70s, 80s, and 90s
On this date, the United States was attacked by Islamic terrorists who hijacked four airliners and flew the planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania.
9/11/2001
This 1954 landmark case declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This era, spanning from the 1870s to about 1900, was marked by rapid industrialization, economic growth, and the rise of tycoons like Rockefeller and Carnegie.
What is the Gilded Age?
This decade was marked by the Great Depression, leading to the implementation of the New Deal policies by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat economic hardship.
What are the 1930s?
Reporters, writers, and social scientist exposed the abuses of industrial society and government corruption
What are Muckrakers?
In 1972, this US president was the first to visit mainland China
Who is Richard Nixon?
In this 1919 case, the Supreme Court ruled that speech presenting a "clear and present danger" is not protected under the First Amendment.
What is Schenck v. United States?
This decade was characterized by economic prosperity, jazz music, and the cultural phenomenon of flappers.
the "Roaring Twenties" (1920s)
This decade experienced "stagflation," a combination of high inflation and stagnant economic growth, partly due to oil embargoes and rising energy prices.
What are the 1970s?
This book by Upton Sinclair described the unsanitary practices of the meat packing industry.
What is "The Jungle"?
In 1989, this president sent U.S. forces to Panama to remove Manuel Noriega from power help restore democratically elected leaders
George H.W. Bush
This 1969 case established that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate."
What is Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District?
This global conflict from 1939 to 1945 involved major battles such as D-Day and the Battle of Midway, and ended with the Allied victory.
What is World War II?
This decade began with the dot-com bubble burst and ended with the Great Recession, triggered by the housing market collapse and financial crisis.
What are the 2000s?
This woman was a leader in the Women’s Suffrage movement
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This president saw the United States enter into international organizations, such as NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) between Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
Bill Clinton
This 1973 case recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abortion during the first two trimesters. (This will later be overturned in 2015 with the case of Obergefell v. Hodges?)
What is Roe v. Wade?
This decade was marked by significant social change, including the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the moon landing.
What are the 1960s?
This decade saw sharp economic growth, stock market speculation, and the rise of consumer credit, leading to the eventual stock market crash at the end of the decade
What are the 1920s?
These provided child care, nursing services, and English lessons to immigrants. Jane Addams helped to establish them
What are Settlement Houses?
George W. Bush feared that this Iraqi Dictator might provide biological, chemical, or even nuclear weapons to Islamic terrorists, so we invaded Iraq to remove him from power.
Saddam Hussein
This 1954 Supreme Court case extended the Equal Protection Clause to Mexican-Americans, ruling that their exclusion from jury service was unconstitutional.
What is Hernandez v. Texas?
This period saw the U.S. acquiring territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines following the Spanish-American War in 1898.
What is Imperialism & Expansionism?
This decade saw the longest peacetime economic expansion in U.S. history, driven by technological innovation, the rise of the internet, and fiscal policies aimed at reducing the federal deficit.
What are the 1990s?
This amendment made it to where senators were elected directly by the people, not by the state legislatures.
17th Amendment