Change to American Society and Culture from 1865 to 2017

By tobibonifacio

  • Sharecropping Contract

    Sharecropping Contract
    Slaves worked on white owned land as sharecroppers. It was a compromise between black's independence from white. Early postwar contracts gave the planters the right to supervise the slaves while working. As the time went on, sharecropping contracts afforded former slaves better independence.

  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton "Home Life"

    Elizabeth Cady Stanton "Home Life"
    It helped liberalize divorce laws, reproductive self-determination, and greater sexual freedom for women. It also put an end to the authority for men to get physical over their wives.

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson
    This case came from Louisiana, making it equal but separate accommodations for whites and colored people. This case conflicted with the 13th and 14th amendment. The State racial segregation laws for public facilities are under "separate but equal" document.

  • Hawaii annexed

    Hawaii annexed
    Druing the Spanish- American War, Hawaii was annexed by President William McKinley. It extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and gave the United States as a Pacific Power

  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    Fair Labor Standards Act
    Created minimum wage and time and a half overtime when employees worked over forty hours. Prohibited minors from working in a dangerous area.

  • Pearl Harbor Attack

    Pearl Harbor Attack
    Japanese had a suprise ariel attack on the U.S naval base on Pearl harbor in hopes to knock out pacific fleet, then take southeast asian territories before the US recovers. This attack killed 24,000 and wounded 1,200. It sunk or damaged 8 battleships.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    The doctrine restored the U.S. foreign policy by sending a special message to the Congress in Greece and Turkey. This speech mentioned free and freedom multiple times, it created a language for Americans came to understand the postwar world.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. and the montgomery bus boycott

    Martin Luther King Jr. and the montgomery bus boycott
    A local black veteran, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white rider, even though it was a law. Then she was arrested. It was named the montgomery bus boycott. It launched the movement for racial justice. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech about it wanting freedom, justice and equality.

  • Bill Clinton, Speech on signing of NAFTA

    Bill Clinton, Speech on signing of NAFTA
    Bill Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement. It created a free-trade zone, where goods may travel freely without paying import duties. These includes Canda, United States and Mexico. He promised, "There will be no job loss."

  • Barack Obama, Eulogy at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

    Barack Obama, Eulogy at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
    Many people were shocked about the mass murders, In South Carolina Charleston, nine black parishioners in a church were murdered by a white gunman who had a photograph of himself with confederate battle flag. President Obama gave a Eulogy for a the pastor, Clementa Pinckney. After the murder, South Carolina took down the Confederate Flag in the State house in the capital and deposited it.