Details Title: 1861-1992 Description: Major Events In U.S. Total Flash Cards: 9 Created: 04/12/2006 08:26:08		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional History Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877) Definition Outbreak between North and South United States. Caused by slavery, Nullification, Abraham Lincoln, Tarrifs, the Compromise of 1850, and other events. Reconstruction was the period after the war for rebuilding the nation. Term Gilded Age (late 19th century) (1877-1898) Definition Inidividualism, Social Darwinism, Realism in art and literature, and Ragtime music were among the many changes in American culture. Term Progressive Era (1898-1914) Definition Industrialization, Compensation Laws Passed, new immigrants, bad working conditions, Pure food and drug Act passed, 17th Ammendment ratified, Women's suffrage (Susan B. Anthony) are a few of the reforms from this era that have impacts on Modern America. Term World War I (1914-1919) Definition 1913-Woodrow Wilson begins Presidential Term. 1915- Lucitania sinks 1917-U.S. enter war 1918-COngress passes Sedition Act 1918-Battle of Argon Forest begins 1919-race riots and Red Scare 1919-End of War, Treaty of Versaille, ALLIES WIN!!! Term Jazz Age 1920s (1920-1929) Definition New Ku Klux Klan founded, Emergency Qouta Act passds(limiting immigration), Clash of vlaues (like Nativiism, COntrolling immigration, and New Morality), the flappers,Fundamentalism Movement (evolution vs. creationism), Prohibition Laws Term Great Despression 1930s (1930-1941) Definition 1928-Hoover elected as President 1929-Stock Marcket Crashes, Black Tuesday Drought sweeps Great Plains Long Bull Market Stocks bought on Margin Hoovervilles-hoboes Dust Bowl soup kitchens Hoover Dams Migrant Farmers 1933-1939-Roosevelt New Deal The Hundered Days Debt Relief Internationalism Term World War II (1941-1945) Definition Axis Powers- Germany, Japan, Italy Allied powers- United States, France, Europe Nuetral- USSR Hitler Naziis Churchill (British) Holocaust Nazi-Soviet NonAgression Pact 1941-America enters War Americans put Japanese into internment camps Germany invaded Poland Hiroshima and Nagasaki (The Atomic Bomb) Roosevelt died Truman becomes President Peral Harbor attacked by Japan Women joined Armed Forces Normandy- D-Day ALLIED POWERS WIN!!! Term Cold War (1945-1992) Definition Verbal, nonviolent War Nuclear Power threats between USSR and United States Cuban Missile Crisis North and South Korea Space Race- Sputnik and America on the Moon Fighting Communism Term Civil Rights Movement (1954-1969) Definition Affirmative Action Rosa Parks Malcom X Martin Luther King Jr. School Riots (students killed) Segregation