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Westward Expansion
The call of the West that attracted thousands of Americans and immigrants to traverse the New World's vast unknown territories. Grover Cleveland was president at the start of the Expansion. -
Progressive Era 1890-1920s
A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government. -
American Imperialism 1890-1920s
Time period that exerted political, social, and economic control over countries such as the Philippines, Cuba, and Germany. George Boutwell was the president if the Anti-imperial league. Benjamin Harrison was the President. -
Spanish American War April-August 1898
War fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It ended Spain's colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power. Enrique DeLome was a Spanish diplomat who wrote a letter calling President McKinley incompetent and weak. William McKinney was president at the time. -
Galveston Hurricane
Galveston hurricane leaves an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 dead. According to the census, the nation's population numbers nearly 76 million. -
Wright Brothers
Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C. -
FBI
Bureau of Investigation, forerunner of the FBI, is established -
World War 1 1914-1918
A Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand (no, not the band), the Archduke of Austria, in Sarajevo. Exactly one month later, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Lasted between 1914-1918 Woodrow Wilson was president at the time. -
Telephone
First long distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco, is demonstrated -
Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives -
Roaring 20s During the 20s
It was a period of sustained economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Western Europe, particularly in major cities such as Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and Sydney. Henry Ford is the founder of Ford and invented the assembly line. He also was the first person to pay his workers $5 a day. Wilson, Coolidge, and Hoover were the presidents at this time. -
Gilded Age
Gilded Age: time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misdealing and many wealthy people lived very fancy lives.
William Jennings Bryan was a United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes. Wilson Harding and Coolidge was president at the time. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis -
Great Depression 1929-1939
Worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Lasted until 1939. Herbert Hoover was the president at the time. -
National Anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem -
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband -
Social Security
Social Security Act is passed -
Fair Labor
Fair Labor Standards Act is passed, setting the first minimum wage in the U.S. at 25 cents per hour -
World War 2 1939-1945
“Marco Polo Bridge Incident” led to a prolonged war between Japan and China, and September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazi state in retaliation. Roosevelt and Truman was president during the time. -
Cold War 1947-1991
War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that lasted 40 years and they never shot fire at each other. U.S. had a plan to stop communism
Josef Stalin was the leader us the Soviet Union. Truman was president at the time. -
Era of Social Change During the 50s
People experienced increased racism and discrimination.
Betty Fiedan wrote "The Feminine Mystique" - wrote about the discontent of women......she also helped create NOW (Nat'l Organization of Women). Woodrow Wilson was the president. -
Korean War 1950-1953
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. China came to the aid of North Korea, and the Soviet Union gave some assistance also. Harry S. Truman was president at the time. -
22nd Amendment
Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, limiting the president to two terms -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.: Landmark Supreme Court decision declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional -
Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968
To achieve Civil Rights equal to those of whites, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities,etc. LBJ was president at that time. -
Vietnam War 1955-1975
The war began in 1954 (though conflict in the region stretched back to the mid-1940s), after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam, and continued against the backdrop of an intense Cold War between two global superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union.
Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese Communist party in struggle for liberation from French and U.S. dominance and to unify north and south Vietnam. Richard Nixon was president at the time. -
John Glenn
Lt. Col. John Glenn becomes first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth -
MLK Jr.
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech before a crowd of 200,000 during the civil rights march on Washington, DC -
New Frontier
New Frontier: A slogan used by President John F. Kennedy to describe his goals and policies. Kennedy maintained that, like the Americans of the frontier in the nineteenth century, Americans of the twentieth century had to rise to new challenges, such as achieving equality of opportunity for all. RFK was the Attorney General during the Kennedy Administration. -
Great Society
Great Society: a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. Barry Goldwater was a Republican contender against LBJ for presidency and a platform included lessening federal involvement. Therefore opposing Civil Rights Act of 1964; lost by largest margin in history. -
Kent Sate University Shooting
Four students are shot to death by National Guardsmen during an antiwar protest at Kent State University -
26 Amendment
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 -
Jackie Joyner Kersee
Jackie Joyner Kersee is the first woman athlete on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine -
Gulf War 1990-1991
Iraq invaded Kuwait - claimed Kuwait was stealing their oil; U.S. got involved to protect oil. President George H.W. Bush was president at the time. -
Paula Jones
Paula Jones, a former Arkansas state employee, files a federal lawsuit against President Clinton for sexual harassment -
OKC
Bombing of federal office building in Oklahoma City kills 168 people -
Iraq War 2003-2011
The Iraq War was a conflict in Iraq, a country in the Middle East. ... In this phase, U.S. and British troops invaded Iraq and quickly defeated the Iraqi military. The second phase of the war began in April 2003. In this phase, U.S.-led forces occupied Iraq while it tried to rebuild itself and its government. George W. Bush was president at the time. -
Elena Kagan
Newest Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is only the fourth woman to ever hold this position, and she's the third female member of the current bench, joining Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor.
