-
Period: to
The beginning of the century
the beginning of the 20th century was an era with rapid economic growth and industrialization. tha wages in USA was much higher then in Europe in it affected millions of immigrants who helped build the country. -
Period: to
WW1
Even USA didn't wan't to get involved in WW1, they eventually declared war on Germany -
Period: to
The 1920s
The Twenties was a booming decade , wich brought the automobile, the telephone, the motion picture and more industrial growth. -
Period: to
The 1920s
It was a happy time until the Stock Market Crash on wall street. -
Period: to
The 1930s
1930 was a decade of poverty, struggel and massiv unemployment beacuse The stock market Crash in 1929. In the end of the decade WW2 broke out in europe -
Period: to
The 1940s
When Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, the USA entered WW2. After WW2 Europe was in ruins and had to be rebuilt, but the USA intact because no battle s had taken place on the American mainland -
Period: to
The 1950s
The 1950s was a good decade for the Americans. it was a decade full of growth in all areas. AMerican goods were popular all over the world. The country became one of the world's two superpowers both economically and politically, but these superpowers also started a Cold War wich lasted for decades. The USA unfluented the world culturally. Rock and Roll music and teenage idols like Jeams Dean and Elvis Presley created a new youth culture -
Period: to
1960s
The 60s was a decade of both war and change. It was the era of the Civil Rights Movement, the space race, the kennedys, the Cold War, the vietnam war and the hippies. The Vietnam War was the first war the people prteset against and the first war America had ever "lost". -
Period: to
1969
In 1969, austronaut Neil Armstrong eas the first man to set a foot on the moon -
Period: to
1970s
Movements that started in the 60s continued into the 70s; Civil rights for minorites, women's rights and the end of the Vietnam War. Enviormental issues became important. Recession in the steel industry created problems in the industrialized areas of the Midwest. During this decade there was a large inlux of immigrants from Asia, in the aftermath of the US defeat in Vietnam. -
Period: to
1980s
The country was in a Cold War with the Soviet Union and supported anti- communist movements around the globe. When the Berlin wall came down in 1989 the Cold War had to come to an end, and leaving the USA as the only superpower. The 80s will also be remembered as the decade of MTV and the music video. and pop icons like Madonna and Micheal Jackson -
Period: to
1990s
Operation desert storm was a short war in the middle east in 1991, the aim of the war was to protect Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, wich were major suppliers of oil to the USA. Gradually throughout the decade the USA did better economically and immegration increased. The most significant changes technologically were the internet and the PC. At the end of the decade, reality TV became a new popular genre. -
Period: to
The 21st century
On new years eve 1999 most of the western world was worried. Eventsnon september 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked, two crashed into the twin towers, one hit the pentagon, and the fourth plane missed. that day will always be remembered as the "day that changed the world" and the beginning og of the global war and terror. The 2008 election of Barack Obama, brought hope to many Americans, after millions of people struggled financially in the US.