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The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution dramatically changed the daily lives of Americans and marked a major social and economic transition in history. Manufacturing and factories replaced the use of traditional “home and hand” production methods. Every part of life was impacted from agriculture to water power, textiles, food production, paper and glass production, and transportation. The standard of living was significantly improved – housing, nutrition, employment and labor conditions, and population incr -
Appomattox
The Appomattox Court House is the place where the Civil War ended. Robert E. Lee, South, surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, North. -
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Reconstruction
Reconstruction was the process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. Under the administration of President Andrew Johnson in 1865 and 1866, new southern state legislatures passed restrictive "black codes" to control the labor and behavior of former slaves and other African Americans. -
Creation of Panama Canal
A canal between the Atlantic, through the Caribbean, and to the Pacific. France attempted to build the canal but failed. The U.S. took over the operation and its was finished in 1914. -
The Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was a conflict between Spain and the United States. American attacks on Spain's Pacific possession led to involvement in the Philippene Revolution. -
Acquisition of Hawaii
When war broke out with Spain in 1898, the military significance of Hawaiian naval bases as a way station to the Spanish Philippines outweighed all other considerations. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution annexing the islands. -
World War 1
World War 1 began on July 28, 1914 when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Differences in foreign policies were to blame, This conflict between two countries spread rapidly The two main sides were the Allies, which included France, Great Britain and Russia; and the Triple Alliance of Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary. In April 1917, the United States, angered by attacks upon its ships in the Atlantic, declared war on Germany .In total, 30 countries were involved in the conflict. Soldiers -
Prohibition
Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. It was a national ban on the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol. The intent was that Prohibition would lower crime and corruption and other social problems. Instead, organized crime blossomed. The ban caused a lot of controversy. It ended with the ratification of the Twenty –first which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, on December 5, 1933. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a government involvement in the economy and in society. When the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday on October 29, 1929, the Great Depression officially started. Businesses and industries were effected because everyone was limiting what they wer buying. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a set of federal programs created by Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression. It had four achievements: economic recovery, job creation, investment in public works, and civi uplift. In less than a decade, the New Deal changed America. -
World War II
World War II started in 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Germany. Eventually most of the countries in the world were involved - the Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, Japan; and the Allied Powers were Britain, United States, Soviet Union, France). It was considered the deadliest war in all of human history with around 70 million people killed. The war in Europe ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. The war in the Pacific ended when Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor is one of the most memorable events in U.S. history, and was one of the primary reasons the U.S. went to war with Japan. However Japan did not attack Pearl Harbor for no reason, they attacked the United States because of their desire for expansion, which led to the U.S. cutting of embargoes to Japan. -
The Cold War
The Cold War was between the U.S. and Russia. U.S.A was a capitalist superpower and Russia was a communist superpower. Each saw the other as a threat to keeping their global power. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was a war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. The U.S. provided 88% of the 341,000 international soldiers, which aided South Korean forces with twenty other countries of the United Nations offering assistance -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism. Engaged in a war that many viewed as having no way to win, U.S. leaders lost the American public's support for the war. -
The Gulf War
The Gulf War was was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. U.S. President George H. W. Bush deployed U.S. forces into Saudi Arabia, and urged other countries to send their own forces to the scene -
9/11
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the al-Qaeda hijacked four U.S. airliners. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. -
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is the official name used by the U.S. government for the war in Afghanistan. It was part of a number of other smaller military actions, all under the umbrella of the Global "War on Terror(GWOT). The War in Afghanistan began on October 7th of 2001 as a retaliation to the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks on September 11th, 2001. The purpose of the invasion was to find and capture Osama bin Laden, destroy the terrorist group,Al-Qaeda, and overcome the Talib -
Invasion of Iraq
The United States invaded Iraq. The war started because of illegally possessing weapons. -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
The United States military led Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), which started on March 20, 2003. Initially, the primary goal was removing Saddam Hussein’s regime and destroying their ability to use weapons of mass destruction.Over time, the focus of OIF changed to helping the Government of Iraq (GoI) improve security, establish a more democratic system of governance, and improve economic development.
