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Jamestown was the very first permanent English settlement in what would someday be the U.S. and with this land there was a chance for people to come here from England and escape the persecution of their old leaders and claim free land if they could survive. This was the very start of our nation where we were able to get a few people who survived to live out the rest of their lives and teach their kids how to cooperate with each other and make the best of what they had. -
Once tobacco was discovered it was the first major cash crop of the colonies. This would introduce more trade throughout the region and once slaves were introduced you could use this as money to buy them and other things. It was something that English settlers discovered being used by the native Americans that they would regularly get into conflicts with. It wasn't a need but was for more recreational use among the settlers whereas the Indians would use it more for rituals and traditions. -
The population of Jamestown had grown to be around 700 people by this time and slaves were just now introduced. Slavery wasn't a huge thing at this time like it would be in a century but this was the time were the ideals began to be spread of white supremacy. It took years for generations of dehumanizing black people for it to get to a point of the harsh treatment slaves had a century later. -
When the pilgrims left for the new land in modern day U.S. they were moving in search of religious freedom rather than the settlers of Jamestown moving here so that England would be strengthened by expanding their territory further. The pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact which was the very first form of self government in this new land. The Mayflower Compact was put into place because without some kind of structure it would be chaos. They settled down in Plymouth, Massachusetts. -
Roger Williams saw that although the Separatist Pilgrims claimed to have escaped for complete religious freedom that it wasn't necessarily the case. If you didn't conform to the exact religious practices as everyone else in the new colony then you could get in huge trouble. He advocated for a separation of church and state so he was thrown out and banished. He would go on to make a new colony with true religious freedom and that would separate the church's power and the state's. -
Anne Hutchinson got in trouble because women weren't supposed to do many things other than feed the kids and take care of them. This was the first spark of a women trying to do something equal to a man. She was banished for teaching woman religion which they didn't need to learn or teach, at least those were the views of that time. She would go to Rhode Island and would be treated better than she had been in Salem. Rhode Island allowed her to preach and gave her more religious freedom. -
The Puritans wanted their people to be well educated so they established public school with in the colonies. This would be the first form of public school in the colonies. At a later date kids would even be required to be able to read in order to ensure they would be able to rea scripture. This helped them get ahead in life and not be behind the British standards in England. -
The Navigation Acts were put into place by the British to prevent the English settlers from becoming too independent on their own. The acts limited all trade from importing and exporting goods to where Great Britain was the primary area. Only very rare occasions were the English settlers allowed to trade with outside countries. They were only allowed to sell tobacco and sugar crops to the British and this upset the settlers and made a wedge between the colonies and Great Britain. -
Religious tolerance was still something that would take a long time to develop so more and more people came to the colonies to start over and be free. William Penn was persecuted for his Quaker faith so he decided he would create a colony of his own that was open to all kinds of religions. He was open to men and woman worshipping together freely. His ideas were consider radical at the time because everywhere else you had to follow the religion of the area or else you would get in trouble. -
This time was very confusing and people still don't know why this mass conspiracy was even a thing. In 1692 in the town of Salem a group of people were hanged for being witches despite having no real proof and just going off the word of the townspeople. Looking back on this atrocity it motivated us to make sure nothing like this would happen again. The Great Awakening was beginning to start so new ideas helped move past focusing on rumors. -
Thomas Savery built the steam engine in 1698. It was a device that originally was used to pump water out of flooded mines. This invention would be very crucial to the future of the country. Cars would be powered by their engines. The trains that transported goods all across America would be steam powered making this one of the most important inventions used in the early days of America and even modern day. -
This was a 7 year conflict between France and Great Britain. The taxes put onto the colonies during this time put strain on them. This war wasn't really seen as our own. British used their power of the colonies to fund the expensive war off the lives of the colonies. This weakened the bond between the British and the English settlers pushing them closer into a Revolution. -
The Proclamation of 1763 was the British's way of limiting the colonies progress westward. After the French and Indian War the colonists gained lot of land west of where they were already settle. Great Britain saw that the colonists were becoming more independent and if they expanded westward they would lose their hold on the region. The Proclamation stated that we could not go west of the Appalachians which greatly upset the people of the time beings they lived pretty much without British rule. -
The Townshend Acts of 1763 were seen as very unfair to the colonists because beings they didn't have any representation into parliament they had no way of saying no to the many taxes being put onto them. The taxes that were included in the Townshend Acts were those over glass, lead, paper, tea, and other imports across the colonies. The people in Great Britain didn't even have to pay for these taxes that were exclusively for the English settlers. -
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War started on 1754 and ended on 1753. The result of all the fighting was France giving over any land they had in North America to British control. The land gained was to be given to those wealth people in Great Britain and not those who were already braving the lands and taming the wild. The settlers were outraged they wouldn't get the new lands and were paying taxes for a war they weren't even really a part of. -
The Tea Act made tea something that was taxable which was upsetting because it was something that was used everyday. Taxes on tea had already existed so it was just a way of Great Britain to blead the colonists dry and take all they had. Great Britain had a complete monopoly on tea in the colonies because they didn't allow the English settlers to get tea elsewhere. -
The Boston Massacre was the result of the end of the French and Indian wars gain in land. Great Britain sent soldiers to keep the colonists "safe." The soldiers were there to watch what was happening in the colonies and it angered the English colonies that they were being babysat by Great Britain where they had been ignored for more than a century and had gotten by without their help for a long time. A fight broke out and 5 men died in Boston at the hands of the British angering the settlers. -
The English settlers were so upset with the Tea Act that they wanted to send a huge message to the people in charge back in Great Britain. They dressed up as Native American Indians on December 16th,1773 and dumped around eighteen and a half million tea bags into Pearl Harbor which would be around present day one million united states dollars which sent a clear message to the British leaders. -
The First Continental Congress was the gathering of all the prominent leaders of the 13 colonies who were planning to rebel against British rule during the start of this revolution. Their first goal was to start boycotting all British goods unless they would be able to get rid of the awful Intolerable Acts Great Britain put into place as punishment for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Intolerable Acts were the response of the British government to the Boston Tea party were the settlers dumped tea into the harbor. The Intolerable Acts closed Pearl Harbor and placed British officials in a place of power where if they did something unlawful they would be tried back in Great Britain making the system very far in favor of them because many colonists livelihoods was growing their own crops to survive and wouldn't be able to make the journey to plead their side if the story. -
After the battles at Lexington and Concord the second Continental Congress met up to discuss further in action in what to do with this ensuing war. Although the English won those battles we didn't want to take any chances in our war to free us from the hold the British had. It was decided that we would make a Continental Army and have someone with military experience train them. General George Washington was put in charge and let the English Colonies to victory. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a clear sign that the thirteen colonies and Great Britain would not make amends and that there would have to be bloodshed. The Continental Army was defeated by the British but the thirteen colonies were able to take out enough British soldiers that it showed we had a fighting chance to win this war if we stuck to what we were doing. -
"The shot heard round the world" is the very first gunshot during the battles of Lexington and Concord that kicked off the Revolutionary War. No one knows who fired the first shot but once people heard that shot all hell broke loose at it was time for all out war... The revolution had begun. The very first battle was won by the American side which showed that even simple farmers were able to go up to what was known as one of the greatest military forces of the era in Britain. -
Common Sense was a forty-seven page pamphlet that was written in the language of the common people of the time. It helped inspire the soldiers to keep fighting and for citizens to be motivated to fight for the unity and freedom of the thirteen colonies. He focused on America being an independent nation from Great Britain and for the creation of a Democratic Republic. -
The second continental congress met in Philadelphia. They met in the Pennsylvania state house to discuss how to act against the British and further organize the colonies. General George Washington was put in charge of the Continental Army consisting of English colonists. Some were inspired to join the fighting when Thomas Pain wrote Common Sense in the language of the common people so that everyone could understand what he was saying and what needed to be done for us to be independent. -
The Revolutionary War came to an end when the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. This Treaty of Paris recognized and acknowledged the Unites States of America as an independent nation from Great Britain. The land east of the Mississippi River, which was south of the thirteen colonies, was given to the United States of America at the closing of the war. This helped the U.S. increase both their industry and farmland to amounts that wouldn't just be for surviving off of but for selling elsewhere. -
While the construction of our country was underway we had to figure out our new government. Voting for Present and government office would need Representatives for each state based on its population. Higher population meant you had more influence on who won each vote. The 3/5th Compromise stated that slaves would account for 3/5 of a white person. This was controversial because the South wanted their slave population to count as people but not have the same rights as the white citizens. -
George Washington who was one of the founding fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence. After he lead the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War and showed himself as an excellent leader he was elected to be President and he set the precedent to only serve two terms. He spent most of his Presidency trying to help construct the government and get a solid base going for our nation. He set his slaves free and slavery was bad in his eyes but too soon to abolish. -
Federalist, Alexander Hamilton, was one of the founding fathers so once we won our independence he was put in a high position in our nation. Alexander believed in having a very strong government and was put in the position of the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. In his position he was able to convince the government to establish the first national bank of the U.S. The Revolutionary War had built up a lot of debt for our nation. With the bank it helped slowly diminish the debt. -
Eli Whitney was an American inventor who made the cotton gin. In the South the main source of money was growing crops and with this device it made it way easier to separate the seeds from the cotton. Slavery was actually going down considerably because there wasn't a huge need for them. Eli Whitney unintentionally brought back popularity of slavery and they would be imported in faster than they'd ever been in order to grow and sell cotton because of how easy the cotton gin made things. -
The election of 1800 was a big moment of the United States because it was the first time that power switched between the two political parties. Thomas Jefferson was the very first Democratic-Republican to serve in office. Initially he and his opponent received the same amount of electoral vote so the vote when to the House of Representatives and so it showed that our voting system could work pretty well. Jefferson wanted to follow the constitution as much as possible and had strict views of it. -
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of the land west of the Mississippi River. It was purchased by President Jefferson for around fifteen million united states dollars. This was hard for him to do because as a strict constructionist he believed you should only read what the constitution says and nothing is implied. He didn't technically have the power to buy the land but claimed it because it double the size of the united states. -
After President Jefferson purchased Louisiana from Napoleon he sent Lewis and Clark to go and survey the land. They would discover that people already inhabited the land but that would all go down hill because the westward expansion of the United States would force the Native Americans to move from their homes. They also documented new animals and plants and told people of all the wonderful new things they found. This lead people to want to move west because this was an opportunity for the U.S. -
Great Britain and France were at war and both sides didn't want the other to be doing trade with the United States. The United States of America was sick of the bickering between the two and thinking one could dictate if the U.S. would trade over the other so the solution was the Embargo Act. It stopped all formal trade between the U.S. and Britain and between France and the U.S. This backfired on our economy because without trade it did more harm to us than to them. -
Great Britain had kept limiting American's ability to trade with other countries blockading them with their navy that in response the United States decided to decide to declare war on Britain. This is seen not only as the War of 1812 but as the second American war for independence given the fact that Britain was still trying to control the U.S. The war almost lasted 3 years and was ended with an American victory. -
The Star Spangles Banner was written and adopted as the nation anthem of the United States of America in 1814. This song was written to commemorate an important victory against the British during the War of 1812. At the victory at Baltimore's Fort McHenry they raised a flag in their victory which was the main inspiration of the song. He originally intended for it to be a poem but was turned into a song awhile later. -
This election is significant because John Quincy Adams wouldn't have won without the support Henry Clay most likely. Originally Andrew Jackson would have won but beings it was a tie the vote went to the House of Representatives which Henry Clay was a part of. Henry Clay dropped out and we see him and John meet up and people infer some kind of deal was made because later Henry Clay becomes the Secretary of State under John. Adams ends up creating a national university for america. -
The American System was put into place purely for the improvement of the U.S. internally. The American System raised taxes enough to help finance travel aid across America. This helped make canals a better way of delivering large quantities of good and started the construction of roads across the country. This made it easier for more isolated parts of America to stay part of the nation and trade internally. With more supplies going across the country were were able to increase exports to others. -
The Tariff of Abominations greatly affected and upset the citizens of the south of America because of the raise on imported goods for food from the U.S. The main source of money in the south was farming and so they didn't have much industry making things really expensive for them. Countries the U.S. would trade with refused to buy the more expensive cotton and the South switched to illegally buying European goods instead of the North's out of spite. -
Andrew Jackson passed the spoils system after winning the 1828 election for president. The spoils system gave jobs to those not for merit but based off personal connections. He gave jobs to people not based on their prior experiences but on those that supported what he wanted and would pretty much be yes men to him. This caused many upsets within the government because those who were qualified lost their jobs and were replaced. Around 200 people lost their jobs and were replaced with supporters.
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The Force Bill was a result of the south Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification stating that the Tariff of Abominations were void for their state. Andrew Jackson saw the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification threat threat to the union and to national authority. He requested for the the Force Bill which gave him the right to use military force on an area if they wouldn't obey the nations laws. -
The gag rule was a way to stop all official discussions on the matter of slavery to be temporarily stopped. South members of Congress would not hear any discussion on if slavery should be abolished so they decided as a group to "table" the discussion for a future time. This halted the progress the north was making with discussions on when to end slavery for a couple years. It would be lifted in 1844 and the discussion was then reopened for debate. -
Samuel Morris was an inventor who made the Telegraph. The telegraph was originally used for the ease of growing our nation in an organized manner and would soon be used to relay just everyday news across the country. You would someday be able to send messages to every town in the country for the most part. The way it worked was by sending an electrical signal through a wire in pulses. The pulses would beat at a certain interval indicating each letter. -
There was a really huge problem with growing potatoes in Ireland in 1845. There was a fungus that spread ruining a big percent of the crops they had grown which drove many Irish families to move to the U.S. for the opportunity of new health land. Lots of families stayed in America when the problem was resolved. This was at the time when factories started popping up all around the North which gave the Irish more jobs and allowed them to start a new life here which is the American dream. -
This was the result of a conflict between Mexican and American citizens in Texas. Originally Texas owned by Mexico but they allowed American colonists to live there if they promised to follow what Mexico told them like Catholicism. The population became greater and great American and eventually the border of what was Texas and the U.S. was up for debate and ended up turning into an all out war for the land. -
This is the document that ended the war between the United States and Mexico. We won the war and got to claim Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, as part of the United States. The U.S. now controlled almost as much land as it does in present day. This gave the U.S. a lot more room to expand and develop the land further west. -
When gold was discovered in California it gave people more motivation to move west. The journey was hard because of the mountainous region to the east of California. Once people were there the journey back would be so difficult that many stayed. Once the railways were introduced in the region it made the populations happier because food and other products could be imported. -
The fugitive slave act was enacted in 1850. This act allowed any slave that had escaped even if they were in the North to be forced to return to their owner. This made it easy for slave owners to say free black Americans were their property. This made it to where even the area where slavery wasn't allowed to be unsafe for any black American. This helped build on the discomfort between the North and South pushing them closer to a civil war. -
Abraham Lincoln has been regarded as one of the greatest presidents in American history. In 1860 he was elected president. He made it his goal to keep the United States together and helped abolish slavery. When he gave the Emancipation Proclamation he freed lots of enslaved black Americans across the nation. Abraham Lincoln would help our country become stronger and more connected that we ever were before. -
One really good thing President Lincoln did was start the Transcontinental Railroad. If people laid down track they could get thousands of dollars and more money was given the the company in the west for each mile of track laid because the terrain was more rough and dangerous. Central Pacific was the west company and Union Pacific was the east company and they each built tack away from the shore until they reached a midpoint. This line through the country would impact the way towns would grow. -
After a long fight to end slavery the fourteenth amendment finally put an end to all of that but however did not stop the white Americans from discriminating against the black American population. Black Americans would be free now but would have to work from having no home and housing.
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As a result of the harsh working conditions throughout the United States the National Labor Union was developed as a a support system to establish rules and regulations to help keep the working class safe. Things like workers compensation and vacation days would come from the NLU. Child labor would also be out to a grinding holt and wouldn't be tolerated anymore. -
This outlook on life originated from the theory Darwin thought up, which was, natural selection and how the strongest were the ones to survive. This was used as an excuse for white American men to remain in power and to prevent women and other races from getting a better foothold in life. This slowed the progression of civil rights for the time being.
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Political machines such as Boss Tweed ruled over large areas because of their wealth not because of how they ran their office to better the area. These machines were people who bribed others in order to maintain their position of power within a city. Their targets were usually people who were less fortunate and struggling to get by because they could easily control them and it took many years for this problem to go away. -
Once previously enslaved people were freed the whole country had to adjust to the new normal and that meant that people had to coexist except not all white Americans felt that was a good idea so they made the Jim Crow laws that got their name from a white man in blackface known as Jim Crow. Businesses would be segregated as well as schools where people would be separated based on color. -
With all the advances in technology under-way there were new sources of power being developed like oil, water, steam, coal, and others. Oil was and is still the most popular given the oil abundance discovered throughout the world. With all the bigger developments happening to modernize the world there needed to be stronger building materials which is where steel came into play. By 1880 the U.S. was the leading producer of steel and cities started growing up instead of out. -
This gave 160 acres of land per household specifically to Native Americans in the United States. This was used to break tribes apart by getting the few members left in the worst hospitable areas to migrate and conform to the white and black population of the U.S. that was becoming modern. Religious groups supported this because they believed it was a way of saving the Native Americans. -
With the rise of the "New Immigrant" from places that don't speak English new immigrant neighborhoods start to appear. The New Immigrants come from Southern and Eastern Europe. Due to the massive boom in their population the neighborhoods formed are like miniature versions of the countries they originated from. -
Thanks to the photography of Jacob Riis the horrors of tenement houses is brought to life. Many immigrants arriving to the United States in search of a better safer life were being taken advantage of by paying to live in places that had no running water or restrooms and little to no room for families to have privacy or comfort. They were dirty and with the help of the lightbulb on a camera Jacob Riis went around taking candid photos of families within these houses.
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In Plessy V. Ferguson the constitutionality of the Jim Crow laws were being questioned and the court ended up deciding that they were acceptable. Now they indisputably said that it was ok to have things separate because they would be "equal." This was obviously not the case because white Americans had generations of accumulated wealth and could get jobs easier purely because of their skin color where black Americans could hardly find jobs in white communities. -
The Spanish-American war helped strengthen United States[' and Cuba's relations by the U.S. supporting Cuba and freeing them. The explosion of the Havana Harbor was what helped push the U.S. to fighting to help Cuba gain its freedom from Spanish rule and to have an ally they would keep from then on until present day. -
The temperance movements voice wasn't heard as much as some people liked. After the death of her husband for which she blamed alcohol Carrie A. Nation went to a local bar wielding an axe told them to close down and if they didn't proceeded to destroy all of the establishments liquor. She was then arrested but so many people supported her that they would post her bail and encourage to do it again. She went across the country inspiring the nation to keep promoting temperance. -
1901 Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. He would proceed to go on trust busting and break up all trusts he deemed to be negative. After reading 'The Jungle' he would proceed to clean up meat production and manufacturing throughout the U.S. He was a legend in his own time. He originally got his position because of the assignation of President McKinley and finished out his term and was reelected. He didn't run another term because McKinley's term was his own. -
Robert "Fightin' Bob La Follette was seen as incorruptible opposed to other political leaders. Once he was put into office no matter what bribes he received he didn't back down and worked towards stricter rules within the government. He came up with the Wisconsin Plan for Recall, Referendum, and Initiative. These new rules would mean there could be reelections where the person in power would defend their position and jobs would be earned not bought. -
President Theodore Roosevelt helped keep peace between the U.S. and foreign countries by displaying Big Stick Diplomacy. He would have the navy go on tours showing the United States military's power and show we could put a stop to conflicts if they were ever to arise. This stopped countries for the time being from staring any wars with the United States. -
Upton Sinclair originally wanted to show support to socialism with the creation of his book the Jungle but within the book he wrote about the atrocities of the meat packaging industry that the nation could not ignore. It was discovered that the areas were so dirty that human flesh as well as rats and dung were mixed into the meat. As a result of Theodore Roosevelt reading the Jungle he started groups to inspect food to deem it safe to eat. -
Henry Ford developed and started selling the Model T in 1908. He was able to streamline the process having each person assemble specific parts of the car. This reduced the prices and production costs of every car and made cars more for everyone and less for the rich exclusively. Each car costed on average $850. -
President Theodore Roosevelt after his two terms gave his support to be the nest president to William Howard Taft. William won but President Teddy soon regretted his decision because this support was for William to continue Teddy's work however that was not the case. Although Taft broke up more trusts and created more national parks than Teddy he started to use more broad social reforms as president. -
Following the Great War the Red Scare was the direct result of having the rear of communism taking over the whole world. The United States citizens justly thought this because there were many spies within the U.S. from communist countries. This was also directed adversely to the country being ant-immigrant however. -
The act of temperance, meaning the banning of alcohol got so much support that the country decided it would be best to enact the 18th Amendment. This banned the production and distribution of alcohol. This was not too well enforced because lots of crime bosses popped up that would start moonshining alcohol. -
With all the discrimination against immigrants getting worse and worse people were being suspected as being against America if they had an new or radical ideas for the government. Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants who were put on trial for the murder of an employee of a shoes tore near them. They were found guilty despite having no evidence to place the two as the perpetrators. This showed how bad it had gotten to be seen as an immigrant during this time. -
Before America began to recover from the Great depression people started to party more and have more free time as well as spending money. A new kind of woman would appear at this time that went against he normal expectations at the time. They would go to bars smoke in public and above all wear flapper dresses. These dresses showed a lot more than the acceptable amount of skin at the time and brought women's clothing and social views closer to being less stereotypical. -
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer encouraged mass raids of peoples' homes because of suspicions of them being communists. This caused a lot of upset in the U.S. Most of the country was suspected of being communist because if you had any criticism of the government and didn't fully support their decisions they would be most likely to fall victim to Palmer Raids. -
During the time that Herbert Hoover took over the presidency he was seen as someone who was a do-nothing. He believed America could just ride out the depression it had just entered. During his presidency the country reached all time highs for percentage of unemployment. 25% of America was unemployed. He directed people to seek out help from charities but because everyone was suffering charities weren't getting many donations. -
Due to all the constant farming and harvesting of land throughout the U.S. once a huge storm picked up and carried tons upon tons of dust across America trapping Americans within their homes. The soil had been so over used it was all dried up. It is the #1 ecological disaster of the 20th century. It displaces a lot of families and the agriculture industries learns from this as well as America to build shelters to protect them. They plant forests in order to catch all the dust in order to help. -
After the stock market crashes during the Great Depression and millions of Americans lost their money from banks the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was established. It was established in order to inspect banks and see if they were strong and trustworthy enough to be allowed to run because prior to the Great Depression banks would potentially go out of business and run out of money unable to pay people the money they put into the bank. -
Social Security came with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation because people would now pay into it throughout their whole life so in times of need and in old age they would have some amount of money to fall back on. Lots of people who went through the depression however didn't lean to into the idea because the banks already broke their trust so they ended up juts storing cash at their own houses and if they needed a check would deposit just what they needed to do it in the bank. -
The surprise attack by Japan against the American Pearl Harbor was because Japan was worried about the United States getting involved in World War 2 and wanted to ensure their safety. Japan however drove the United States into the war after the attack on the U.S. Navy and was seen as the main target by the U.S. as a result. -
During World World 2 the U.S. was a lot more inclusive when it came to the militaries power and allowed all kinds of people into the military by not discriminating on who they let in. As a result of a more free system a lot of Navajo Native Americans joined and were put to the task of being "Code Talkers." They were able to communicate with all Navajo making it easy for the U.S. to communicate because if if enemies heard it they wouldn't understand their language. -
D-Day was the surprise attacked coordinated and launched by the allied powers of the world. They codenamed it operation 'Overlord.' They landed at Normandy beach and went on a journey to save North-Western Europe from Nazi control. This battle turned the tide of the war and helped push back Nazi-Germany away from Europe. This was the largest invasion ever gathered. -
Honoring all the people who served during World War 2 the G.I. Bill of Rights provided all kinds of financial relief to U.S. Veterans. This allowed there to be unemployment insurance and made schooling more affordable so people started to go to college more during this time and started a precedent for their kids to go and they instilled it in the next generation. Housing was also more affordable because they wouldn't have to pay as much and would have certain discounts. -
By 1945 a good portion of the world was involved in the United Nations but they had never met to discuss the issues of the world. The United Nations would go on to decide the best course of action on how to deal with the latest nuclear weapons to prevent global annihilations from mutually assured destruction.
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After World War 2 it was a time of great prosperity with the baby boom and lots of being being unable to spend money on consumer products during WW2 they had money saved for pleasures post war. This meant people had larger families and more money so Levitt and his sons decided that they would start large towns comprised of only a few designs to maximize efficiency and cost and ensure customers would want to buy their home in town. -
During this speech given to congress by President Truman he voiced his disapproval towards communist ideals. He showed that the world should unite against the spread of the Soviet Union's power. The communist party saw this as an open declaration for war. The Truman Doctrine sparked the start of the Cold War were the U.S. and the Soviet Union were under constant threat of a nuclear attack. -
When the Soviet Union began pushing their control to try and conquer the world they were able to gain partial control of Berlin but were unsuccessful in getting the Eastern half. The resorted to forming a blockage around the nation to starve them out and force them to submit to the communist party and follow their command in order to survive. -
Because of the Berlin blockage and then the meeting with the United Nations agreeing that communism shouldn't spread to more places than it was already in the United States had to do something to help Berlin but couldn't step foot within their borders. It was decided that the U.S. would fly aircrafts over Berlin in order to drop food and supplies to support them in their resistance to communist rule.
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NATO was formed to ensure that the Soviet Union would halt its expansion. The United States, Canada, and Eastern European nations formed this organization to help protect one another and to push back the USSR back into the Soviet Union that had existed before the Cold War. -
After World War 2 there was a gigantic boom in the production of babies across all of the United States. This was a direct result of the end of World War 2 and it helped boost the economy even greater than it already was. With more kids that meant more consumers for diapers, and baby products, and then food, and school, more universities, higher employment, more money for leisure. -
In this case when a little girl was not permitted to go to an all white school even thought she had to pass multiple of them to get to her all black school her family took this fact to court. They eventually won and it was deemed a violation of the 14th amendment and the school would have to incorporate black students into their classes. Huge crowds would gather and armed forces would have to be sent down to walk black kids to school in order to protect them. -
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Although it was years since the fourteenth amendment prohibited places from being segregated and require the integration of white and black kids in the same school in Little Rock, Arkansas they were not allowing African American kids to enter their school. The government had to send soldiers to march down and be there to allow the students in. They would march around with them from class to class. There were nine kids total and it went on for a whole year. -
The U-2 Incident occurred when an aircraft that was going under surveillance of the USSR. The U.S. was caught and shot down revealing that the U.S. had been trying to spy on the Soviet Union for their airspace. He was supposed to commit suicide as to evade enemy capture and to ensure the USSR would not be able to get info out of him. He defended in court with saying how he was unable to press the self destruct button. -
The election of 1960 marked a huge milestone for technological advancements and how fast politics could be observed by the everyday citizens of the U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon had prior experience in office and in politics but yet John F. Kennedy won the election. President John F. Kennedy looked at the camera and spoke to the audience he showed how future presidents should act during debates being broadcast while Vice-President Nixon came across as weak. -
It was agreed upon that if the one country would declare a nuclear attack on another then they would fire back and both countries would be decimated. With the invention of ICBMs being able to reach such a large radius across continents it was agreed that this type of combat should be avoided and that it should never have to come to that.
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When a huge crowd gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial Martin Luthor King Jr. delivered this speech to all the participants there. There were many other preachers that spoke during this kind of church service. His speech was about wanting there to be prosperity between all races and for everyone to have equal rights regardless of whoever they are. It helped move more people and pushed the civil rights movement farther forward. -
The assassination of a President will always have a huge impact but the assassination of John F. Kennedy was particularly infamous because of the fact it was televised and he was in the middle of a parade. The vice president Lyndon B. Johnson once in power was able to keep pushing the civil rights movement because of all the pressure that was then placed upon him. -
The world continued to take more steps towards equality especially when schools were no longer segregated but when hiring and fire could still occur and there was nothing people could do to defend themselves if this occurred. The civil rights act stopped discrimination of hiring and firing. -
With the voting rights act of 1965 it eliminated the needlessly complicated task of proving your competence in order to vote. The need to explain info that no one would be able to tell was now gone. This made all people of every race that was a U.S. citizen able to vote in all elections. -
Johnson once he took over office was ready to use his new presidential powers to publicly announce that he wanted poverty to be outlawed and he would work tirelessly to improve the U.S. and to keep the cities clean. He wanted better access to health needs, medical care, and transportation for everyone. -
President Richard Nixon tried to cover up a group of people breaking in and planting bugs in the Democratic National Committee. He had to leave office as it became public he was involved. He chose to leave of his own free will instead of waiting to be impeached. All the good things he did for America were slightly tainted.
