Time Periods
A movement beginning in the 1950s to bring about social change in order to maintain the treatment of all citizens under the constitution as equals.
A. The Cold War
B. The Civil Rights Movement
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
First 10 amendments; they guarantee individual freedoms (or unalienable rights) discussed in the Declaration of Independence.
THE BILL OF RIGHTS
Civil rights leader in America. Organized a peaceful "March on Washington" where he gave his "I have a dream" speech.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Japan attacks the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
UNITED STATES ENTERS WORLD WAR II.
DECEMBER 7, 1941WORLD WAR II 1939-1945
1970s scandal that involved President Nixon covering up wrong doings by his supporters; feared impeachment, Nixon became the first president to resign from office.
THE WATERGATE SCANDAL
Period during the 1920s in which African American novelists, poets, and artists celebrated their culture.
A. The Great Depression
B. The Harlem Renaissance
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
13th AMENDMENT
Arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. Her actions led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
ROSA PARKS
Spain attempts to stop Cuban independence movement. The US intervenes after USS Maine and claims various Spanish possessions (Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rice) as a result moved the United States into the position of a world power.
1898 SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
SPUTNIK
Beginning in 1929 (stock market crash), problems with the banking and investment system; millions loosing jobs; poverty dominates country until World War II.
A. The Great Depression
B. The Roaring 20s
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Gave women the right to vote (suffrage); maintained that voting rights could not be limited based on gender.
19th AMENDMENT
His book, The Jungle, prompted regulations to protect food safety. Muckraker - journalist that exposed businesses during the Progressive Era.
UPTON SINCLAIR
Zimmerman Telegram - German Foreign Minister proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the US.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare - threatened American shipping. All boats in British waters would be sunk, even if neutral.
1914-1918 WORLD WAR I
Man made waterway; connects the Atlantic - Pacific Ocean through Panama; locks carry ships across land; workers died from accidents and diseases.
THE PANAMA CANAL
Reforms enacted at local, state and federal level / 16th Amendment; income tax; 17th Amendment; Direct election of senators; 18th Amendment (Prohibition); 19th Amendment (Women's right to vote); Increases in Republicanism.
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Prohibition! Made the production, distribution, and consumption of alcohol illegal.
18th AMENDMENT
Created a productive assembly line using standardized parts. Through this process he was able to create affordable automobiles.
HENRY FORD
US went to war in Korea in order to stop the communist take-over of the country. The war ends on a cease-fire. Korea was eventually split into 2 halves. The US still maintains military basis for the protection of South Korea.
1964-1973 THE VIETNAM WAR
The United States drops two nuclear bombs on Japan to avoid invading the island. Still the only nuclear weapons ever used in agression
ATOMIC BOMBS: Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th 1945 and August 9th, 1945.
THE COLD WAR
As president, he moved the US into an important position by using his "Big Stick" policy to build our empire and influence in Latin American and the Pacific. He supported the building of the Panama Canal.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Resulted in a global War on Terror.
SEPTEMEBER 11, 2001 TERRORISTS ATTACKS
Unanimously overturned Plessy v. Ferguson; ruled that Segregated schools are inherently unequal; mandated desegregation.
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954)