Significant Years 1
1898
Spanish-American War
This short and easy victory marked the emergence of the United States as a major world power
Spanish-American War
This muckraker exposed the meatpacking industry with his novel The Jungle, which resulted in legislation like the Pure Food and Drug Act
Upton Sinclair
This economic recovery program provided financial assistance to European nations after World War II
Marshall Plan
1896 - upheld the constitutionality of the "separate but equal" doctrine behind segregationist policies in the South
Plessy v. Ferguson
1914-1918
World War I
This man was a leading imperialist who argued that national greatness depended on having a strong navy; he also advocated for colonies and a canal in Central America
Alfred Thayer Mahan
This woman was a major leader in the women's suffrage movement
Susan B. Anthony
This was an Allied campaign to fly in food, medicine, and supplies to the people of West Berlin after the city was blockaded by the Soviets
Berlin Airlift
1954 - eliminated "separate but equal" in public education and ordered the desegregation of schools
Brown v. Board of Education
1929
Start of the Great Depression (stock market crash)
This man commanded the Rough Riders in Cuba, was known for his "big stick" diplomacy, and justified intervening in Latin America by adding his own Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Theodore Roosevelt
This woman was a social worker who established a settlement house, called the Hull House, in Chicago to help immigrants and the poor
Jane Addams
This was a military alliance among the US and Western European nations in 1949 designed to stop Soviet aggressive expansion
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
1954 - ruled that Mexican Americans were entitled to the same constitutional protections under the 14th Amendment as were other minorities
Hernandez v. Texas
1939-1945
World War II
Along with the de Lome letter and yellow journalism, this event was a major cause of the outbreak of war between the United States and Spain
Explosion of the USS Maine
This woman was an activist who campaigned against the regular lynching of African Americans
Ida B. Wells
The purpose of this congressional committee was to investigate and root out suspected Communists in American institutions
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
1969 - ruled that students wearing armbands to protest the Vietnam War was protected by the First Amendment freedom of speech
Tinker v. Des Moines
1957
Launch of Sputnik (beginning of space race)
This man worked towards the annexation of Hawaii as a US state, and served as its governor
Sanford B. Dole
This man was a founder of the NAACP and urged blacks to actively campaign for equal rights
W.E.B. DuBois
This term is named for a Wisconsin senator who was notorious for his anti-Communist crusade in which he recklessly accused people of treason, often without evidence
McCarthyism
1972 - ruled that state law could not force Amish children to attend public school since it violated the First Amendment freedom of religion
Wisconsin v. Yoder