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Important Dates and Events1869 Knights of Labor founded in Philadelphia 1870 beginning of Tammany Hall’s control over NYC politics 1879 Standard Oil trust formed 1881 assassination of President Garfield 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1883 Pendleton Civil Service Act enacted railroads divide country into four time zones 1885 America’s first skyscraper: Home Insurance Company in Chicago 1886 Haymarket Square Riot 1887 Interstate Commerce Act enacted 1888 Publication of Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy 1890 Publication of How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis Sherman Anti-Trust Act Sherman Silver Purchase Act 1890-1920 New Immigration 1892 Ellis Island opens to process immigrants 1893 beginning of major depression in America repeal of Sherman Silver Purchase Act 1894 Coxey’s March to Washington U.S. becomes world’s largest manufacturing producer 1896 McKinley wins (Rep.) America begins to recover from depression 1897 America’s first subway begins service in Boston 1900 Gold Standard 1901 Assassination of McKinley 1910 Angel Island opens to process immigrants on West Coast America as an Imperial Power (1867-1913) Big Picture: America was no longer satisfied with being only a great industrial power, it wanted more. For years, France and Britain had been carving up Africa and parts of Asia as colonies to fortify their position as a world leader. America no longer wanted to be left out of this “game” for fear of becoming subjugated by one, or both, of these powers. Breaking with democratic tradition, America began a period of imperialism. Our new interest in acquiring land and power brought the U.S. to the Caribbean, Latin America, China and the Philippines. The desire to conquer divided Americans at home. Many supported the idea believing we would emerge as a world leader, while others believed this policy was an abandonment of America’s democratic principles. Getting involved in world affairs also broke America’s long-standing isolationist policy. America would soon find out that remaining isolationist, after achieving world power status, would prove to be a nearly impossible task. Key Concepts and Terms: Alaska: Seward’s Folly Hawaii Queen Liliuokalani John Hay Open Door Policy 1899 Boxer Rebellion President William McKinley Alfred T. Mahan Spanish-American War De Lome Letter Yellow journalism Pulitzer v. Hearst Jingoism USS Maine Teddy Roosevelt Rough Riders San Juan and Kettle Hill Treaty of Paris Teller Amendment Platt Amendment Anti-Imperialist League Emilio Aguinaldo Admiral Dewey Panama Canal Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty 1904 Roosevelt Corollary Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy Important Dates and Events: 1867 U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia U.S. annexes Midway Islands 1871 Beginning of European carving of Africa 1875 Trade agreement between Hawaii and U.S. signed 1890 Alfred T. Mahan’s book The Influence of Sea Power upon History published 1893 Queen Liliuokalani is overthrown 1895 Cuban revolt against Spanish rule 1898 USS Maine explodes in Havana harbor; start of Spanish-American War yellow journalism Hawaii officially annexed Anti-Imperialist League founded 1899 John Hay’s Open Door Policy Americans and Filipinos begin fighting in Philippines Peace with Spain; U.S. receives Philippines, Samoa, Guam, and Puerto Rico 1901 McKinley assassinated; Teddy is president (Rep) 1904 Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal 1914 Panama Canal completed The Progressive Era (1900-1920) The Progressive Era developed in direct response to the numerous social and political problems that arose during the Industrial/Gilded Age. This was America’s second attempt at reform. Overall, for middle class Americans, this was an optimistic time, focusing on the ability of people to progress and improve. The name progressive is given to any reform-minded person during this age, yet the name can be misleading. Each progressive had their own area of self-interest that they wanted to improve; women’s rights, child labor, working hours and conditions, immigration, education, government corruption, etc. Yet, while each person would be passionate for their cause, they rarely funneled energy into other reforms. The Progressives accomplished many reforms and helped make the government more responsive to its citizens. This age of reform would be brought to a stop by the U.S.’s entry into World War I. The area of reform that the white middle-class ignored during the Progressive Era was African-American rights and race relations in general. Key Concepts and Terms: Muckrakers Ida Tarbell Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Margaret Sanger W.E.B. Dubois Booker T. Washington Niagara Movement NAACP Jane Addams + Hull House NCAA 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments Eugene V. Debs Robert Lafollette Teddy Roosevelt Square Deal Hepburn Act Upton Sinclair and The Jungle Pure Food and Drug Act William Howard Taft Election of 1912 Bull Moose Party New Nationalism Woodrow Wilson New Freedom Clayton Anti-Trust Act Federal Reserve System Important Dates and Events: 1890 National American Women Suffrage Association founded 1901 Teddy Roosevelt president (Rep) Progressive Robert LaFollette elected governor of Wisconsin 1905 Establishment of U.S. Forest Service 1906 Hepburn Act The Jungle Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug Act 1908 Taft president 1909 Founding of NAACP 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire 1912 Election of 1912: Bull Moose Party – Wilson wins (Dem) 1913 Establishment of Federal Reserve System ratification of 16th Amendment ratification of 17th Amendment 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act World War I begins 1915 KKK revived 1919 18th Amendment prohibiting alcohol ratified 1920 19th Amendment women get right to vote ratified World War I (1914-1917) Big Picture: The heir to the Austria-Hungry throne was assassinated June 28, 1914. Overnight it seemed that all of Europe went to war. Wilson, America’s president decided that the best path for the U.S. would be neutrality. A Progressive, Wilson, along with many other Americans did not want an international conflict to distract the nation from much needed reforms. Neutrality was a lofty goal and soon events, like unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans, would pull the U.S. into the Great War. To aid the Allied effort in Europe Wilson took total control of the economy at home, bringing the U.S. as close to socialism as it would ever come. Anti-German, and therefore much anti-immigrant, feelings ran high in the country, inspiring the KKK to emerge its ugly sheet cloaked head again. The Great Migration brought many blacks from the South to the war factories in the North to earn a better wage. A limited number of blacks served in the armed forces during WW I, but always in segregated units. The War would fuel the U.S. economy. Wilson entered the war with overly optimistic expectations of what could occur in Europe and globally at wars end. His vision for a Europe based on self-determination had limited success while America refused to join his League of Nations. His European Allies insistence on German reparations in the billions also interfered with Wilson’s global vision. Immediately, America would retreat into its isolationist shell at the end of WW I. Key Concepts and Terms: Allies Central powers Archduke Ferdinand Propaganda U-Boats Lusitania Zimmerman Note/Telegram Russian Revolution Bolsheviks Great Migration Self-determination Wilson’s Fourteen Points Reparations League of Nations John Pershing Treaty of Versailles Important Dates and Events: 1914 World War I begins Wilson officially proclaims neutrality 1915 Lusitania sunk Wilson irate over use of un-restricted submarine warfare; interferes with U.S. trade in Europe 1916 Germans agree to Sussex Pledge to make Wilson happy Wilson re-elected 1917 Zimmerman Telegram Germany rescinds Sussex pledge and uses unrestricted submarine warfare U.S. enters war; draft begins Russian Revolution War Industries Board established 1918 WW I ends Wilson announces his 14 Points 1919 Paris Peace Conference – write the Treaty of Versailles Senate refuses to ratify treaty even after Wilson tour of country to promote it The 1920s Big Picture: The twenties both began and ended with a scare. The Red Scare shook up America in 1919. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, Americans began to fear the spread of communism to America, especially due to so many immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe. Klan membership increased. After the Scare subsided, prosperity, consumerism, a rural reaction to change and challenges to accepted social norms marked America in the 1920s, especially dealing with the role of women. Prohibition would see America’s crime rate rise while the Republican presidents of the twenties preferred to sit in the White House and not react. The car became the ultimate symbol the 20s and represented freedom to many Americans. Henry Ford revolutionized American society and business with his assembly line and affordable Model T. The Jazz Age was born and the Harlem Renaissance drew attention to the large African American populations in the major northern cities as a result of the Great Migration. Although white America often enjoyed the music and art of the Harlem Renaissance, racial tensions still existed in the North. This great decade of change and prosperity came to a crashing halt in 1929. Soon, Americans were no longer competing over who had the best consumer goods but rather competing over that could get enough food to feed their family. Key Concepts and Terms: Red Scare Palmer Raids Sacco and Vanzetti Trials KKK Scopes Trial Flapper Charles Lindbergh Jazz Age Harlem Renaissance Marcus Garvey Consumerism Buying on credit Lost Generation Henry Ford Assembly line Welfare capitalism Al Capone Bootleggers Speakeasies Teapot Dome Scandal Kellogg-Briand Pact Important Dates and Events: 1919 Red Scare Palmer Raids Race Riots in Chicago 1920 Harding president (Rep) Sacco and Vanzetti arrest Prohibition begins 1921 Washington Naval Conference Immigration Quota Act passed 1923 Teapot Dome Scandal 1924 Coolidge president (Rep) Immigration Quota Law enacted Klan has highest membership in history 1925 Scope Trial Publication of The Great Gatsby 1927 Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic Jazz Singer first movie with sound Sacco and Vanzetti executed Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs 1928 Hoover president (Rep) 1929 Stock market crashes Great Depression and New Deal (1929-1941) Big Picture: The over extension of credit and buying stock on margin, as well as the 1920s presidential philosophy of laissez-faire all led to Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed. The crash was the beginning of the Great Depression. The Depression would affect every American. The Depression gave rise to a new leader for America, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who would seize more presidential power than any president before him and re-write the role the federal government should play in Americans’ lives. FDR came to power in 1932 promising America a “New Deal.” Hoover had tried very few actions to try to improve the economy, following the dogma that it is not the role of the government to get involved. People needed the confidence and hope that FDR displayed. FDR delivered what he promised. His New Deal legislation, often referred to as alphabet soup, went through three phases: Relief, Recovery and Reform. These programs did not end the Great Depression, yet it redefined the relationship between America’s citizens and their government. Americans today take for granted the fact that it is the federal government’s job to take care of its citizens. This is a recent phenomenon. The idea that the government must provide for its citizens, especially those who cannot provide for themselves, is best seen through Social Security. In other words, FDR created the modern day welfare state. Key Concepts and Terms: Stock market crash Hawley-Smoot Tariff Reconstruction Finance Corporation Bonus Army/March “Hundred Days” AAA CCC TVA Glass-Steagall Banking Act (FDIC) 20th Amendment 21st Amendment Dust Bowl Securities and Exchange Commission Schechter v. U.S. Wagner Act Huey Long Father Coughlin Francis Townsend Indian Reorganization Act Social Security Act Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) Neutrality Peace time draft Lend-Lease Important Dates and Events: 1929 Stock Market Crashes 1930 Hawley-Smoot Tariff enacted 1931 Scottsboro Case 1932 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Bonus Army FDR elected (Dem) Glass-Steagall Banking Act 1933 100 days bank holiday NRA, AAA, CCC, TVA, FDIC 20th Amendment 21st Amendment Hitler comes to power in Germany 1934 Securities and Exchange commission created 1935 Second New Deal begins Social Security Act WPA created Wagner Act enacted 1936 FDR re-elected 1937 FDR Court-Packing Plan fails Fair Labor Standards Act 1939 Grapes of Wrath published World War II begins: Hitler invades Poland 1940 First peacetime draft 1941 Lend-Lease Act World War II: (1939-1945) Big Picture: War breaks out in Europe as the 1930s saw the emergence of three dictators: Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito. Stalin was no gem either. The U.S.’s reaction mirrors that of its reaction in 1914 – neutrality. Yet, from the start this war, because of the pace of destruction Hitler accomplished, seemed direr. Most Americans agreed with FDR that the U.S. needed to worry about its own problems and not get suckered into another European war like World War I. After the fall of France in 1940, America got creative with its neutrality moving from a cash and carry policy to that of Lend-Lease. The fear of Britain, the last democracy in Europe, falling to Hitler terrified FDR and America. This reality helped shift many Americans away from neutrality to support direct involvement in the war. War production to assist the Allies finally brought the U.S. out of the Great Depression. The decision to declare war was made on December 7, 1941 when the empire of Japan bombed U.S. naval bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Allies would prove victorious, yet like during WW I peace would be uneasy and short lived. The Cold War, along with the U.S.’s role in the UN, would ensure that America would never be isolationist again. Key Concepts and Terms: Washington Naval Conference Kellogg-Briand Pact Adolph Hitler Benito Mussolini Good Neighbor Policy Neutrality Acts 1935-37 Munich Agreement Nazi-Soviet Pact Lend Lease Act Neutrality Act of 1939 Selective Service and Training Act Atlantic Charter America First Committee Casablanca Conference blitzkrieg Pearl Harbor Japanese Internment: Executive Order 9066 Korematsu v. U.S. Bracero Program: 1941-47 Europe First Strategy Rosie the Riveter Operation Overlord Yalta Conference Potsdam Conference Manhattan Project Hiroshima & Nagasaki Serviceman’s Readjustment Act/G.I. Bill 1944 Important Dates and Events: 1935 Neutrality Act 1935 1938 Hitler sizes Sudetenland Munich Conference 1940 FDR elected to an unprecedented third term Fall of France First peacetime draft 1941 Battle of Britain Lend-Lease Hitler attacks Soviet Union Pearl Harbor 1942 Japanese internment camps opened U.S. victorious at Coral Sea and Midway 1943 Russia wins at Stalingrad unconditional surrender agreed upon 1944 D-Day invasion (France at Normandy) Roosevelt wins a fourth term Battle of the Bulge Philippines liberated 1945 Yalta Conference FDR dies; Truman President (Dem) Atomic bombs WW II ends The Cold War to the Present (1945-1991) Big Picture: The Cold War saw our ally during WW II, Russia, turn into our arch enemy over the next forty plus years. The Cold War was an ideological war between communism and democracy/capitalism. It is labeled “cold” because there was never a direct military exchange between the Soviet Union and the U.S. – although we came very close in October of 1962. Soon, the Cold War polarized the entire world with virtually every country choosing a side. The unrestrained competition between these two world powers for total world domination led to a ludicrous arms race. The arms race witnessed each country stockpiling weapons designed to destroy the world time and time again. This era introduced the ideas of collective security, détente, brinkmanship, and containment. During the Cold War, the U.S. would get involved in its longest and most unsuccessful war effort ever in Southeast Asia. Americans, breaking away from the conformity of the 1950s, would begin to question their government and demanding answers. The media now made it nearly impossible for the government to either hide or be passive in the face of controversy. 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