Amanda RorabackJun 16, 20202 minAmerican History Topics and TimelinesANTEBELLUM YEARS (BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR) PRE-COLUMBIAN HISTORY (North America, Aztecs, Incas etc.) Aztecs (Mexico) Incas (Peru) North...
amanda0195Apr 26, 201813 minPresidents after World War I1913 - 1921 - Woodrow Wilson (Dem.) 1921 - 1923 - Warren G. Harding (Rep.) 1923 - 1929 - Calvin Coolidge (Rep.) 1929 -,1933 - Herbert...
amanda0195May 10, 20175 minCold WarTIMELINE 1945 End of WWII Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech 1946 George Kennan sent Long Telegram explaining reasons USSR must be...
Amanda Roraback and Isabella CataniaApr 5, 20175 minVietnam War1939-45 World War II Viet Minh created in 1941 by Ho Chi Minh Primarily led by Communists. Japanese defeat Indochina Viet Minh launch...
amanda0195Mar 12, 201711 minCivil Rights Timeline1930 Nation of Islam (NOI) Founded by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad Goals – to improve the spiritual, mental, social and economic condition of...
amanda0195Feb 28, 201712 minWorld War II - U.S.LEADING UP TO WORLD WAR II SEEDS OF WAR WWI Heavy reparations payment weakened Germany - caused rise of fascism Strong desire for...
amanda0195Feb 14, 201710 minNew DealALPHABET SOUP IN A NUTSHELL Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act (1933) - Created FDIC CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps (1933) - Young men...
amanda0195Feb 13, 201710 min1920sTIMELINE 1920 - Warren Harding elected president 1921 - Immigration Act 1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes president after Harding's death...
amanda0195Jan 27, 20177 minWorld War I - United StatesCAUSES OF WORLD WAR I Long term causes (M.A.I.N.) Militarism New weapons: Maxim Gun, U-Boat, naval war (between Germany and Britain)...
amanda0195Jan 24, 201713 minPresidents Civil War to WWIRECONSTRUCTION ANDREW JOHNSON (1865-1869) Democrat BIO Born in North Carolina then moved to Tennessee Grew up poor Illiterate as adult,...
amanda0195Jan 23, 20179 minProgressivism (1880-1917)PROGRESSIVISM DEFINITION Between end of Reconstruction and start of World War I Middle Class reformers sought to address the problems...
amanda0195Jan 21, 201719 minGilded Age (Reconstruction-1900)GILDED AGE 1870s-1900 dubbed "Gilded Age" by Mark Twain 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today Because like gilt (thin layer of gold...
amanda0195Jan 19, 20178 minSpanish-American War (1898)EVENTS BEFORE THE WAR MANIFEST DESTINY John O'Sullivan coined the term Manifest Destiny in 1845 Expansion of the U.S. Louisiana Purchase...
amanda0195Jan 18, 20177 minWild WestEXPANSION TO THE WEST Seven Years War 1783 Acquisition of territories of New France west to the Mississippi River Louisiana Purchase 1803...
amanda0195Jan 16, 201715 minReconstruction (1865-1877)TIMELINE Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863) Wade-Davis Bill (Jun. 1864) Lincoln reelected (Nov. 8, 1864) Sherman's March to the Sea...
amanda0195Jan 15, 201715 minCivil WarTIMELINE Events leading to Civil War 1860 Lincoln is elected (Nov. 6) South Carolina secedes (Dec. 17) 1861 Six other states secede (Jan)...
amanda0195Nov 30, 20166 minLeading to the Civil WarCHRONOLOGY Missouri Compromise 1820 Manifest Destiny 1845 Texas annexed 1845 Annexation of Oregon 1846 Mexican-American War 1846-1848...
amanda0195Nov 18, 20166 minMexican-American War (1846-1848)LEADING TO THE WAR BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO (April 21, 1836) See Texas entry Sam Houston led the expedition American Texians defeated the...
amanda0195Nov 18, 20163 minTexasSPANISH TEXAS ADAMS-ONIS TREATY 1819 Spanish gave up Florida In exchange, U.S gave up rights to Texas MEXICAN TEXAS MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE...
amanda0195Nov 10, 20164 minReform MovementsINSPIRATIONS Second Great Awakening (1790-1850) Revivalist preachers said that God created man as a "free moral agent" -- sinners could...