People You Gotta Know W.E.B. Dubois Booker T. Washington Chief Joseph Believed in full Believed equality Chief of the Political, civil, and could be achieved Nez Perce Social rights for through vocational I will fight African Americans. education. He no more accepted social forever. separation. Andrew Carnegie Henry Ford John D. Rockefeller Captain of the Captain of the Captain of the steel industry Automobile industry. oil industry. He developed the Assembly Line Jane Addams Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Founded Hull House Invented the Telephone Invented the light bulb
The Wright Brothers Guglielmo Marconi David Sarnoff Considered first in flight Developed the radio Developed broadcast first to send wireless radio signals. Susan B. Anthony Woodrow Wilson Georgia O Keeffe Worked hard for President of US during An artist known for women s suffrage WWI. Developed a urban scenes and, movement peace plan that called later paintings of for the formation of the southwest. The League of Nations George Gershwin & F. Scott Fitzgerald John Steinbeck Aaron Copland Both were composers of A novelist who A novelist who uniquely American music wrote about the wrote portrayed Jazz Age of the the strength of 1920 s He wrote poor migrant The Great Gatsby workers during the Great Depression He wrote Grapes of Wrath
Duke Ellington & Bessie Smith Langston Hughes Louis Armstrong Both were Jazz composers Blues singer A poet who During the Harlem Renaissance during the combined the Harlem Renaissance experiences of African and American cultural roots Jacob Lawrence Franklin D Roosevelt Rosie the Riveter Painter who chronicled He started the New Character used The experience of the Deal to help the US during WWII to Great Migration north out of the Great encourage women Depression. Also to go to work for President during WWII the war effort. Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Harry S Truman Leader of Great Britain Leader of Soviet President of the US During WWII Union during WWII. after FDR died. He He was a communist made the decision to dictator drop the atom bombs on Japan. He also desegregated the armed forces.
Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Leader of Germany during Leader of Italy Leader of Japan WWII. He was a fascist during WWII. He during WWII. He dictator. was a fascist dictator was a fascist dictator. George C. Marshall Eleanor Roosevelt Martin Luther King, Jr. Wrote the plan to Worked hard to Leader of the Civil Help rebuild Europe expand the rights Rights Movement After WWII of women. He believed in Passive Resistance. Rosa Parks She refused to give Up her seat to a white Man and was arrested. Her arrest started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
US History II--Dates You Gotta Know 1876..Battle of Little Bighorn 1898..Spanish American War December 7, 1941.Bombing of Pearl Harbor June 6, 1944.D-Day, allied landing at Normandy, France 1964..Civil Rights Act of 1964 1965..Voting Rights Act of 1965 Time Periods to Know Late 19 th century early 20 th century (1877-1914) o US changes from an agricultural to an industrial nation. o Many immigrants from Europe come to the US. o Many advances in transportation, electricity, & communication. 1917-1918-- America was involved in WWI 1920 s o Jazz Age Harlem Renaissance and Prohibition o Women s suffrage o Period of prosperity in US 1930 s--great Depression 1941-1945--America was involved in WWII 1955 about 1968--Civil Rights Movement 1945 1991--The Cold War Court Cases to Know Plessy v Fergusson 1896 made Separate but equal legal. Brown v Board of Education 1954 made Separate but equal illegal. Desegregated the schools. Constitutional Amendments to Know 13 th Amendment bans slavery 14 th Amendment grants citizenship 15 th Amendment gives the right to vote 18 th Amendment Prohibition of alcohol 19 th Amendment Women s right to vote (suffrage) Equal Rights Amendment This one failed. It did not become an Amendment, but created a wider range of options & advancement for women Organizations to Know AFL American Federation of Labor (during industrialization) League of Nations (after WWI) United Nations (after WWII) NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Cold War) Warsaw Pact (Cold War) NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NOW National Organization for Women Acts and Policies to Know Jim Crow Laws Homestead Act (Great Plains) New Deal (great depression) Marshall Plan (after WWII) G.I. Bill of Rights (after WWII) Policy of containment (Cold War)
Civil Rights Act (Civil Rights Movement) Voting Rights Act (Civil Rights Movement) Wars & Conflicts Battle of Little Bighorn.1876 Nez Perce Indians.1877 Homestead Strike....1892 Spanish American War.1898 WWI 1917-1918 WWII..1941-1945 Cold War Conflicts o Korean War 1950-1953 o Cuban Missile Crisis October 1962 o Vietnam War.1965-1975