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American History. 1492 – 2008. Discovery. Columbus sails from Spain in 1492 1507 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida Columbus 1607 First permanent English settlement, Jamestown, Virginia 1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
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American History 1492 – 2008
Discovery • Columbus sails from Spain in 1492 1507 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida Columbus 1607 First permanent English settlement, Jamestown, Virginia 1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
New Country • French-Indian War 1750s • American Revolution 1776 – 1783 • Lexington and Concord • Yorktown George Washington
Continental Congress Ben Franklin
Constitution • Approved in 1791 James Madison Great Compromise Senate House Checks and Balances Supreme Court
American West • 13 Colonies began to look West • Agreed new states would have equal rights • Early explorers: mountain men Daniel Boone
Settlement of the West • By 1890, all open land was gone. • Train • Telegraph • Ranchers and Farmers
Civil War • 1861-1865 • Union vs. Confederacy
Growth • World Power • Spanish-American War 1898 Cuba Philippines
Immigration • 1830s Irish • 1850s Italians • 1860s Asians • 1880s Eastern Europeans • Russians • Jews • First Immigration Law 1920s
World War I • 1914-1919 • U.S. enters in 1917 Air war German Bunker
Depression • 1929 – 1941 NRA CCC WPA
World War II • 1939 – 1945 • U.S. enters in 1941 Flag raising at Iwo Jima Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta Franklin Roosevelt
Korean War • 1951-1954 • United Nations vs. Russia and China Chinese troops
Changes in the Country • Civil Rights Women’s Rights Space Age Baby Boom generation
Vietnam War • Started with French • U.S. joined in 1958 • SDS • Ended in 1975
Political Changes • Resignation of the President and Vice President 1974 Richard Nixon (far right) And Spiro Agnew
Conservative Surge Ronald Reagan 1980 -1988 George H. W. Bush 1988 -1992 Bush Reagan
Today Positive • Lone superpower • Media domination • Technological leadership Negative • Declining world status • Political turmoil • Economic decline Pittsburgh
Future • Population: 300 million • Abundant natural resources • Unlimited military power • Pollution • Gap between rich and poor • Growing minority populations • Educational decline