US Nutshell

Plessy v. Ferguson was deemed unconstitutional during the Reconstruction Era

The Gilded Age was a time of Jazz, Flappers, and a rise in bootlegging.

Prohibition (18th Amendment), rise of Bootleggers and crime, flappers, Fundamentalism v. Evolution

During this era the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were passed, finally making slavery illegal, but led to Jim Crow Laws

The first Red Scare , Sacco & Vanzeti found guilty (death penalty), even though there was a lack of evidence

“Trickle Down Economy”, Strategic Defense Initiative, “Stars Wars”, National Debt doubles, AIDS Epidemic

New chemical weapons: Napalm and Agent Orange, Credibility Gap, War Powers Act

The "War to end all wars", was caused because of Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism...

FDR’s goals, help the neediest, jump-start economic recovery, enact banking and stock market reforms

Massive amounts of immigrants move to the US, which causes Nativism to rise.

A time of corruption and unregulated business, Robber Barons

OPEC, Peaceful Coexistence “Detente”, friends with Russia and China, SALT Treaty, Watergate Scandal

Progressive Era: a focus on making life better for Americans

Nixon is the same as Reagan...

Life after WWII led to increased tensions in the home, as well as a "baby boom"

Carter had great intentions, but no one liked him, especially after the Iranian Hostage Crisis...

New technology leads to increased literacy, new “leisure” activities, baseball, boxing, amusement parks

US V. USSR, spying, space race, Cuban issues, McCarthyism, the second Red Scare, exciting times!

Granting land to Germany in the hopes of avoiding another world war

The US emerges as a the #1 world power after WWII.

US expands for new markets and new resources, Spanish American War is fought to obtain new territory

Elected on a promise of “No new taxes”Iran-Contra Scandal, Iran-Iraq War, Operation Desert Storm, ...raises taxes

Betty Friedan, Feminine Mystique, Feminism, Counter Culture: Hippies, Woodstock

Civil Rights Act of 1964, 1968, Voting Rights Act of 1965, over-ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Educatio

War guilt clause, blames Germany for WWI, that directly leads to WWII

Industrialization drives the growth of cities, housing is bad, leads to a rise in crime, unions form

The Clinton Era is most known for the balanced budget and the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Monetary policy, high taxes & war debts, unequal wealth distribution, overproduction, & stock market crash are linked to

Bush Jr. implemented the Patriot Act after the September 11th attacks (911)

A time of cowboys, railroads and taming of the west...

 “The day that will live in infamy!” Brought the US into another great war...