1877- present time

  • 1887 - Dawes Severalty Act

    1887 - Dawes Severalty Act

    denies tribal rights, advances forced assimilation, opens lands to whites
  • 1896 - Plessy vs. Ferguson

    1896 - Plessy vs. Ferguson

    'Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education
  • 1898 - Grandfather Clause

    1898 - Grandfather Clause

    voting rights of blacks challenged with literacy tests and poll taxes
  • 1898 - Spanish-American War

    1898 - Spanish-American War

    Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy
  • 1898 - Treaty of Paris

    1898 - Treaty of Paris

    ends the Spanish-American War
  • 1901 – President McKinley assassination

    1901 – President McKinley assassination

    Teddy Roosevelt now 26th President
  • 1906 - Pure Food and Drug Act

    1906 - Pure Food and Drug Act

    Meat Inspection – set food quality standards
  • 1908 - Henry Ford introduces the Model T car

    1908 - Henry Ford introduces the Model T car

    assembly lines introduced
  • 1920 - 19th Amendment

    1920 - 19th Amendment

    women's suffrage (right to vote)
  • 1913 - 16th Amendment

    1913 - 16th Amendment

    establishment of income tax, 17th Amend.- direct election of senators
  • 1914

    1914

    World War I begins in Europe
  • 1917 - Zimmerman Telegram

    1917 - Zimmerman Telegram

    intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against the U.S.; US. Enters WWI
  • 1919 - 18th Amendment

    1919 - 18th Amendment

    outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol
  • 1919 - Treaty of Versailles

    1919 - Treaty of Versailles

    ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it
  • 1927 - Charles Lindbergh

    1927 - Charles Lindbergh

    completes world's first solo flight across Atlantic - seen as a hero
  • 1929 - Stock Market Crash

    1929 - Stock Market Crash

    Black Tuesday' - launches Great Depression
  • 1932- Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected president

    1932- Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected president

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected President
  • 21st Amendment

    21st Amendment

    repeals 18th amendment (prohibition)
  • 1935- Social Security Act

    1935- Social Security Act

    Social Security Act - establishes funds for unemployed and elderly
  • December 7, 1941

    December 7, 1941

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters the War
  • 1942- Battle of Midway

    1942- Battle of Midway

    U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific
  • 1945 - U.S. drops atomic bombs

    1945 - U.S. drops atomic bombs

    (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9) - Japan surrenders
  • 1954 - * Brown vs. Board of Education

    1954 - * Brown vs. Board of Education

    overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional
  • 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis - standoff b/n U.S. and USSR after Soviets placed missiles in Cuba pointed at the United States; no fighting incurs

    1962- Cuban Missile Crisis - standoff b/n U.S. and USSR after Soviets placed missiles in Cuba pointed at the United States; no fighting incurs

    1962- Cuban Missile Crisis
  • 1964 - Civil Rights Act of 1964

    1964 - Civil Rights Act of 1964

    bans discrimination in education, employment, & public places
  • 1965 – Malcom X (Nation of Islam)

    blamed whites for African American problems; assassinated
  • 1890  Wounded Knee

    1890 Wounded Knee

    Federal forces massacre 200 Sioux Indians

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