United States History in 1 hour

I hope.Maybe less.

Quickly… A New Nation: 1774-1800 Expansion: 1800-1860 Civil War & Reconstruction: 1860-76 Modern America Emerges: 1876-1918 Transitions & Conflict: 1918 – 1945 The Cold War: 1945 - 1991 Contrasts: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,

1980s Redefining America: 1990s - present

A New Nation: 1775-1800 Revolution: 1775-83 Articles of Confederation: 1781 – 1789 Constitution: 1789 First years:

• Washington inaugurates presidency• Political parties form• Slavery expands• States’ rights vs federalism

Expansion: 1800-1860 War of 1812 Slavery cotton gin Other early Industrial Revolution Monroe Doctrine: 1823

Expansion: 1800-1860 Expansion West

• Louisiana Purchase: 1803• Trail of Tears: 1830s• Manifest Destiny, Oregon Trail• Mexican War, 1946 – 48 (over TX)• Gold Rushes: 1948

Lead Up to Civil War Market Revolution Second Great Awakening and Reform

Civil War & Reconstruction: 1860-76

Civil War: 1861 - 1865

Civil War & Reconstruction: 1860-76 Reconstruction: 1865 – 1876

• Liberal Congressional Reconstruction• Conservative “Redemption”• Sharecropping, Black Codes, KKK• 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments• Plessy v Ferguson 1896

Modern America Emerges: 1876-1918

Industrialization accelerates Progressivism takes hold: reforms Imperialism: world power?

• Spanish-American War 1899 Guam, Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico

World War I: 1917-1918: world power!• Unrestricted submarine warfare• Zimmermann Telegram

Transitions & Conflict: 1918 – 1945

1920s: Party Decade • Prohibition

1930s: Great Depression• 1929 Stock Market Crash• FDR & New Deal

Transitions & Conflict: 1918 – 1945

World War II: 1941 – 1945• Pearl Harbor• Home Front• Japanese Internment• Atomic Bomb

The Cold War: 1945 - 1991 Cuba Missile Crisis 1962 Vietnam 1965 – 75 Korean War 1950 – 51 Iranian Hostage Crisis 1979

Contrasts: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s

1950s: suburbanization, picket fence life, Brown V Board of Ed 1954, Beats

1960s: Civil Rights Movement, JFK 1963 assassinated, RFK & MLK 1968 assassinated• 1968: Kent State, RFK, MLK, Democratic riots• 1969: Woodstock, Moon

1970s: Nixon Watergate 1974, late 70s economic crisis, Iran contra: 1981

1980s: Reagan conservatism

Gulf War I: 1991-92 Gulf War II: 2003 – 2010 Afghanistan War: 2001 – present Sept 11, 2001