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robber barons
robber barons, is a term that is also sometimes pointed toward any successful business person whose practices are considered un ethical. late 1870s -
The Muckrakers
The Muckrakers were reform- minded journalist in the progressive era in the united states who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
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imperialism
the united states exerted political social and economic control over countries such as the Philippines, Cuba, Germany, Austria, Korea, and Japan. -
The Panic of 1893
the panic of 1893 was a national economic crisis set off by the collapse of two of the country's largest employers, the Philadelphia and reading railroad and the national cordage company. following of the failure of these two companies a panic erupted on the stock market. -
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Progressive era
the progressive era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the united states of America that spanned to 1890s to the 1920s. -
Mexican American war
a war between united states and Spain over control of Cuba -
Explosion of the USS Maine
U.S. Battleship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898. Evidence suggests an internal explosion, however Spanish military was framed by yellow journalism. the incident was a catalyst for the Spanish American war -
socialist party of America
during the progressive era, many Americans supported and spread the idea of socialism for the people which would potentially stabilize income and equality for the citizens. the socialist mainly attempted to reform American economical policies and end capitalism -
the Black Hand -the Mafia
At the opening of the twentieth century, over 655,888 immigrants arrived in the United States, many of Italian background, hoping to earn money, buy land and start a new life in the states. However, their American didn't turn out quite as expected and many individuals of the Little Italy communities turned to a life of crime out of desperation. TV and motion pictures idolized the gangster ego and shaped how gangs in reality operated. The gangs were businesses. -
Panama Canal built
a canal that crosses the isthmus of panama connecting the Atlantic and pacific oceans. built by the united states between 1904 and 1914 -
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world war I
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary began the expansion of war to include all those involved in the mutual defense alliances. -
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated
The spark that ignited World War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot to death along with his wife Sophie by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip -
Feb. 3rd 1917
United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany -
April 6 1917
United states declares war on Germany -
United states first independent American operation
united states forces are victorious in the battle of Cantigny, the first independent American operation. -
women in the gilded age
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Jr. who helps create hotels for women and solicited funds to create the new York museum of modern art Margaret Olivia Sage gave away 45$million of her 75$million inheritance to support women's causes, educational institutions and the creation of the Russell sage foundation for social betterment which directly helped poor people. -
women gained the right to vote
The women’s suffrage movement reached as far back as 1638, when Margaret Brent, a successful businesswoman in Virginia, demanded the right to vote in the state’s House of Burgesses. By 1920, every state west of the Mississippi River allowed women to vote. -
Harlem renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, and politics centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s -
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the roaring 20s
the roaring 20s was a decade of economic growth and widespread prosperity driven by recovery from wartime devastation and deferred spending, a boom in construction, and the rapid growth of consumer goods such as automobiles and electricity. -
prohibition
the 18th amendment to the us constitution which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors ushered in a period in America -
the 19th amendment
after 70 years of a culmination of protest by unmarried woman suffragist, the 19th Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote and was adopted into the U.S. constitution. during the 20th century women's role changed in American society from upkeeping the house to becoming a part of the industrial revolution. Women worked more, broadened their education and gave birth to fewer children. Women became an active part in moving America forward. -
wall street Bombing
The Wall Street bombing occurred at 12:01 pm on Thursday, September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. The blast killed 30 people and injured several 100 -
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The great depression
the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world it began right after the stock market crashed which sent wall street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors -
dust bowl
The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought in the Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region. -
Tariff act
Tariff Act raised the dutiable tariff level on imported goods, in an effort to protect American production President Hoover signed the legislation against his own preference for international cooperation and in spite of opposition from economists and industrialists. Foreign trading partners retaliated with higher tariffs, and American trade was reduced by half contributing to the depth and length of the global Depression. -
Hitler appointed German leader
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany and later assumes dictatorial powers. German rearmament takes off -
Franklin Roosevelt elected president
often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945 -
Hindenburg Explosion
The airship Hindenburg the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany bursts into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and crew-members, on May 6, 1937. -
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world war II
It started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, it was the deadliest war in all of human history with around 70 million people killed. It was fought between the axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) and the allied powers (Britain, United States, Soviet Union, France) -
UK WINS War's first sea battle
British cruisers defeat a German pocket battleship at the battle of the river plate, the first major naval engagement of World War II. -
Post War Economy
The war brought the return of prosperity, and in the postwar period the United States consolidated its position as the world's richest country, After 1945 the major corporations in America grew even larger. -
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post war boom 1950's
The 1950s were a decade marked by the post-World War II boom, the dawn of the cold war and the civil rights movement in the United States -
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cold war
the cold war was an on going political rivalry between the united states and the soviet union and their respective allies that developed after world war II. it was waged mainly on political economic and propaganda fronts and lasted until 1991 -
popular culture and mass media
In the 1950s and 1960s, the bumper crop of children born after World War II a record high in 1946 and the war's end meant expanding international markets With the post World War II economic boom, however, all this changed. -
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civil right movement
the civil rights movement was a struggle by African Americans to achieve civil rights equal to those of whites, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote. -
Montgomery bus boycott
the Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery Alabama. -
the Albany movement
the Albany Movement was a desegregation campaign formed on November 17 1961 in Albany, Georgia, On November 1, 1961, when the interstate commerce commission ban on racial segregation in interstate bus terminals went into effect Sherrod and Reagon saw it as an opportunity to test segregation polices -
the march on Washington
The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Also known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities. -
the civil right act 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs. It also strengthened the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools -
June 22, June 28
president Richard Nixon signs the voting rights act amendments of 1970 a measure lowering the voting age to 18. U.S ground troops withdraw from Cambodia. -
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1970s
the 1970s was famous for bell-bottoms and the rise of disco, but it was also an era of economic struggle, cultural change and technological innovation. -
US invades Cambodia
when Phnom Penh was under siege by the Khmer rouge in 1973, the US air force again launched a bombing campaign against them, claiming that it had saved Cambodia from an otherwise inevitable communist take-over and that the capital might have fallen in a matter of weeks -
Culture change in post World War 2
The culture changed with economic prosperity, just as it did in the 1920s. With leisure time, modern conveniences, material goods, their own homes and decent wages, people were more able to concentrate on art, music, sports, vacations and materialism. -
social changes as a result of WWII
Over the war, women began working jobs that men were previously hired for and were able to move into the armed forces. The amount of working women increased from 13 million to 19 million. Japanese Americans were interned during the war and lost property and their belongings. -
collapse of the soviet union
The unsuccessful August 1991 coup against Gorbachev sealed the fate of the Soviet Union a few days after the coup, Ukraine and Belarus declared their independence from the Soviet Union. The Baltic States, which had earlier declared their independence, sought international recognition -
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post cold war
3 things that defined the post cold war world. the first was U.S power. the second was the rise of china as the center of global industrial growth based on low wages. the third was the re-emergence of Europe as a massive, integrated economic power -
How America got into gear.
Even before the war ended U.S. business, military and government officials began debating the question of the country’s reconversion from military to civilian production. In 1944, Donald Nelson of the War Production Board proposed a plan that would reconvert idle factories to civilian production. Powerful military and business leaders pushed back, and plans for widespread reconversion were postponed