Hist152 Final Timeline Project

By Amaiah
  • Westward Expansion

    Westward Expansion

    Following the Missouri compromise, Americans kept moving west.
  • Reconstruction Era

    Reconstruction Era

    Reconstruction was meant to be a time to reconstruct the country after the war.
  • Lincoln's assassination

    Lincoln was murdered in the midst of the Reconstruction era, disrupting the progress of the country
  • Impeachment of President Johnson

    Johnson was impeached shortly after his role in presidency after he changed Lincoln's initial plan for Reconstruction
  • Industrialization & Rise of Big Business

    Industrialization & Rise of Big Business

    The changes following new technology and inventions after the first World War
  • Gilded Age

    The country seemed to be thriving, but was going through a lot of things behind the scenes.
  • Progressive Movement

    Progressive Movement

    TIme meant to restore economic and social injustices.
  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism was a style of newspaper writing that allowed writers to express sensation over facts.
  • World War I

    World War I

    Initially WWI remained neutral, but the assassination of Franz Ferdinand led them to have to protect the country.
  • The Great Migration

    The Great Migration

    The move of African Americans from the South to the North
  • The Jazz Age

    The Jazz Age

    The age where Jazz music was introduced the "fun" age in history.
  • Roaring 20s

    Roaring 20s

    This time period focused on social, artistic, and cultural energy.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    Big stock market crash affecting the whole country.
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash

    This was the event that caused the great depression. Share prices on stock collapses affecting the whole country.
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal

    The new deal was aimed to restore prosperity to the Americans affected by the Great Depression.
  • FDR Brain Trust

    FDR Brain Trust

    A team created to educate FDR and assist him with his presidential campaign.
  • Spanish War

    Spanish War

    People were fighting to claim land that never truly belonged to them
  • World War II

    World War II

    The cause of WWII was the Nazi invasion of Poland
  • Civil Rights Movement

    Civil Rights Movement

    Movement throughout the United States that attempted to gain equal rights for African Americans.
  • Famie Lou Hamer Testimony

    Famie Lou Hamer Testimony

    Famie Lou Hamer fought for her civil right to vote and in the end was threatened by MFDP.