Period 6 1865-1898
Period 7 1890-1945
Period 8 1945-1980
Period 9 1980-Present
Famous People
100

One of the last American Indian (Arizona Apache) leaders to resist during the Indian Wars and the Reservation System under the Dawes Act

Geronimo

100

War that brought America Cuba, Puerto Rico, Phillippines 

Spanish-American War

100

President associated with interstate highway system, growth of suburbs, NDEA

Eisenhower 

100

President for most of the 1980s

RONALD WILSON REAGAN

100

This person created his monopoly through vertical integration-steel

Andrew Carnegie

200

Most famous political machine

Tammany Hall

200

Jane Addams is associated with this movement (not Progressivism) 

Settlement Houses

200

Name of LBJ's set of domestic programs 

Great Society 

200

Epidemic that was mostly ignored by federal government in the 80s

AIDS

200

Believed that segregation was acceptable as long as African-Americans were working and learning a trade to make money.  Money=political power

Booker T. Washington


300

first federal law that (was supposed to) break up monopolies 

Sherman Anti Trust Act

300

Government agency meant to persuade Americans to support WWI

CPI 

300

Invention that propelled massive demographic shift from North to South and Southwest 

Air conditioning 

300

Bill Clinton's free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada 

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) 

300

This former president was considered a "trust-buster" and supported many social, political, and economic reforms in the early Progressive era.

Theodore Roosevelt

400

Agricultural group that preceded/helped bring about the Populists 

Grange

400

Act that enforced the 18th Amendment 

Volstead Act

400

Campaign in Vietnam that turned American opinion against the war 

Tet Offensive 

400

George W. Bush's legislative response after the 9/11 terror attacks

Patriot Act 

400

This presidential candidate was a symbol for the Populist party during the late 1800s, and believed in unlimited silver coinage, regulating railroads, etc

William Jennings Bryan

500

Strike against a Carnegie factory, was crushed by Pinkertons 

Homestead Strike

500

Group that opposed American intervention in WW2 

America First Committee 

500

Name of Carter's signature foreign policy achievement 

Camp David Accords

500

This conflict was caused by President Bush (jr) stating that this country harbored weapons of mass destruction (and harbored terrorists).

War in Iraq (after 9/11)

500

This demagogue believed that the New Deal programs of the 1930s did not do enough to alleviate poverty.  He introduced his "Share the Wealth" program.

Huey Long

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