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George Washington
He was the first president of the United States and a founding father. -
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt was a wealthy individual who built his wealth through railroads and shipping. -
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John Adams
American statesman who was the second US president and the first vice president. -
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Thomas Jefferson
One of the US founding fathers and 3rd president of the US -
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James Madison
He was a founding father for America and was also a statesman and the 4th president of the United States. -
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James Monroe
An American statesman who was also the 5th president of the United States. -
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John Quincy Adams
A diplomat, minister, and an ambassador to foreign nations who was also the 6th president of the United States. -
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Andrew Jackson
An American soldier and statesman who became the 7th president of the United States. -
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Andrew Carnegie
A man who led the expansion of the American steel industry and is often seen as one of the wealthiest people ever. -
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Martin Van Buren
The 8th president of the United States who served for only one term. -
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J.P. Morgan
He was a very wealthy man who grew his wealth through finance and was a very successful banker. -
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John D. Rockefeller
He was a very wealthy man who grew his wealth mostly through the standard oil company. He is considered to be the most wealthy american of all time with a estimated net worth of 336 billion dollars. -
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William Henry Harrison
An american military officer, contributing in the first civil war, and was the 9th president of the United States. -
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John Tyler
John Tyler Jr. was an American politician who became the 10th president of the United States. -
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James K. Polk
He was an American politician who became the 11th president of the United States. -
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Zachary Taylor
A US army general who became the 12th president but died one year later. -
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Millard Fillmore
Last to be a member of the Whig party in the white house, Fillmore was the 13th US president. -
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Franklin Pierce
He was the 14th president of the United States and saw the abolitionist movement as a threat to the unity of the nation. -
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James Buchanan
Was the 15th president of the United States and the only president to be a life long bachelor. -
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Abraham Lincoln
He was a lawyer and became the 16th president of the US but was assassinated in April, 1865 -
Ku Klux Klan
It is a group of people who dislike anyone who isn't white, and were a big influence in the 1920s. -
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Andrew Johnson
He became the 17th president of the United States after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. -
Farmers Revolt
Farmers began to organize soon after the Civil War to sponsor educational and social programs for farmers and later encouraged farmer‐owned cooperatives. -
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Ulysses S. Grant
18th president of the United States and army general during the civil war. -
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The Gilded Age
From the 1870s to 1900 there was an era of rapid economic growth and many inventions were invented. -
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Imperialism Era
United States pursued an aggressive policy of expansionism, extending its political and economic influence around the world to other countries. -
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Suffrage Movement
Women pushed for more rights such as the right to vote. -
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Rutherford B. Hayes
An American politician who became the 19th president of the United States and assumed his position at the end of the Reconstruction era. -
Invention of Submarine
John Philip Holland built the first full scale submarine in 1878 but he built the first functional one in 1896 and was used in the wars to come. -
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James A. Garfield
He was the 20th president of the United States until he was assassinated in the same year he was elected. -
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Chester A. Arthur
He was an American attorney who became president after James A. Garfield was assassination. -
Invention of Machine Guns
The first practical machine gun was invented by Sir Hiram Maxim and was used a lot during the first World War. -
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Eleanor Roosevelt
She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who served as the first lady of the United States with Franklin D. Roosevelt as her husband. -
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Grover Cleveland
He was a lawyer who became the 22nd and 24th US president and is the only president to serve two split terms. -
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Benjamin Harrison
He was an american lawyer and the grandson of the 9th president, William Henry Harrison. He became the 23rd president. -
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was a German politician and leader of the Nazi party. He was Chancellor of Germany and Führer of Nazi Germany. He was the main reasons for WW1. -
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Progressive Era
A period where social activism and political reform spread across the US. -
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Grover Cleveland (Pt. 2)
He was a lawyer who became the 22nd and 24th US president and is the only president to serve two split terms. -
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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was a popular Major League Baseball player from 1914 to 1935 which spanned 22 seasons. -
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William McKinley
He was the 25th president of the United States but was assassinated 6 months into the second term. -
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Amelia Earhart
She was a pilot and author who was known for being the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, solo. -
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Spanish American War
Fighting between the US and Spain because of the USS Maine Explosion. -
USS Maine Explosion
Battleship, USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor and killed 268 men. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
He was an author, explorer, soldier, and naturalist who became the 26th US president. -
¨The Jungle¨ was written
This was a book written by Upton Sinclair -
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William Howard Taft
He was the 27th US president as well as the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. He was the only person to hold both offices. -
Radio
The radio was used to communicate from log distances in war and was also used to aid people in the great depression. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
This was a fire in New York that killed 146 people and injured 71. It pushed the women suffrage movement further along. -
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Woodrow Wilson
He was an American statesman and academic who became the 28th US president. -
16th Amendment
Allowed congress to impose an income tax. -
17th Amendment
Established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. -
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World War 1
WW1 started in 1914 in Europe. It grew to become a global threat, where other counties joined to make it a world war. One of the main reasons this war started was when the Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated. This angered Austria-Hungary and started a war where a chain reaction of alliances started, and eventually grew to become a world war. -
Invention of Poison Gas
The Germans used poison gas to gain an advantage in the second World War. Its was later banned. -
Invention of Tanks
In WW1 ,the British introduced tanks and were deployed to help with trench warfare. -
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Jazz Age
An era where jazz music and dance styles became popular, mainly in the United States -
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Temperance Movement
A movement against the consumption of alcohol. -
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Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, was a far-right political party in Germany that was active between 1920 and 1945 and practiced the ideology of Nazism. -
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Roaring 20s
A period of time where western culture and society thrived. -
18th Amendment
Established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States -
19th Amendment
Granted the right to vote to every citizen in the United States. -
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Warren G Harding
He was the 29th US president until his death in 1923. -
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Calvin Coolidge
Worked his way up the Massachusetts ladder to become that state's governor and became the 30th US president. -
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Herbert Hoover
He was the 31st US president and was president through most of the Great Depression. -
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Great Depression
An era where severe economic decline occurred, making many unemployed and putting many in danger. -
Black Tuesday
The stock market crashed and was a big factor in the beginning of the great depression. -
Bonus Army
43,000 marchers, including 17,000 WW1 veterans, gathered in Washington D.C. to demand payment for their service. -
Concentration Camps Built
Concentration Camps were built in order to do tests on humans, put them to work, or to just kill them. This was mostly done on Jews in Germany owned territories. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was an American statesman and political leader who became the 32nd president of the United States. -
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Seabiscuit
Sea biscuit was a popular racehorse during the Great Depression who gave many Americans hope. -
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The Holocaust
A genocide during World War II in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany murdered about six million European Jews. -
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War Admiral
War Admiral was a racehorse that was best known for being the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown and Horse of the Year in 1937. -
Monopoly
Monopoly came out in 1935 and was used to help people in the great depression to forget about financial issues. -
Nuremberg Laws
These laws were antisemitic laws that were introduced to Germany in 1935. -
Kristallnacht
People in Germany were mad at the Jews and on November 9th and 10th in 1938, the German citizens and officers broke into Jewish owned businesses and Jewish churches. -
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Hollywood's Golden Age
An age where many classic movies were birthed and many actors became legends. -
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World War 2
A global threat between the allied forces and the axis powers over Hitler and the Nazi Party's shenanigans. -
Axis Powers
A group of countries made up of Germany, Italy, and Japan formed to create the axis powers and fought again the allied forces in WW2. -
Killing Centers
They served as detentions and labor centers with cites used to murder targeted individuals. Nearly 2.7 million Jews were killed in these centers during the holocaust. -
Nuremberg Trials
These were trials held to impose punishments on officers in the Axis Powers for war crimes that were committed during WW2. -
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Cold War / Red Scare
A period of time where geographical tension was high between mainly the US and Russia.