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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was determined to find a way to travel from Europe to Asia but never did. Instead, when he traveled across the Atlantic ocean he landed on new land. He landed in what is now modern day Bahamas. Christopher Columbus never actually landed in the United States. He took four voyages and landed in the Bahamas and South America every time. -
The Founders of Plymouth Massachutes
Plymouth Colony First colonial settlement in New England. The settlers were a group of about 100 Puritan Separatist Pilgrims, who sailed on the Mayflower and settled on what is now Cape Cod bay, Massachusetts. They named the first town after their port of departure. -
Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a written document sent to Great Britain stating that the 13 colonies were breaking away from Britain. By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
Poems of Slavery by Henry Wadsworth
Henry Wadsworth published a book of poems written by slaves. The book consisted of poems about dreams of freedom, a days work, the harsh punishments, and many others. It was released to support the anti-slavery movement. The publication had very mixed reviews when it was first released. Most northern states had already abolished slavery but the Southern States still wanted slavery. This book was written during the American Renaissance. -
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (American Renaissance Era)
Hester Prynne conceives a daughter via an affair, with Dimmesdale the towns young minister that everyone adores. She has to wear a scarlet A, that stands for adultery because she had a husband in the Netherlands named Chillingworth. The town at the beginning of the book are not fond of Hester but as time goes on they forget and end up accepting her. The book is set in the time of Puritan America when Puritan values were taken very seriously. -
The American Civil War
The American Civil War was the war between the North vs the South. The fight was fought over the abolishment of slaves. The North wanted to abolish slavery and the South wanted to keep it. It was the bloodies war on American soil, 2.4 million soldiers died. In the end, Abraham Lincolns north won. -
O Captain My Captain by Walt Whitman
O Captain, My Captain is a poem by Walt Whitman about a captain who dies just as his ship has reached the end of a stormy and dangerous voyage. The captain represents Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated just as the Civil War was ending. -
Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. As Lincoln slumped forward in his seat, Booth leapt onto the stage and escaped through the back door. Booth killed Lincoln in revenge for the south after the civil war. -
Victorian Era
The Victorian era was a period of time from 1837 to 1901 when Queen Victoria ruled over the U.K.. During this long reign, the country acquired unprecedented power and wealth. Was a time of enormous change in this country. In 1837 most people lived in villages and worked on the land; by 1901, most lived in towns and worked in offices, shops and factories. -
Not to Keep by Robert Frost
This poem by Robert Frost examines the emotions caused by a wounded soldier’s homecoming and his return to war once his wounds have healed. First published in the Yale Review in January 1917 and included in Frost’s 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection New Hampshire, the poem was likely inspired by Frost’s friendship with the poet Edward Thomas, whom Frost had met while living in England between 1912 and 1915. -
WW1
Started after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Lasted 4 years from 1914 to 1918. It was a battle between the Allies (GB, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States) vs the Central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire). The Allies eventually win the war against the Central powers after the United states entered the war. -
Roaring 20's
The 1920s in the United States, called “roaring” because of the freewheeling popular culture of the decade. The Roaring Twenties was a time when many people defied Prohibition, indulged in new styles of dancing and dressing, and rejected many traditional moral standards. It was also a time of huge economic growth. -
The Great Gatsby by Scott F Fitzgerald
Bootlegging millionaire Jay Gatsby throws outrageous parties to try to attract his old love, Daisy Buchanan. With the help of Daisy's cousin, Nick, Jay gets very close to Daisy. Nick who is the narrator gets to know Jay very well becoming very good friends. Jay gets very close to rekindling his love with Daisy but ends up getting killed because he cannot let the past go. This is written during post world war 1 when America was experiencing an "economic boom".Also it was the height of prohibition -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. In the US, recovery began in early 1933, but the U.S. did not return to 1929 GNP for over a decade and still had an unemployment rate of about 15% in 1940, albeit down from the high of 25% in 1933. -
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
It tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two homeless migrant workers. They move place to place in California in search of new jobs during the great depression. Their goal is to make enough money so they can buy their own house and have a big farm. This is written during the time of the great depression when it was hard to find a job and many Americans were homeless. The book was written during the Modern period. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
As war was inevitable, Japan's only chance was the element of surprise and to destroy America's navy as quickly as possible. Japan wanted to move into the Dutch East Indies and Malaya to conquer territories that could provide important natural resources such as oil and rubber.Roosevelt signed the declaration of war later the same day. ... Public opinion had been moving towards support for entering the war during 1941, but considerable opposition remained until the attack. -
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Narrated by Holden Caulfield a teenager who struggles with some type of mental disorder. He starts narrating when he gets kicked out of Pency. After he gets kicked out he goes to New York City, where he eventually meets his sister at a museum. He tells his sister that he is leaving for good and she says she is going with him. He decides to just go back home. It is set in the time after WW2 and Vietnam. Holden shows flashes of the hippie, free-thinking, do as you want era. -
Brown vs the Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, case in which on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously (9–0) that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the states from denying equal protection of the laws to any person. -
Civil Rights Era
On December 1, 1955, the modern civil rights movement began when Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. American civil rights movement, mass protest movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern United States that came to national prominence during the mid-1950s -
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The main theme is "It is a sin to kill a mockingbird" in other words, picking on people who are helpless and don't do harm is a terrible thing. Some of the mocking birds (which is a symbol in the book) in the novel are, Boo Radely and Tom Robinson. The theme also represents the racial injustice in the South. -
"I have a dream" Speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, a drive to get more equal treatment for all Americans, not just white Americans. This speech was important in several ways. It brought even greater attention to the Civil Rights Movement, which had been going on for many years. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate Break-In. ... In May 1972, as evidence would later show, members of Nixon's Committee to Re-Elect the President broke into the Democratic National Committee's Watergate headquarters, stole copies of top-secret documents and bugged the office's phones. -
Cold War
The Cold War was the geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR, that started in 1947 at the end of the Second World War and lasted until the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991.The Allies were concerned with the brutal leadership of Joseph Stalin as well as the spread of communism. The Cold War came to an end with the collapse of the Soviet Union. -
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Joseph Galloway and Harold Moore
This compelling war drama depicts the true story of the first major battle between the United States and North Vietnamese forces. It is a film about uncommon valor and nobility under fire, loyalty among soldiers, and the heroism and sacrifice of men and women both home and abroad. -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001
