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US History: VHS Summer: Victoria LeBaron
This Timeline is spanning 1877 through 2011. It is for VHS Session 2 summer class. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act The Chinese Exclusion Act was one of the many regulations that the United States took in order to control the massive amounts of Immigrants coming to America. It completely banned any Chinese citizen from coming to America. -
End of the Spanish American War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1898) This is relevant because the end of the war was when the Treaty of Paris was signed which led to the United States gaining more territory. These new territories included Hawaii, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam. -
Philippine-American War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War This war caused 4,234 deaths. It spanned through the years 1899 until 1913. -
America became largest Industrial Nation in World
http://spotonlists.com/misc/facts/top-10-biggest-industrial-nations-in-the-world/ By 1900, most Americans went from farming and working for themselves, to factories and working for a boss. By 1914 America was the largest industrial nation in the world. Things were moving very fast in a very short amount of time. -
America gets involved in WW1
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-one/america-and-world-war-one/ On December 7 1917, the United States officially declared war on Austria-Hungary, the German ally. The decision to get involved started in February and March when German submarines targetted United States ships. Most of the reason that we did not get involved until December was because President Wilson needed to get permission from Congress in order to send troops. -
Escapism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escapism Escapism was a concept that was at the forefront of the 1920's. Escapism is the act of refocusing attention on fun and enjoyable things rather than think about something sad. This involved everything from shopping to drugs. Some examples of modern escapism are television, video games, and books. Everyone in the 1920's wanted to enjoy themselves after the terrible war that had just occured. -
Confidence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence Confidence is a very fragile thing and when an entire country loses confidence it is hard to get it back. It has been proven that confidence is somewhat related to the economy. In 1933, the unemployment was at 14 million people and the industrial production had fallen by 40%. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President
http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381 He ended up being the only president elected 4 times. He led America through the Great Depression and World War 2. He was very popular because he created the New Deal. That expanded the powers of the federal government and helped get America out of the Great Depression. He also followed President Hoover who was not very popular amoung American's by the end of his term. -
Isolationalism
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1601.html America has always been reluctant to get involved and form alliances with Europe. From the colonial days up until Pearl Harbor, the United States had done everything that we could to not get involved unless we had to. We were very reluctant to join the first World War and after the Great Depression we were especially reluctant to join the second one. -
Pearl Harbor
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor Pearl Harbor was when the Japanese attacked the United States in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was the USA's main Pacific Ocean naval base. This is important in USA history because it brought America together against a common enemy. It is the attack that threw us into World War 2. -
UN first formed
http://www.un.org/ The United Nations was first formed right after World War 2 ended. It was used as a way for all of the countries to join together in an effort to create world peace. The UN was trying to prevent another world war from occuring ever again. -
Supreme Court school integration ruling
http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-25-spring-2004/feature/brown-v-board-timeline-school-integration-us This was the date that the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were allowed to attend schools that had previously only been available to white people. This event was known as Brown vs. Board of Education. It led to the Little Rock Nine and many more protests from African Americans who fought for their rights. -
End of Cuban Missile Crisis
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis started when a USA spy plane saw a nuclear site being built in Cuba on October 14th 1962. Things escalated until the world was on the brink of a nuclear war. On Ocober 27th, Krushchev secretly offered to take the missiles out of Cuba if the United States would take the forces away that they had positioned in Turkey. Kennedy agreed and all the forces were taken away. -
March on Washington and the "I Have A Dream" speech
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington In Washington DC more than 250,000 people gathered for the March on Washington. Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. It is now regarded as one of the greatest American speeches ever made. -
Geneva Summit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Summit_(1985) This was the first time that Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met to discuss the Cold War and the Arms Race. They met in Geneva Switzerland. -
INF signed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty
The signing of the INF was very important. The Cold War had the potential to end very, very badly. We could have been in a nuclear war that killed millions of people. Not only did the INF mark the end of the Cold War, but it also called for the destruction of a range of nuclear weapons which could have destroyed and demolished whole cities had they been used in war. -
Courage
http://us-presidents.insidegov.com/compare/13-26/Ronald-Reagan-vs-Bill-Clinton
President Reagan and President Clinton both had a lot of tough decisions to make in their terms as president. They chose to do what had not been done before and sometimes that was not exactly favored by the public. For example, Reagan reduced the involvement of the government in peoples lives and Clinton supported homosexuality involvement in the military. They stood up for what they believed in which took courage. -
President Clinton Impeached
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-clinton-impeached
President Clinton was the second president in all of USA history to be impeached. He was impeached for his affair with Monica Lewinsky and then lying about the affair. He was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. -
Globalization Protest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Seattle_WTO_protests Globalization is the unification of the worlds economy. This helps increase the goods and services that can be traded between countries and makes it easier to globally communicate. However not all people were in favor of Globalization. November 30 there was a Globalization protest where it got so crazy that pepper spray had to be used. -
Americanization
http://www.globalenvision.org/library/33/1273/ Americanization is America's influence on the rest of the world. This influence can be a number of things including language, politics, culture, technology and many more. Americanization is usually percieved as a negative thing because it brings the fear of losing local culture and traditions.
