United States History 1865-2003The American Age

Reconstruction (’63) ’65-’77Jack R and Kyrle P

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_reconstruct.htmlJim Crow laws - Laws of segregation that discriminate against African AmericansKKK - Created by Nathan Bedford Forrest - Never meant to be a hate group

• Carpetbaggers - People from the north, who are seeking economic gain - Play a significant role in creating government in the south

Scalawags - White southerner working for the government during the reconstruction13th , 14th, 15th Amendment - 13th is slavery being abolished - 14th is the constitution being ratified - 15th is the right that citizens could vote

Gilded Age 1877-1898Timmy P – EX.CR.

Economic growth Railroads made economy skyrocket

Robber barons or industrialists?Term applied to wealthy and powerful 19th-

century Business MenLabor unions

Problems workers dealt withNew immigration

Over 10 millionNew Technologies

Railroads Coal Mining

Imperialism 1898-1914Jason P and Grady K

Alfred Thayer Mahan Most important strategist

Spanish-American WarConflict in the late 1800’s Between the U.S. and Spain

Sphere of InfluenceArea of territory in which politicalor economical influence is wieldedby one nation

Spanish American War

Imperialism 1898-1914Jason P and Grady K

Panama Canal-77.1-kilometer ship canal in Panama. connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific

Ocean.Great White Fleet-

AKA the U.S. Navy battle fleetSixteen battleships divided into 2 parts

Great White Fleet

Panama Canal

World War I 1914-1919Gabe M and JJ H

New weapons of warfare-Military technology led to important innovations in weaponry, grenades, poison gas, and artillery, along with the submarine, warplane and the tank.

Return to Normalcy-was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding’s campaign promise in the election of 1920 to return to the way of life before World War I.

Example of Submarine, Warplane, and a Tank.

Political Cartoon explaining how the war started.

World War I 1914-1919Gabe M and JJ H

Lusitania-a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world's biggest ship. In 1915 it was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, the latter disaster of which killed 1,200 people

Central Powers vs. Allies-a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world's biggest ship. In 1915 it was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, the latter disaster of which killed 1,200 people

14 Points & Versaille, 1918- a 1918 statement by United States President Woodrow Wilson that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points speech.

Lusitania arriving in New York on her maiden voyage.

The Jazz AgeLuke R and Logan SWoman’s Suffrage: Women didn’t have as many rights as men.

Harlem Renaissance: African-Americans flourished in arts and literature

Flappers: Women who were intent on enjoying themselves

The Jazz AgeLuke R and Logan S

●Speakeasies: illegal liquor stores or nightclubs

●Bootleggers: Products of prohibition; sellers of illegal alcohol

Great Depression 1929-1939Bradley H and Joey L

Buying on Margin:Hoovervilles: -Villages of houses for the unemployment.Dust Bowl: - A series of dust storms and adrought in the Great Plains

Great Depression(continued)Bradley H and Joey L

Stock Market Crash- Oct. 29, 1929- Affected business and industry- Caused banks to go bankrupt and closeUnemployment- Reached as high as 25%- Interest rates lowered in the 1920`s

World War II 1939 – 1945Timmy P and Andrew B

Axis of EvilPresident George Bush’s axis of

evil includes Iran, Iraq, and North Korea

Two Front WarFighting takes place on two

geographically separate frontsWar at Home

Japanese bombed Pearl HarborNew Weapons of War

Weaponry, Logistical support and also Medicine

Atomic AgeDetonation of first bomb in Trinity

Cold War Will K and Brandon E and Chris McD

• Superpowers: Nations that influence political decisions• Domino Theory: The theory that a communist

victory in one nation would start a

chain reaction of communism in other Nations

Space Race: A race between the U.S. and Russia to be the first in space • Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon • Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space

Cold War Will K, Brandon E and Chris McD

Cuban Missile Crisis: Supplied Cuba with nuclear weapons and aimed them at the U.S.

U.S. sends ships to Cuba to prevent

a nuclear war Glasnost: Means openness, this also changed international,

relations, economic affairs, and internal affairs Ended the Cold War

Gulf War 1991Dante C and Henry B

Saddam Hussein5th president of IraqInvaded Kuwait to add it to IraqU.S. led a round clock missile attackDied by execution on December 30 2006

George H.W. Bush41st president of AmericaInvasion of Kuwait would drive oil pricesLed a round clock missile attack

Global dependence on oilOil most widely used energy sourceMost oil was found in the middle east where

Kuwait isOperation Iraqi Freedom

U.S. invading Iraq W.M.D.Kuwait

Small country next to IraqHas some of the rich oil fields in the world