Important Dates and eras in US History Introduction to US History Karen Guerrero

What date or era would you time travel back?  US History Only  Why did you choose that era?

Please write down the significance of the following dates on your entrance slip: See if you table group  1776  1787  1803   1877  1898   1917  1929  Knows these dates  1941  1957    1991  2000  2001  2008

 The Declaration of Independence was signed in  The American Revolution will not be over until 1783 when America finally becomes an independent nation. Analyze the importance and meaning of :

1787 Analyze the importance and meaning of:  The U.S. Constitution is ratified by 9 out of 13 states on September 17,  This is still the document that all of us live by today. Impressive….

1803  Louisiana purchase  Bought from France  Doubled the size of the US

 The United States was involved in a Civil War during this time.  The Union (north) fought the Confederacy (south).  Who won?

1898 – identify major characteristics of eras in US history.  America declared war on Spain to help Cuba fight for independence in  Sinking of the Maine, Yellow Journalism, White Man’s Burden  America emerged as a world Power

identify major characteristics of eras in US history.  Also known as “The Great War”, WWI was fought during these dates.  America will try and stay neutral, but will enter in the last 6 months of fighting.

1917 identify major characteristics of eras in US history.  America enters WWI  Reasons for entering include unrestricted submarine warfare Zimmerman Note and sinking of the Lusitania.  Wilson’s 14 points  Treaty of Versailles

1929  The stock market crashed in the fall of 1929  This will be one of the contributing factors (causes) to the Great Depression which will last an entire decade

 World War II  Hitler invades Poland to begin WWII  America again tries to stay neutral…

1941  The attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7)  America declares war on Japan (Dec. 8) after they attacked our naval fleet in Oahu.  “A date which will live in infamy”--FDR

1957  Sputnik (satellite) is launched by the Soviet Union  Heightens the Cold War between the US and USSR  America launches its first satellite quickly after  This technology allows you to have cell phones!!!!

1950s  Beginnings of the Civil Rights movement.  Cold War era and Korean war  Prosperity  McCarthyism and Red Scare  Beginnings of youth culture

1960s  Civil Rights act  Vietnam War  Traditional vs Counter Culture  Assassinations  US puts a man on the moon  Baby Boom youth

Late 20 th Century  Foreign and Domestic Crisis.  Conservative Revolution  Ending of Cold War conflicts  Rise of terrorism  United States only super power

ERAS to know  Growth of the West  Industrialization and Gilded Age  Progressive Populism  Imperialism  World War I  Roaring Twenties  Jazz age  Great Depression and New Deal  World War II  Civil Rights  Cold War  Turbulent 1960s  Late 20 th Century  Early 21 st Century