English Overview of American History

The woman's suffrage movement was an extremely long lasting fight that ended in the passing of the 19th amendment, which allowed women to vote. The first instance of a woman voting in the US was in 1756, which is why I noted that as the start date.

The American Revolutionary War was America's revolt against Britain, which resulted in the creation of the United States, at the time only being composed of 13 colonies.

The civil war was caused by the succession of the Confederate states from the Union, thus sparking one of the deadliest wars in American history.

The Spanish-American war was a war that started after the Yellow Journalism of the USS Maine angered Americans with Spain. The war ended in favor of the U.S. and was the first attempt by the U.S. to expand beyond the North American continent.

Prohibition was the ban of alcohol nationwide until finally, prohibition was overturned. It was the one and only amendment to be ratified by state ratifying conventions.

The great depression was a worldwide economic depression that varied in each country. In the United States, it started at the end of 1929 and ended around 1939.

Undoubtedly the most important war in the history of all involved nations. Germany was very close to dominance over Europe, and without the combined efforts of the allies all nations would probably be under Germany's control.

A great communist scare in the United States brought on by Senator Joseph McCarthy. He accused around 200 left side congressmen of being communists, which riled up the already scared nation.

Civil rights is an ongoing movement, however, THE Civil Rights Movement was a major period of Civil turbulence during the middle of the 20th century that resulted in major legislation being passed in favor of African Americans and general fairness.

The Berlin wall separated East Germany, which Russia was in charge of, from West Germany, which the United States, France, and Britain were in charge off. This led to a massive difference in East and West Germany, until finally the two parts were made whole again with the destruction of the Berlin Wall. The U.S. was a major factor in the destruction of the Berlin Wall.