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BONANZA!
The term was used when a prospector found a valuable ore. Everyone wanted to find a bonanza and retire at a young age. Gold hunting became a big thing after the Native Americans were out of the way. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/41a.asp -
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US History: VHS Summer: Recep Erciyas
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Rush of Immigrants
Immigration reached its peak in 1880-1920. However this group of new immigrants were not like the old ones. The new ones possessed education and significant wealth, but some Americans still did not want to accept immigrants. -
Freedom No More
Native Americans get put into reservations after clashes with Americans. Most of the deaths of Native Americans were from diseases brought from Europe. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/40d.asp -
The Interstate Commerce Commission
In 1877, Congress created the nation's first regulatory agency, Interstate Commerce Commission, to watch over the rail industry. A big leap into technology started slowly. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/36a.asp -
The League of Nations
The League Of Nations was formed as an international organisation to help find solutions to international disputes. It was founded in 10 January, 1920, as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations
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Black Thursday
The stock market crashes very badly leaving suicide and despair all over the investing class of America. $30 billion was missing from the economy. This was a big blow to the people. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/48a.asp -
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a point of time when African American culture was reborn. In this time writers and actors emerged and music was very popular. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/46e.asp -
Social Security Act of 1935
People who retired were left with barely to none money, which led many to become a drag on the rest of the family upon retirement. The Social Security Act aimed to improve this predicament. The system worked by the current generation of workers paying into a fund while the retirees take in a monthly stipend. Upon reaching the age of 65, individuals would start receiving payments based upon the amount contributed over the years. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/49d.asp -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombers fire on the USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor. The surprise attack of December 7, 1941, left President Roosevelt with no choice but to enter World War II. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/50.asp -
Bombs
On August 6, 1945, a plane called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Two days later the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. On August 9, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/51g.asp -
Cold War
After the defeat of the Axis, another war began. The Cold War. It lasted for 45 years. In general, the Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/52a.asp
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United Nations
After the war, the "big three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin) decided to try keeping the peace by forming the United Nations which is an international organization. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/52b.asp -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
In December, 1955, a woman named Rosa Parks refused to get up from her bus seat when a white man told her to. This led to her getting arrested and fined. This event was important because it led to people wanting their freedom even more. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/54b.asp -
The Equal Rights Amendment
The amendment first gets proposed to Congress by the National Woman's Party in 1923. Feminists of the late 1960s and early 1970s saw ratification of the amendment as the only clear-cut way to eliminate all legal gender-based discrimination in the United States. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/57c.asp -
Life in the 1980's
Entertainment was booming everywhere. TV became very popular. People would watch ESPN 24 hours a day, Nickelodeon started making shows for children, Apple became very popular with their new computers. In overall, this age was an age filled with entertainment. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/59d.asp -
Reaganomics
President Reagan introduced a new plan to fix the nations economy in 1980. It went very well and America was growing. Then all of a sudden, people started importing more than exporting, American goods became expensive abroad, and dollar was becoming more expensive. This led to the national debt tripiling! Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/59b.asp -
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web gets developed in the early 1990's. This was a big leap to technological advance. It was mostly used for commercial purposes. Then grew into different branches. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/60d.asp -
The End of the American Century
America continues to grow its empire and branch out to different parts of the world. For an example France was afraid of being influenced by America, and now they have a Disney Land that attracts 10 million people yearly. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/60e.asp -
Operation Desert Storm
This operation was an operation to place 500,000 American soldiers in Saudi Arabia in case of an Iraqi attack. They did this because if Saudi Arabia fell to Iraq, they would hold 1/5 of the worlds oil. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/60a.asp -
The Information Age
Tons of technological advances were being made. Technological changes brought dramatic new options to Americans living in the 1990s. Source - http://www.ushistory.org/us/60d.asp
