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Timeline Project

Explore key events from 1900 to 1964, from Galveston Hurricane to Civil Rights Act, shaping USA's socio-political landscape.

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Timeline Project

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  1. Timeline Project

  2. Galveston Hurricane • September 8, 1900 • 8,000 died • 145 mph winds • One of the worst natural disasters in US history

  3. Spindletop • January 10, 1901 • Happened near Beaumont, Texas • Produced 100,000 barrels of oil per day • Start of Oil Boom in USA • Exxon and Gulf Mobile got their start here • Gushed for 9 days • https://youtu.be/NNMTY9AE1oo

  4. World War I Fri 26th and Mon 29th • 1914-1918 • Causes of War: • M=Militarism • A=Alliances • I=Imperialism • N=Nationalism (Racism) • 15 million people killed • Used for the first time (tank, machine gun, airplanes, poison gas, barbed wire) • Ends with the Treaty of Versailles

  5. World War I Continued Fri 26th and Mon 29th • After World War I, America becomes a Superpower • Europe’s many countries had been highly damaged • Leads directly to World War II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XPZQ0LAlR4 (crash course 12 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7v3cq1ZJjM (history 3 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G4ZY66BG38 (history 3 min) Flocab brainpop

  6. Prohibition Tues 30th • January 17, 1920 • 18th Amendment • Banned the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol • Led to organized crime in the US (mafia, mobsters) • US government lost $11 billion in tax revenue • Crime increases • 1st Constitutional Amendment to be repealed • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1T8NlbZ71s (history 2 min) • https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/how-prohibition-created-the-mafia-video (history 4 min)

  7. Women’s Suffrage Tues 30th • August 18, 1920 • The 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote • Seneca Falls Convention: First major meeting of women’s rights • Took decades of protests and civil disobedience • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWQKYmg_0R0 (2:30 min) • 2 Flocabs • 1 Brainpop

  8. The Great Depression Wed 1st • 1929-1939 • The Stock Market loses 90% of its value • 25% of Americans lose their jobs and/or homes • 60% of Americans are considered poor • Nearly half of all banks failed • 1 Flocab • 2 Brainpops • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8k0jJdqKP0 (history 3:30 min)

  9. The Dust Bowl Wed 1st • 1934-1937 • Hit the Great Plains region, which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico • 60% of the population leaves the area • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guTek7ipD4U (PBS 6 min)

  10. World War II Thurs 2nd- Fri 3rd • December 7, 1941-1945 • Holocaust-6 million people killed • Widespread hatred for the Jewish people at that time. Hitler magnified/maximized the already existing hatred • Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the two Japanese cities that the US dropped bombs on • The US is the only country to ever use the nuclear bomb on anyone in the history of the world

  11. World War II Continued Thurs 2nd- Fri 3rd • 64 million people killed worldwide (20 million in the Soviet Union) • The Marshall Plan gave Europe $13 million to rebuild • The US helped Japan rebuild for many years after. • Both Germany and Japan are top allies of the US and excellent trading partners • Flocab wwii, holocaust • Brainpop wwii, holocaust, adolf hitler

  12. The Cold War Mon 6th • 1945-1981 (Soviet Union collapses) • US vs. Soviet Union • Capitalism vs. Communism • No actual fighting, but massive military spending on both sides • Both sides were convinced that the other wanted to destroy it • Everything was a competition and contest • MAD (Mutually; Assured; Destruction) There were enough nuclear bombs to destroy all life on Earth 6x over • Flocab cold war • Brainpop cold war • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI (crash course 12 min)

  13. The Korean War Mon 6th June 25, 1950-? (Technically the two sides are still at war) • The 38th parallel still divides North and South Korea • This war started out as a Civil War in Korea, but became a “Proxy War” instead because the US and Russia began giving both sides money. • The US got involved because they were concerned about the “domino effect” • 40,000 US troops died, 5 million people total (died)

  14. The Korean War Mon 6th • The US does a lot of trading with South Korea • There is now an average of a 5 inch height difference between North and South Korea because South Korea is more well-nourished • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmM2Y275TR0 (9:30 min) • Brain pop

  15. JFK Assassination Tues 7th • November 22, 1963 • Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald • Youngest elected US President, 1st Catholic President • Lee Harvey Oswald was a Communist, but nobody knows why he shot Kennedy • Lyndon B. Johnson, JFK’s VP, was sworn into Presidency • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEVfKKjODBg (history 4:09 min) • Brain pop

  16. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Tues 7th • July 2, 1962 • Ended segregation in public places • Stopped employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, and/or gender • Proposed by JFK, and pushed through by his VP, Lyndon B. Johnson • Martin Luther King, Jr. used non-violent protests (civil disobedience), which exposed the racial violence and discrimination • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URxwe6LPvkM (6 min) • Flocab • Brain pop

  17. Apollo 13 Landing Tues 7th • July 20, 1969 • The idea was started by JFK in a speech to Congress • At the time the US was losing the “Space Race” to the Soviet Union • Neil Armstrong, lead astronaut and first person to walk on the moon, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCp2jTtay0w (5 min) • Brain pop “apollo project”

  18. Vietnam War Wed 8th • August 15, 1973 (End of War) • US lost, and 58,000 US troops died • ⅓ of all US troops were drafted (forced to join the military) • Vietnamese used many boobie-traps and hidden pits • US soldiers returning home were treated terribly by Americans when they returned home • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qewlbBor9Vg (1:30 min) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlIxSw-aOfc (1:30 min) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgW0o-Ui94k (10:30 min)

  19. Challenger Shuttle Disaster Thur 9th • January 28, 1988 • NASA was warned of the danger, but launched anyway • Cold temperatures caused the o-ring failure • All seven astronauts died • https://www.history.com/topics/1980s/challenger-disaster (history 2 min)

  20. The Berlin Wall Comes Down Thurs 9th • November 9, 1989 • West Berlin was Capitalist and East Berlin was Communist • The Berlin Wall was up for 30 years • Guards had orders to shoot to kill people that tried to cross over • Three layers of wall: barbed wire fences, dog runs, and guard towers • East and West Germany are reunited when the wall comes down • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9VKVt4yuhI (2:30 min)

  21. The Gulf War Thurs 9th • August 20, 1990 - February 28, 1991 • Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait because of oil • US, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt fight back • 30,000 Iraqis die, 300 Americans die (battle lasted 4 days) • President George H. Bush did not remove Saddam Hussein from office • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl_lctDXHuQ (4 min)

  22. 9/11 Fri 10th • September 11, 2001 • Terrorist attack was planned by Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group, Al-Qaeda • 4 planes hijacked- 2 hit the Twin Towers, one hit the Pentagon, and one crashed in a field. • Nearly 3,000 people died • Plane passengers weren’t overly panicked because in the past, hijacked planes would land and demand ransom

  23. 9/11 Fri 10th • The people on the last plane heard via cell phone that the planes were crashing into buildings, and fought back. The plane crashed in Pennsylvania, but was intended to crash into the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. • Worst terrorist attack in US history • President George W. Bush decided to invade Afghanistan, where Bin Laden was, and then decided to invade Iraq because he believed they had WMDs (weapons of mass destruction). No WMDs were found. • This launched the “War on Terror” and invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrEXibbXqUs&has_verified=1(5 min) discretion advised • Flocab • Brain pop

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