
Being a civil rights worker, he despised the KKK and was killed by this group. -
The Vietnam war
This war caused caused much controversy, was not supported by many Americans, and in the end, the war, which lasted 10 years, was lost by Americans -
Walter Mondale
Mondale was Jimmy Carter’s vice president in 1976 as well as a key participant in the Camp David records -
The 1970s
The activism that started in the 60s continued on in the 70s. Because this was a post war period, new social causes and campaigns were put into action such as environmentalism -
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States who made significant foreign policy accomplishments. -
1980's
The successful Reagan revolution was presented after the recession that took place in the 1970s. Furthermore, hostile takeovers, leveraged buyouts, mega-mergers emerged in this decade.