_______________________________________________________________________________ 1400s – 1600s Age of Explorers 1400s – 1600s 1600 – 1700s Colonial America The New Republic Photography slowly develops The Early 1800s Brave explorers like Columbus and Henry Hudson discovered a new world A time of European settlers starting a new life in America America stands up and fights for its freedom from England. Abe Lincoln becomes president, The evils of slavery were challenged Pioneers slowly traveled west and trains begin to chug along
_______________________________________________________________________________ 1400s – 1600s Age of Explorers 1400s – 1600s 1600 – 1700s Colonial America The New Republic Photography slowly develops The Early 1800s Brave explorers like Columbus and Henry Hudson discovered a new world A time of European settlers starting a new life in America America stands up and fights for its freedom from England. Abe Lincoln becomes president, The evils of slavery were challenged Pioneers slowly traveled west and trains begin to chug along
_______________________________________________________________________________ 1860 – 1900, the Late 1800s The Industrial Revolution A time of great inventions Free blacks slowly travel north The country grows to the Pacific Ocean, the west coast The Civil War Comes to an end Millions of immigrants arrive from Europe Native Americans are forced onto reservations
_______________________________________________________________________________ 1860 – 1900, the Late 1800s The Industrial Revolution A time of great inventions Free blacks slowly travel north The country grows to the Pacific Ocean, the west coast The Civil War Comes to an end Millions of immigrants arrive from Europe Native Americans are forced onto reservations
_______________________________________________________________________________ s 1930s s Franklin Roosevelt leads America through the Depression and World War II. The Great Depression, Radio Days and Talking Movies and electricity comes “home” Roaring ‘20s and Prohibition Women get the right to vote. World War I was fought. Cars, movies and indoor plumbing slowly appear After World War II ends, America moves to the suburbs. TV is turned on and helps elect a president, and babysit the baby boomers Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King stand up for equal rights for all
_______________________________________________________________________________ s 1930s s Franklin Roosevelt leads America through the Depression and World War II. The Great Depression, Radio Days and Talking Movies and electricity comes “home” Roaring ‘20s and Prohibition Women get the right to vote. World War I was fought. Cars, movies and indoor plumbing slowly appear After World War II ends, America moves to the suburbs. TV is turned on and helps elect a president, and babysit the baby boomers Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King stand up for equal rights for all
_______________________________________________________________________________ 1970s s-1970s 1980s 1960s The Information Age 1980s-Today The early years of the personal computers The shuttle takes off to space The Cold War becomes deadly with the Berlin Wall and Vietnam The Space Race takes off Equal Rights becomes law Cell Phones grow smaller The Cold War ends America elects its first African American President 9/11, Terrorism at its worst
_______________________________________________________________________________ 1970s s-1970s 1980s 1960s The Information Age 1980s-Today The early years of the personal computers The shuttle takes off to space The Cold War becomes deadly with the Berlin Wall and Vietnam The Space Race takes off Equal Rights becomes law Cell Phones grow smaller The Cold War ends America elects its first African American President 9/11, Terrorism at its worst
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