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United States History 1865-2003

United States History 1865-2003. The American Age. Reconstruction (’63) ’65-’77. http:// www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_reconstruct.html 13 th , 14 th and 15 th Amendments Jim Crow laws KKK Carpetbaggers Scalawags. Gilded Age1877-1898 (Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner).

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United States History 1865-2003

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  1. United States History 1865-2003 The American Age

  2. Reconstruction (’63) ’65-’77 • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_reconstruct.html • 13th, 14thand 15th Amendments • Jim Crow laws • KKK • Carpetbaggers • Scalawags

  3. Gilded Age1877-1898 (Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner) • Economic growth • Robber barons or industrialists? • Labor unions • New immigration • New Technologies

  4. Imperialism 1898-1914 • Alfred Thayer Mahan • Spanish-American War • Panama Canal • Great White Fleet • Sphere of Influence

  5. World War I 1914-1919 • Lusitania • Central Powers vs. Allies • New weapons of warfare • 14 Points & Versaille, 1918 • Return to Normalcy

  6. Jazz Age 1920-1929 • Women’s Suffrage • Harlem Renaissance • Flappers • Speakeasies • Bootleggers

  7. Great Depression 1929-1939 • Buying on Margin • Stock Market Crash • Hoovervilles • Unemployment • Dust Bowl

  8. World War II 1939 - 1945 • Axis of Evil • Two Front War • War at Home • New Weapons of War • Atomic Age

  9. Cold War 1947-1990 • Superpowers • Domino Theory • Space Race • Cuban Missile Crisis • Glasnost

  10. Gulf War 1991 • Saddam Hussein • George H. Bush • Global dependence on oil • Kuwait • Operation Iraqi Freedom

  11. 9/11 & Global War on Terror • Al Queda • Global Terrorism • 9/11 • Afghanistan • Iraq

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