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Hattie Wyatt Caraway was the first woman to be elected to the United States Senate to fill vacancy caused by the death of her husband. She was reelected in 1932 and 1938.
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Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin founded the Catholic Worker Movement, a group of Catholic communities promoting social justice and hospitality toward the poor
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The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938, setting the first minimum wage in the U.S at 25 cents per hour.
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The biblical theology movement emerged to counter both liberal and fundamentalist interpretations of the Bible
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Refers to specific events of political and social protest against racism in the 1950s and 1960s
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The twenty-second amendment to the constitution is ratified, limiting the president to two terms.
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Alaska becomes the 49th state in the U.S
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The homeschool movement began in the 1970s and attracted evangelical christians who feared the secular influences of public education.
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Anti-abortion movements and rescue movements garnered support from catholics, evangelicals, and christian fundamentalists
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U.S leads international coalition in military operation to drive Iraqis out of Kuwait
