Timeline by Alyssa Adcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc en-us 2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC 2025-08-12 19:42:13 UTC hello@padlet.com Beginning of American History alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201788 As we know it.

]]> 2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201788 REALISM 1850-1900: PERIOD CHARACTERISTICS: alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201789 1. Feelings of disillusionment.
2. Common subjects: slums of rapidly growing cities, factories replacing farmlands, poor factory workers, corrupt politicians.
3. Represented the manner and environment of everyday life and ordinary people as realistically as possible (Regionalism).
4. Sought to explain behavior (psychologically/socially).

]]> 2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201789 REALISM: AUTHORS AND WORKS alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201790 Mark Twain
-Huckleberry Finn

Jack London
-Call of the Wild
-"To Build a Fire"

Stephen Crane
-"The Open Boat"

Ambrose Bierce
-"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Kate Chopin
-"Story of an Hour"
-The Awakening

]]> 2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201790 RECONSTRUCTION ERA (1865-1877): FACT 2 alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201791 Industries and Cities grew rapidly.

]]> 2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201791 CIVIL WAR (1861-1865): FACT 1 alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201792 Over 3 million men fought in the war.

]]> 2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201792 MARK TWAIN (1835-1910) alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201793

  • Mark Twain was a pen name and his real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

  • In 1857, Twain was an apprentice steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River.

  • Twain briefly served in the Confederate military.

  • 8 Things You May Not Know About Mark Twain | HISTORY

    • ]]>     2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201793     Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201794

  • She told of stories of Native Americans visiting the farm she lived on in Iowa.

  • She enrolled in college at the age of 21 going against the belief that college made women unfit for marriage.

  • She held a lead role in an early feminist debate group.

  • 23 Facts About Susan Glaspell | FactSnippet

    • ]]>     2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201794     PERIOD NAME: MODERNISM (1900-1950) CHARACTERISTICS: alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201795

    1. Sense of disillusionment and loss of faith in the "American Dream": the independent, self-reliant, individual will triumph.
    2. Emphasis on bold experimentation in style and form over the traditional.
    3. Interest in the inner workings of the human mind (ex. Stream of consciousness). 

    ]]>     2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201795     MODERNISM: FAMOUS AUTHORS AND WORKS: alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201797 Lorraine Hansberry
    -A Raisin in the Sun

    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    -The Great Gatsby

    William Faulkner
    -"A Rose for Emily"

    Eudora Welty
    -"A Worn Path"

    Robert Frost
    -poetry

    T. S. Eliot
    -The Waste Land
    -"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

    John Steinbeck
    -Of Mice and Men
    -The Grapes of Wrath

    ]]>     2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201797     WORLD WAR I (1914-1918) alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201798

  • Germans were the first to use flamethrowers.

  • On Christmas 1914, a Christmas day truce was ordered where soldiers of both sides celebrated the holiday and made friends with each other.

  • After WWI, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland emerged as independent nations

  • 75 Interesting World War I Facts | FactRetriever.com

    • ]]>     2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201798     THE GREAT DEPRESSION (1929-1939) alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201799

  • The Great Depression started on Wall Street.

  • Crime increased during the Great Depression.

  • World War II effectively ended the Great Depression.

  • 10 Facts About the Great Depression - HubPages

    • ]]>     2025-03-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351201799     WORLD WAR II (1939-1945) alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351212676

  • Fanta was invented in Germany during World War II due to difficulties importing Coca-Cola syrup into Nazi Germany.

  • The U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of bombs during WWII.

  • The youngest U.S. serviceman was Calvin Graham, 12 years old.

  • 100 Fascinating Facts About World War II

    • ]]>     2025-03-04 19:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351212676     AMERICAN DREAM (1920S) alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351215182

  • Many saw business success as key to achieving the dream. Entrepreneurs and self-made millionaires became role models

  • Many families moved to the suburbs. They bought homes and enjoyed a higher standard of living than before.

  • More women entered the workforce. They took jobs as teachers, nurses, and office workers.

  • What Was the American Dream in the 1920s: Prosperity and Social Mobility in the Roaring Twenties - Voices From History

    • ]]>     2025-03-04 19:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351215182     THE END alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351216234 2025-03-04 19:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3351216234 AMERICAN DREAM (1930s-40s) alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537275264

  • In the 1930s, people wanted equal opportunities for everyone.

  • During the stock market crash, 15 million people were unemployed, and half of all banks were closed.

  • What Was the American Dream in the 1930s?

    • ]]>     2025-08-06 23:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537275264     Beginning of American History alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537278445 As we know it.

    ]]>     2025-08-06 23:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537278445     THE END alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537279301 2025-08-06 23:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537279301 AMERICAN DREAM (1950S) alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537280385

  • In the 50s, the ideal American Dream was a white family living in the suburbs of suburbia.

  • The mother was expected to stay home and take care of children and the house.

  • The American dream in the 1950s - Essays on American dream

    • ]]>     2025-08-06 23:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537280385     Harlem Renaissance: period special dates alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537281601 "The New Negro Movement"
    1919-1925

    Prohibition
    1920-1933

    ]]>     2025-08-06 23:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537281601     Harlem Renaissance: period characteristics alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537282107 1.Black cultural movement in Harlem, New York
    2.Some poetry rhythms based on spirituals and jazz, lyrics on the blues, and diction from the street talk of the ghettos
    3. Other poetry used conventional lyrical forms

    ]]>     2025-08-06 23:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537282107     Harlem Renaissance: authors and works alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537282661 James Weldon Johnson

    Claude McKay

    Countee Cullen

    Langston Hughes (poetry)

    Zora Neale Hurston

    ]]>     2025-08-06 23:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3537282661     Beginning of American History alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541613260 As we know it.

    ]]>     2025-08-12 17:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541613260     The American Dream - 1980s alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541689764

  • People in the 1980s started seeking higher education to fulfill their goals.

  • People started focusing more on monetary value of items.

  • The American Dream in the 1980s: A Decade of Desire and Dissent - Brilliantio

    • ]]>     2025-08-12 19:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541689764     The American Dream - 1990s/2000s alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541691804

  • In the 1990s people wanted financial stability.

  • In the 2000s a big goal for Americans was to own a home.

  • A Time of Change: Exploring What Was The American Dream In The 1990s - Brilliantio

  • The American Dream Peaked in the Early 2000s - Business Insider

    • ]]>     2025-08-12 19:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541691804     Period Name: Contemporary "Postmodernism" 1950–present alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541692512 2025-08-12 19:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541692512 Period Special Dates alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541692819 Korean War
    1950-1953

    Vietnam War
    1954-1975

    ]]>     2025-08-12 19:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541692819     Period Characteristics alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541693088 1. Influenced by studies of media, language, and information technology.
    2. Sense that little is unique; culture endlessly duplicates itself.
    3. New literary forms and techniques: works composed of only dialogue, or combining fiction and nonfiction, experimenting with physical appearance of their work.

    ]]>     2025-08-12 19:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541693088     Famous Works and Authors alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541693498 Alice Walker

    Wallace Stevens

    e.e. cummings

    Maya Angelou

    Anne Sexton

    James Baldwin

    Richard Wright

    Sandra Cisneros

    Amy Tan

    ]]>     2025-08-12 19:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541693498     THE END alyssamadcox https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541693592 2025-08-12 19:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssamadcox/q9dzv8sy9p2xpesc/wish/3541693592