1877-today

  • John D. Rockefeller - Standard Oil Trust; Andrew Carnegie - Steel

    John D. Rockefeller - Standard Oil Trust; Andrew Carnegie - Steel

    Andrew Carnegie formed his steel company a little different than any other at that time, he had total control from the time the iron was found to the time it was sold to the customer. this way he never had to worry about a sudden raise in prices for his prduct.
  • yellow journalism

    yellow journalism

    creating exaggerated public news to sway the public in the preferred political direction
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson – 'Separate but Equal'

    Plessy vs. Ferguson – 'Separate but Equal'

    the court case that stated that blacks and whites were equal but that they would always be seperate. when in reality white resources were much nices than others.
  • treaty of Paris

    treaty of Paris

    ends the Spanish-American War
  • President McKinley assassinated

    shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York
  • muckracker

    writers who expose big business corruption
  • pure food and drug act

    set food quality standards
  • Panama Canal

    connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opens in 1914)
  • Henry Ford introduces the Model T car

    assembly line introduced
  • 16th amendment

    establishment of income tax, 17th Amend.- direct election of senators
  • World War I begins in Europe

  • German U-Boat sinks British passenger liner Lusitania

    Americans were killed on board
  • Germany continues unrestricted submarine warfare

    warning from the US is sent
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against U.S.; US. Enters WWI
  • Selective Service Act

    established draft
  • world war 1

    the bloodiest war in world history to date, aka "The Great War", "The War to End All Wars"
  • Treaty of Versailles

    ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it
  • 18th Amendment

    outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol
  • 19th Amendment

    women's suffrage (right to vote)
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    exposes massive corruption in Harding Administration
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    popularizes debate over teaching evolution in schools -outlawed
  • Charles Lindbergh

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

    launches great depression
  • Fireside Chats

    FDR address public on radio - continues to 1944 - gives public hope
  • 1st 100 Days

    creation of countless jobs, most productive of any president's 1st 100 days
  • Wagner Act

    supports union rights protects collective bargaining
  • Social Security Act

    establishes funds for unemployed and elderly
  • Lend-Lease Act

    provides U.S. loan aid to Britain, USSR & allied powers
  • Propaganda

    motivate U.S. citizens to support war efforts
  • Battle of Midway

    U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific
  • Internment of Japanese Americans

    imprisonment of Japanese in California
  • Manhattan Project

    creation of the atomic bomb
  • Allies invade Normandy

    France on D-DAY, June 6, 1944 (largest land/sea invasion)
    1944- Battle of the Bulge - begins to break down Axis position on the western front
  • Spanish-American War

    Spanish-American War

    Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy

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