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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire was a horrible fire that consumed the lives of 146 workers. The company, a sweatshop company, had locked the workers in so when the fire started there was no escape. This was important because it led to the people being aware of working conditions and fighting to improve them. And it changed the culture of America by showing the horrors of sweatshops to the point that people didn't want to buy from sweatshops. -
Election of 1912
The 1912 election was a super charged one. The three main contestants were Wilson, Roosevelt, and Taft. Wilson pulled out a clear win, winning most of the U.S. This election featured Roosevelt and Taft fighting each other politically over tensions between them. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that ended WW1. It officially ended hostilities between the Allies and Germany. This treaty was important becasue it mad Germany weak, which led to Hitler taking it over unded a dictatorship later. -
Jazz Age
The Jazz Age was one of the most important cultural things in the 20's. The move was led predominately by African-Americans. The music of the age put down speres of influence that are still around today. -
Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan
The rebirth of the KKK was a scary time for many non-white christian americans. The rebirth of the KKK was brought about by a man named William Joseph Simmons. This was important because many reforms were pushed forward and backward because of the KKK. -
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby was a popular novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He was an author who was part of the lost generation, people who felt like they were on the outside of civalization looking in at the rest of us. They also felt that civ. had lost it's nobility. The GG is based on the life of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and Tom and Daisy Buchannan, and is nararated by Nick Carraway. It is an exaple of how people were about money and not life, and changed the culture of americans through exposing. -
Scopes Trial
The Scopes Trial was one of the most important trials in history. John Scopes was prosecuted because he teached the theory of evolution. This was important because it led to change in the school district. -
15 Millionth Model T
The 15 millionth Model T was a landmark in the history of cars. The Ford model t was the first car ever mass produces, when Ford finished streamlining it took 93 minutes to build a car. This showed how far the car industry had gone and the techniques used to build them were landmark as well. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was a catastophic loss of 14 billion dollars in the stock market. It was caused by people buying on margin and speculating. Once the day started people kept on selling their stock and driving the prices down more. This was the metaphorical start to the Great Depression. -
Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic
Amelia Earhart's crossing of the Atlantic was a huge thing for women. It showed that women could do whatever men did, and were not inferior. It changed culture by changing views on women and their abilities and was used in the fight for women rights. -
Dust Bowl (Black Sunday)
Black Sunday was one of the worst dust storms ever, literally changing day to night for many on the Great Plains. The Dust Bowl was an economic thing because farmers couldn't make the crops to sell, and this was during the Great Depression, so those farmers were foreclosed upon. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was the attack that brought America into WWII. It was a sneak attack on the naval base in hawaii. Japan sunk most of the US fleet. It was intended to keep us out of the war but it had the exact opposite effect. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point in the war in Russia. This was where the Germans were finally stopped and were started to be forced out of Russia. At one point the Germans occupied 5/6 of the city. -
1944 Election
The election of 1944 was not as big of an election as the 1912 election. The ttwomain competitors were F.D.R. and Thomas Dewey. F.D.R. won by a huge margin in the electoral vote, but by not that big of a margin in the popular election. After his death he was succeded by Harry truman, who made the decision to drop an A-Bomb on Hiroshima and then Nagisaki. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major turning point in the war. It was the last major counteroffensive by the German army. It was called the Battle of the Bulge because during the battle the allied army bulged out but never broke. During the battle the German army lost most of its remaining heavy armor and supplies. -
Flag Raising on Iwo Jima
The flag raising on Iwo Jima is one of the most popular and viewed pictures of WWII. It shows a group of Marines raise a US flag on Mount Suribachi. This photo was used on everything from ads for war bonds to gaining support for the war and a symbol for the Marines. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima was one of the most oimportant events in modern history. First of all, it saved the lives of countless allied soldiers. It also did something else. It launched the world int the atomic age, which has led to things used like nuclear power, and many other things. -
Korean War
The Korean war was oen of the first battles to happen in the fight against communism during the Cold war. It started when communist north Korea invaded free South Korea, and it lasted three years with the end result being both countries basically where they were. It showed that America was willing to fight to prevent the spread of communism. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was another war that was against communism. It was South Vietnam and its allies versus north vietnam and its allies. It resulted in america evacuating as north vietnamese troops overran saigon. This was a victory for the communist forces and the vietnams were united. -
Rosa Parks
This event was when Rosa Parks refused to give up her place in the front of the bus up for a white man. She was arrested and thrown in prison. She later led a boycott of th emongomery bus system and is nicknamed the mother of the civil rights movement.
