Beginning of American History Timeline Tuesday by Verania Gutierrez

Beginning of American History

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-15 21:45:29 UTC

Native Americans Special Date

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-15 23:20:24 UTC

1607—Early settlement at Jamestown

Native Americans Fact # 1

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-15 23:21:32 UTC

The Native Americans share a common ancestor with several ethnic groups in eastern Asia that are Asiatic and descended from Japheth, grandson of Noah.

URL: https://answersingenesis.org/tower-of-babel/native-americans-and-the-bible/

Native Americans Fact # 2

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-15 23:22:10 UTC

The sport Lacrosse was actually first played by a Native American, the name Lacrosse was given by the French.

URL: https://www.deseret.com/1997/6/15/19318074/lacrosse-was-invented-by-american-indians-but-the-name-is-french#:~:text=It%20sounds%20French.,different%20from%20the%20modern%20sport.

Native Americans Period Characteristics

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-21 01:17:15 UTC

1. Oral literature: epic narratives, creation myths, stories, poems, songs.

2. Used stories to teach moral lessons and convey practical information about the natural world.

3. Deep respect for nature and animals.

4. Cyclical worldview.

5. Figurative language/parallelism.

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Puritanism and Early Settlement of First "American" colonies 1600-1800 Special Date

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-29 15:26:41 UTC

1507: Early Settlement of the first American colonies - Jamestown

Puritanism & Early Settlement Period Characteristics

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-29 15:28:48 UTC

1. Wrote mostly diaries and histories, which expressed the connections between God and their everyday lives.

2. South to "purify" the Church of England by reforming to the simpler forms of worship and church organization described in the New Testament.

3. Saw religion as a personal, inner experience.

4. Believed in original sin and "elect" who would be saved.

5. Used a plain style of writing.

Famous Authors and Works from the Puritanism & Early Settlement Period

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-29 15:31:23 UTC

William Bradford
-"Of Plymouth Plantation"

Anne Bradstreet (poetry)

John Edwards
-"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Edward Taylor
-"Huswifery"

Puritanism & Early Settlement Fact # 1

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-29 15:44:11 UTC

The word "Puritans", also known as "precisionists", was a hateful label given to the movement by its enemies.

Link:https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/puritanism

Puritanism & Early Settlement Fact #2

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-29 15:54:27 UTC

The Puritans wanted to have a "Holy and Godly" community but some Indians lived in New England, so they decided to convert them but their only way of communicating with them was actually through sign language.

Link:https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/Book%3A_United_States_History_to_1877_(Locks_et_al.)/04%3A_The_Establishment_of_English_Colonies_Before_1642_and_Their_Development_Through_the_Late_Seventeenth_Century/4.06%3A_The_Puritans_and_the_Indians#:~:text=Through%20much%20of%20the%201630s,Bible%20written%20in%20that%20language.

Native Americans Special Date

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-30 12:51:40 UTC

2200 B.C. to 1600 A.D.

Native Americans Special Date

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-30 12:52:12 UTC

2200 B.C.—Tower of Babel (can be found in the book of Genesis)

Puritanism and Early Settlement of First "American" colonies 1600-1800 Special Date

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-30 12:54:12 UTC

1692: Salem Witch Trials

Puritanism and Early Settlement of First "American" colonies 1600-1800 Special Date

veraveragutierrez — 2022-08-30 12:55:00 UTC

1741: Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Rationalism, The Age of Reason, and The Enlightenment Period Special Date

veraveragutierrez — 2022-09-19 19:14:30 UTC

1607 Early Settlement—Jamestown

Rationalism, The Age of Reason, and The Enlightenment Period Special Date

veraveragutierrez — 2022-09-19 19:15:29 UTC

1775-1783 Revolutionary War

Rationalism, The Age of Reason, and The Enlightenment Period Characteristics

veraveragutierrez — 2022-09-19 19:16:45 UTC

1. Mostly comprised of philosophers, scientists, writing speeches and pamphlets

2. Human beings can arrive at truth (God's rules) by using deductive reasoning, rather than relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or intuition

Famous Authors and Works from the Rationalism, The Age of Reason, and The Enlightenment Period

veraveragutierrez — 2022-09-19 19:18:43 UTC

Benjamin Franklin
—Autobiography

Patrick Henry
—"Speech to the Virginia Convention"

Thomas Paine
—"The Crisis"

Phyllis Wheatley
—poetry

The Constitution

The Bill of Rights

The Declaration of Independence

Rationalism, The Age of Reason, and The Enlightenment Period Fact #1

veraveragutierrez — 2022-09-19 19:23:10 UTC

Most historians date the end of the Enlightenment to the final decade of the 19th century.

https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/enlightenment

Rationalism, The Age of Reason, and The Enlightenment Period Fact #2

veraveragutierrez — 2022-09-19 19:48:18 UTC

Its ideas damaged the monarchy and the Catholic Church. This is why the theological and religious conflict of the 18th and 19th centuries was set in motion.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/culture-magazines/christianity-science-and-enlightenment

Rationalism, The Age of Reason, and The Enlightenment Period Fact #3

2022-09-29 14:37:01 UTC

As part of the Enlightenment, Some see Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica (1687) as the culmination of the Scientific Revolution and the beginning of the Enlightenment.

https://www.britannica.com/science/Scientific-Revolution

Rationalism, The Age of Reason, and The Enlightenment Period Fact #4

2022-09-29 14:53:46 UTC

The Encyclopédie, Ou Dictionnaire Raisonné Des Sciences, Des Arts Et Des Métiers, was the first encyclopedia accessible to the general public during The Enlightenment.

https://library.wustl.edu/news/a-revolutionary-encyclopedia/#:~:text=The%20Encyclop%C3%A9die%2C%20Ou%20Dictionnaire%20Raisonn%C3%A9,translator%20and%20philosopher%20Denis%20Diderot.

Transcendentalism"The American Renaissance" Period Special Date

2022-10-14 16:43:48 UTC

1840-1860
Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism "The American Renaissance" Period Characteristics

2022-10-14 16:48:23 UTC

1. Everything in the world, including human beings, is a reflection of the Divine Soul.

2. People can use their intuition to behold God's spirit revealed in nature or in their own souls.

3. Self-reliance and individualism must outweigh external authority and link conformity to tradition.

4. Important social and political movements include the Abolitionist, Utopian, and Women's Suffrage Movements

Famous Authors and Works Transcendentalism"The American Renaissance" Period

2022-10-14 16:49:56 UTC

Ralph Waldo Emerson
—Nature
—"Self-Reliance"

Henry David Thoreau
—Walden
—Life in the Woods

Louisa May Alcott
—Little Women

Transcendentalism"The American Renaissance" Period Fact #1

2022-10-14 17:25:23 UTC

During the American Renaissance, the women's rights movement started its own dress trend. A knee-length skirt with voluminous, gathered pantaloons in the Turkish style was made popular in 1851 by Elizabeth Smith Miller.

https://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-womens-suffrage-movement

Transcendentalism"The American Renaissance" Period Fact #2

2022-10-14 17:33:29 UTC

Another author during the American Renaissance that helped during the Abolitionist movement started was Harriet Beecher Stowe with his novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) , this made the abolitionist movement grow stronger as more people became aware of the negative aspects of slavery. He gave vivid accounts of the abuse of enslaved people. The book experienced tremendous success.
https://www.britannica.com/summary/Abolitionism-Key-Facts

Holly Tucker takes a stand at The Voice USA by singing a Christian song

2022-11-01 20:48:49 UTC

In this society, what is now common is secular music and once you have a great voice with some of these common popular songs you will make the coaches turn. But worship music in The Voice really isn't a thing. Holly Tucker, took it to another level and took a stand and said "I will be different and worship my God in front of others." She wasn't accepted the first time but in 2013 she became a finalist and is now a country music singer!
https://www1.cbn.com/700club/voice-finalist-why-she-sings-god

Brave girl stands up against Texas teacher who told students God is not real

2022-11-01 20:59:29 UTC

On October 28, 2015, a young girl did something incredible and stood up against an atheist teacher, who would tell the students that God isn't real. A odd reading assignment that challenged the class to state that God wasn't real resulted in several students crying, but seventh-grader Jordan Wooley of West Memorial Junior High in Katy calmly testified during a hearing on the school system.
(click the pic for link)

Romanticism & Industrialisation Period Special Date

2023-01-17 16:22:23 UTC

Romanticism: 1800-1860

Romanticism & Industrialisation Period Special Date

2023-01-17 16:23:14 UTC

The War of 1812
1812-1815

Romanticism & Industrialisation Period Special Date

2023-01-17 16:24:53 UTC

California Gold Rush: January 24, 1848

Romanticism & Industrialisation Period Characteristics

2023-01-17 16:26:38 UTC

1. Valued feeling, intuition, idealism, and inductive reasoning.

2. Placed faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination.

3. Shunned the artificiality of civilization and sought unspoiled nature as a path to spirituality.

4. Championed individual freedom and the worth of the individual

5. Saw poetry as the highest expression of the imagination

6. Dark Romantics: used dark and supernatural themes/settings (Gothic style)

Famous Authors and Works Romanticism and Industrialisation Period

2023-01-17 16:28:48 UTC

Washington Irving
—"Rip van Winkle"

Emily Dickinson
—poetry

Walt Whitman
—Leaves of Grass

Edgar Allan Poe
—"The Raven"

Nathaniel Hawthorne
—The Scarlet Letter

Romanticism & Industrialisation Fact #1

2023-01-17 16:45:43 UTC

Romanticism introduced the Idea of drama
People who were interested in art and lived in the early 19th century saw romanticism emerge as a global art movement that was not confined to any particular region, as with other art movements. The romantic movement opposed the neoclassical approach, which emphasized logic, science, utility, and the material features of the human form, choosing instead to emphasize drama and emotions. For the first time, painters started to depict everyday life in dramatic tones while emphasizing the might of nature and how man and nature interact.
https://www.creativejewishmom.com/2020/07/6-facts-about-romanticism-the-art-movement-that-added-emotion-to-art.html

Romanticism & Industrialisation Fact #2

2023-01-17 16:48:58 UTC

Industrial growth transformed American society. Railroads rapidly increased in size, integrating even rural areas of the nation into a market economy.
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/rise-of-industrial-america-1876-1900/overview/

Nathaniel Hawthorne was a college classmate of a future U.S. president.

2023-02-01 18:42:54 UTC

Hawthorne and Franklin Pierce became lifelong friends after meeting at Bowdoin College in the 1820s as undergraduates. Hawthorne penned Pierce's campaign biography when he won the Democratic nomination for president in 1852. Hawthorne was derided for penning Pierce's biography at a time when he had already won fame and acclaim with The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/nathaniel-hawthorne-facts

Animals were not spared during the Salem witch trials.

2023-02-01 18:49:13 UTC

Two dogs were slaughtered during the trials on the grounds of possible witchcraft. One dog was shot after being accused of attempting to bewitch a girl experiencing convulsions. The local minister reasoned that if the dog had been possessed by the devil, it would not have been as easily slain by a bullet. This was after the dog had passed away. It was truly believed that the second dead dog was a victim of witchcraft whose tormentors had fled Salem before they could be brought to justice. Interestingly, the dogs' contributions did not stop there. They were also employed in Salem to identify witches using the Witch Cake test.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/647176/salem-witch-trials-facts

The Atomic Era

2023-03-24 23:16:52 UTC

McCarthy fired his first shot on February 9, 1950, during his speech in Wheeling, West Virginia. He claimed that 205 Communist Party members who worked for the US Department of State had Communist Party membership cards. He repeated the accusations at an address in Salt Lake City a few days later. McCarthy quickly gained media attention, and the Senate requested that he present his case.

Government employees lost their jobs due to McCarthyism.

2023-03-24 23:22:18 UTC

In 1953, at the beginning of his second term as senator, McCarthy was put in charge of the Committee on Government Operations, which allowed him to launch even more expansive investigations of the alleged communist infiltration of the federal government. In hearing after hearing, he aggressively interrogated witnesses in what many came to perceive as a blatant violation of their civil rights. Despite a lack of any proof of subversion, more than 2,000 government employees lost their jobs as a result of McCarthy’s investigations.

Tupac Shakur facts

2023-04-21 17:31:08 UTC

1. His poems reveal the influences—ranging from his mother’s involvement with the Black Panther Party and his boyhood/teenage friendship with actress Jada Pinkett-Smith—that weighed heavily on his life and creative vices. Tupac’s poetry stands as a testament revealing the literary connections to hip-hop and black poetics.
https://projecthbw.ku.edu/uncategorized/poetry-of-tupac-shakur/#:~:text=His%20poems%20reveal%20the%20influences,hip%2Dhop%20and%20black%20poetics.

2. The rapper's name has Arabic and Peruvian Inca language roots. The final emperor of the Incan Empire in Peru was Tpac Amaru. The translation of Tupac Amaru's name is "shining serpent." Shakur, which meaning "thankful" or "appreciative," has Arabic roots.
https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/united-states/top-10-remarkable-facts-about-tupac-shakur/

3. Tupac wasn't just a fan of English literature; he also enjoyed listening to a variety of English and Irish singers, including Sinéad O'Connor, Kate Bush, Culture Club, and U2.
https://www.factinate.com/people/42-poetic-facts-life-death-tupac-shakur/

Emily Dickinson facts

2023-04-23 20:37:13 UTC

1. Dickinson took an unusual approach to poetry. Her poetry was joined with several dashes of various lengths and orientations (horizontal and vertical), as her original manuscripts show, but early editors cleaned up her unusual markings and published her poems without her original notations. The impact of Dickinson's weird punctuation on the rhythm and underlying content of her poems is still up for debate among experts.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/89564/11-poetic-facts-about-emily-dickinson

2. Although Emily was never converted to Calvinism, the doctrines of the faith appear to have had a big impact on her. Dickinson became attracted to Transcendentalism and Protestant doctrine, yet she never gave up her belief in the immortal soul.
https://www.emilydickinson.net/emily-dickinson-facts.jsp

3. She lived in isolation for the final 20 years of her life, rarely leaving her house, hiding when the doorbell rang, and frequently choosing to communicate with visitors through a darkened door rather than in person. According to some beliefs, this might have happened as a result of her serious anxiety or a medical issue that made her tense among people. Others believe that the author simply chose to remain focused since she was busy with her poems. Despite occasionally using letters as a way to keep the company away, she did maintain a social life through her communication, despite being described as "delicate" and having a "nervous prostration" by her sister.
https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/books/10-interesting-facts-about-emily-dickinson

Gwendolyn Brooks facts

2023-04-26 15:43:36 UTC

1. After completing her high school education in 1935, Gwendolyn attended Wilson Junior College, where she earned an English degree in 1939. A Street in Bronzeville, her debut book of poems, was released in 1945. Both readers and critics appreciated it, and as a result, her writing career took off.
https://www.washburn.edu/reference/cks/mapping/brooks/index.html#:~:text=She%20graduated%20high%20school%20in,career%20soared%20from%20that%20point.

2. The next years witnessed Brooks garner many awards, including Annie Allen becoming the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Eunice Tietjens Prize from Poetry magazine, and the National Book Award nomination for poetry for her work In The Mecca from 1968.
https://manoflabook.com/wp/fun-facts-friday-gwendolyn-brooks/

3. At the age of 13, Brooks' first poem, "Eventide," appeared in American Childhood. By the time she was 17, she was regularly publishing poetry in the Chicago Defender, a newspaper that catered to the African American community in Chicago.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendolyn-brooks#:~:text=Brooks%20was%2013%20when%20her,serving%20Chicago's%20African%20American%20population.

Realism Period 1850-1900 Special Date

veraveragutierrez — 2023-07-13 18:04:15 UTC

Civil war
1861- 1865

Realism Period 1850-1900 Special Date

veraveragutierrez — 2023-07-13 18:05:17 UTC

Reconstruction Era
1865- 1877

Realism Period 1850-1900 Characteristics

veraveragutierrez — 2023-07-13 19:00:53 UTC

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).

Realism Period 1850-1900 Famous Author's and Works

veraveragutierrez — 2023-07-13 19:15:48 UTC

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

Realism Period Fact # 1

veraveragutierrez — 2023-07-13 19:39:43 UTC

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was the first author to be credited as wholly 'realist' and is considered the father of American realism. His work revolved around middle and upper-class life, and featured a truthfulness that brought close attention to societal problems.
https://www.theartstory.org/movement/american-realism/

Realism Period Fact #2

veraveragutierrez — 2023-07-13 19:53:22 UTC

The loose-knit group of New Yorkers, known as The Ashcan School, delivered American art into the twentieth century by countering the soft palettes and flights of colorful splendor associated with the American Impressionists. The Ashcan School believed that an authentic American art could only be achieved through direct experience and by capturing the dynamics of city life on their canvases. Though they were apt to intensify the drama of their pictures through their preference for dark palettes and loose brushstrokes, theirs was a gritty and vital take on the realities of New York street-life at the beginning of the century.
https://www.theartstory.org/movement/american-realism/

Ambrose Bierce facts

veraveragutierrez — 2023-09-18 21:20:54 UTC

1. He was the tenth of 13 children, all of whom were given names that began with "A" at his father's request. His parents were farmers.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ambrose-bierce#:~:text=His%20parents%20were%20farmers%20and,enlisted%20in%20the%20Union%20army.

2. Before being discharged due to a serious brain injury, Bierce served for years and participated in numerous battles and including the notorious Battle of Shiloh. Following his military duty, Bierce traveled back and forth between San Francisco and England, writing humor and satire for various magazines, before relocating back to the city to further his journalism career.

https://bookstr.com/article/5-fittingly-weird-facts-about-ambrose-bierce-the-grandfather-of-speculative-fiction/

3. Many of his correspondents were notified in 1913 of his plans to fly to Mexico and join Pancho Villa's soldiers as an observer during that nation's civil war. He disappeared without a trace, and it's unclear how he died away.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ambrose-bierce#:~:text=His%20parents%20were%20farmers%20and,enlisted%20in%20the%20Union%20army.

Sandra Cisneros facts

veraveragutierrez — 2023-09-25 19:07:26 UTC

1. Because of her father's propensity for travel, Cisneros' family was forced to frequently switch between Chicago and Mexico City. Due to their frequent travel, they had to constantly change their schools and homes.

https://www.famousauthors.org/sandra-cisneros

2. Writings by Sandra Cisneros focus on building Chicana identities, exploring the challenges of straddling Mexican and Anglo-American civilizations, overcoming sexist attitudes in both cultural contexts, and dealing with poverty. For her insightful social analysis and captivating linguistic style, Sandra Cisneros has so far gained fame among Chicano and Latino communities that her book "The House on Mango Street" has been published abroad and is being taught in US institutions.

https://kidadl.com/famous-people-facts/sandra-cisneros

3. After her debut book was published, Cisneros gained enormous fame and positions as writers-in-residence at US colleges. She was a professor at a variety of universities, including the Universities of Michigan and California. She published a collection of short tales in 1991 under the title Woman Hollering Creek and Other tales after finishing her first novel. There are 22 stories in it, and a variety of narrative devices are used. Each story uses a unique storytelling technique, such as omniscient, third-person, and first-person narration. She also frequently addressed the development of female sexuality and identity, both of which were suppressed by the patriarchal culture of her day.

https://www.famousauthors.org/sandra-cisneros

Modernism 1900-1950 Period Special Dates

veraveragutierrez — 2023-11-21 15:48:22 UTC

World War I
1914-1918

The Great Depression
1929-1939

World War II
1939-1945

Modernism Period 1900-1950 Characteristics

veraveragutierrez — 2023-11-21 15:50:32 UTC

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).

Modernism Period 1900-1950 Famous Author's and Works

veraveragutierrez — 2023-11-21 15:52:25 UTC

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

Modernism Period Fact #1

veraveragutierrez — 2023-11-21 15:56:35 UTC

In an essay written in 1924 titled Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown, Virginia Woolf writes that “on or about December 1910 human nature changed.” She continues to say that “all human relations shifted and when human relations change there is at the same time a change in religion, conduct, politics, and literature.” This change in human behaviour is what came to be modernism. The roots of modernism lie in the rapidly changing technology of the late nineteenth century and in the theories posed by thinkers.

https://blog.oup.com/2022/05/a-literary-history-of-modernism-timeline/

Modernism Period Fact #2

veraveragutierrez — 2023-11-21 16:09:02 UTC

The Roarin’ 20s was a period of heightened literary creativity, where many authors, such as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, D.H. Lawrence, and Ezra Pound to name a few, heralded the beginnings of literary modernism. This period is known as the Harlem Renaissance where many Black artists and writers, including Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Alain Locke, began publishing even more and started to be recognized by critics for their work.

https://blog.oup.com/2022/05/a-literary-history-of-modernism-timeline/

The American Dream 1920s was defined by..

veraveragutierrez — 2023-11-29 20:55:00 UTC

In the 1920s, the American Dream was primarily defined by material wealth and consumerism. This was when the country was experiencing unprecedented economic growth, and many people believed that success meant acquiring as much wealth and material possessions as possible. The era was marked by a culture of excess and indulgence, with people embracing new technologies, such as automobiles and radios, and engaging in a lifestyle of conspicuous consumption.

The American Dream in the 1920s was not accessible to all

veraveragutierrez — 2023-11-29 21:00:58 UTC

However, the American Dream in the 1920s was not accessible to all. Discrimination and inequality were still prevalent, especially for African Americans, women, and immigrants. The 1920s were also a time of economic instability, and many people suffered from poverty and unemployment during the Great Depression that followed

https://gradesfixer.com/q/what-was-the-american-dream-in-the-1920s/

The American Dream 1930s

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-01 18:15:24 UTC

During the 1930's, the ideal American Dream consisted of three criterions: two children, a marriage, and a three-bedroom house with the infamous white picket fence. During the 1930's, another one of the parts to the ideal American Dream was the ability to feed one's family. The Dust Bowl occurred throughout the 30's, forcing farmers in the midwest to move and contributing to the rising unemployment.

The American Dream 1940s

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-01 18:19:26 UTC

The American Dream in the 1940s was about establishing stability after a tough couple of decades, which generally included a house in the suburbs, a steady job and a solid family unit. It was the decade in which standard of living rose dramatically and the culture of consumption began to gain traction. Furthermore, The 1940s were the decade for women to get in on the American Dream. They were by no means limited to the home as many had gained jobs while their husbands were at war and were intent on keeping them. Jobs gave them financial independence, as well as helping to increase industrial productivity, encouraging more people to buy American-made goods.

https://www.lovemoney.com/galleries/84477/what-the-american-dream-looked-like-the-decade-you-were-born?page=1

The American Dream Brought Lots of Changes in the 1950s

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-04 23:45:24 UTC

The American dream of the 1950s centered on nuclear families living in modern, suburban homes. However, not all was ideal. Family roles were changing. The business industry used color to target consumer behaviors. Everything from leisure activities to automobiles to appliances pushed for sameness and for keeping up with ones neighbors. The countryside itself shifted as new highways were built. Changes were brewing below the surface of the American dream.

https://www.smokyhillmuseum.org/exhibits/online_exhibits_folder/1950s-an-american-dream.html

The American Dream in the 1950s Was Mostly About Materialistic Things

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-04 23:51:34 UTC

If the American Dream of the 40s had been all about owning a home, in the 50s it expanded to include a car. After the war, the manufacturing industry transformed from making wartime necessities to consumer goods, making car ownership more affordable. The number of registered cars leapt from 25 million in 1950 to 67 million in 1958. Futurism, spurred on by the space race of the late 50s, made its way into domestic life. People wanted to have the latest washing machine, refrigerator, and any new gadget that would make life easier and more convenient. Products like the vacuum cleaner and the TV dinner (pictured) promised to do just that, and advertising helped to emphasise the benefits these items would bring.

https://www.lovemoney.com/galleries/84477/what-the-american-dream-looked-like-the-decade-you-were-born?page=8

The Harlem Renaissance/ The Jazz Age/ The Roaring 20s Period 1920-1940 Characteristics

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-05 16:07:19 UTC

Black cultural movement in Harlem, New York
Some poetry rhythms based on spirituals and jazz, lyrics on the blues, and diction from the street talk of the ghettos
Other poetry used conventional lyrical forms

The Harlem Renaissance/ The Jazz Age/ The Roaring 20s Period 1920-1940 Special Dates

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-05 16:10:18 UTC

"The New Negro Movement"
1919-1925

Prohibition
1920-1933

The Harlem Renaissance/ The Jazz Age/ The Roaring 20s Period 1920-1940 Famous Authors and Works

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-05 16:12:45 UTC

James Weldon Johnson

Claude McKay

Countee Cullen

Langston Hughes (poetry)

Zora Neale Hurston

The Harlem Renaissance/ The Jazz Age/ The Roaring 20s Period Fact #1

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-05 16:14:10 UTC

In 1925 the Jazz Age was in full swing. It was the year Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington made their first recordings.The Phantom of the Opera opened at movie theaters. The Ku Klux Klan marched on Washington, D.C. The Jazz Age glorified city life. Americans — including many African American sharecroppers from the South — were leaving their farms in record numbers to live and work in places like Chicago and New York City. F. Scott Fitzgerald called it a time when "the parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, the morals looser."

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/monkeytrial-jazz-age/

The Harlem Renaissance/ The Jazz Age/ The Roaring 20s Period Fact #2

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-05 16:14:28 UTC

As the 1920s came roaring in, the United States was experiencing a time of economic prosperity. With that prosperity came a desire for convenience and more leisure time. For this reason, many inventions in the 1920s are related to entertainment and making domestic life easier. These inventions not only drastically shaped the 1920s but shaped the world as we know it today. Some of these inventions are the electric automatic traffic light, quick frozen food, band aids, water skis, electric blender, television, and the vacuum cleaner.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/1920s-inventions-influential

The American Dream 1960s

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-05 16:47:16 UTC

The 60s heralded further prosperity, with family incomes rising across the board, a growing economy and increased consumption of goods. Yet it was also a decade in which the American Dream was transformed: traditional ideals centered around the home and family were superseded by broader movements for freedom, peace and equality for the younger generation. The American Dream had long been criticized for being exclusive to the white middle-classes – something which civil rights activists were intent on changing. In Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic speech in 1963, he said, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'” A year later, when the Civil Rights Act was passed and racial segregation was made illegal, that dream came within closer reach for many Americans.

https://www.lovemoney.com/galleries/84477/what-the-american-dream-looked-like-the-decade-you-were-born?page=14

The American Dream 1970s

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-05 16:54:56 UTC

At the beginning of the 70s, one invention was set to change the world: the jumbo jet. Promising to make flying more widespread, the Boeing 747 had its first commercial flight on 15 January 1970, from New York to London. This paved the way for a decade in which the American Dream which would become increasingly associated with technology, progress and personal wealth. The Watergate Scandal of 1972 was one of the biggest political scandals of the century. Burglars were caught in Democratic offices stealing documents for President Richard Nixon, and two years later, despite Nixon’s arduous cover-up attempts, he finally confessed his involvement and stepped down. This sowed the seeds for a growing mistrust of government that would transform the face of the American Dream.

https://www.lovemoney.com/galleries/84477/what-the-american-dream-looked-like-the-decade-you-were-born?page=18

Technology was important for The American Dream in the 1980s

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-06 15:31:15 UTC

In the 80s, technology played an increasingly large role in the American Dream. The release of the first Macintosh computer in 1984 paved the way for a new era where people wanted the latest tech for their home, and consumer spending took off as baby-boomers hit their highest earning years. But this culture drove people to spend more than they earned: household debt went from 48% of GDP in 1980 to 59% of GDP in 1990 – an upward trajectory that would continue until the recession of 2008.

https://www.lovemoney.com/galleries/84477/what-the-american-dream-looked-like-the-decade-you-were-born?page=21

Celebrities became examples of what a wealthy American Dream would look like in the 1980s

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-06 15:52:10 UTC

Celebrities became icons for new ideals of wealth and excess, earning multi-million-dollar incomes and splashing the cash with extravagant purchases. Mike Tyson is a prime example: the boxer rose to meteoric success in the mid-80s, leading to enormous media attention which was coined “Tyson-mania”, and buying everything from gold cars to his own personal white tigers. Furthermore, “I went to New York. I had a dream. I wanted to be a big star… I worked really hard and my dream came true”. Those were the words of Madonna on her 1985 Like A Virgin tour, which reflects how the American Dream was still focused on how hard work could bring success. From moving to New York with little more than a few dollars to becoming an international pop sensation, Madonna’s story reinforced the notion that determination and persistence could make dreams come true.

https://www.lovemoney.com/galleries/84477/what-the-american-dream-looked-like-the-decade-you-were-born?page=23

The American Dream 1990s

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-06 16:54:57 UTC

In the 1990s, you’d find that the traditional ideal of prosperity and success mainly consisted of owning a home, having a steady job with decent pay, and raising a family in security. This American Dream was deeply ingrained in society’s consciousness, fueled by the post-war economic boom, and promoted through popular media such as television shows and movies. It served as an aspirational goal for many Americans who saw this dream as attainable through hard work, determination, and playing by the rules. Economic stability became the new gold standard for success during the 90s. This was a decade when you could dream big and realize those dreams. The economy was strong, unemployment rates were low, and inflation was under control. You witnessed a technology boom that created new industries and jobs. Homeownership rates also soared – owning your own home wasn’t just a dream anymore but an achievable reality for many Americans.

https://brilliantio.com/what-was-the-american-dream-in-the-1990s/

The American Dream 2000s

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-06 17:01:54 UTC

Later in the 2000s, with the crash of the economy, the American dream shifted towards the idea of financial security vs. gaining more things. Additionally, in the 00s, the American Dream was divided along generational fault lines. While baby boomers had reached peaks in their careers, it wasn’t quite the same for young people, as middle-class jobs disappeared during the recession of 2008 and many bounced from one low-paid job to the next. Reality TV such as Keeping up with the Kardashians became huge in this decade, perhaps because it sold a dream that anyone could “make it” by having a big personality, looking good or entertaining people. Lastly, Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook along with friends from Harvard in 2004, and the idea immediately took off. Not only did Zuckerberg become the world’s youngest self-made billionaire four years later at the age of 23, but Facebook paved the way for a new age of social media. A second dotcom boom made Silicon Valley's next wave of entrepreneurs very rich.

https://www.lovemoney.com/galleries/84477/what-the-american-dream-looked-like-the-decade-you-were-born?page=30

Contemporary "Postmodernism" 1950–present Period Special Dates

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-06 21:12:48 UTC

Korean War
1950-1953

Vietnam War
1954-1975

Contemporary "Postmodernism" 1950–present Period Characteristics

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-06 21:15:11 UTC

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.

Contemporary "Postmodernism" 1950–present Period Famous Authors and Works

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-06 21:17:10 UTC

Alice Walker

Wallace Stevens

e.e. cummings

Maya Angelou

Anne Sexton

James Baldwin

Richard Wright

Sandra Cisneros

Amy Tan

Contemporary "Postmodernism" 1950–present Period Fact #1

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-06 21:17:46 UTC

As implied by its name, the Postmodernist period occurred directly after the Modernist period. Events that inspired this movement were the end of World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights movement. Postmodernism works were characterized by multiple qualities. These contemporary works often featured ordinary places and portray a release from meaning, a desire to correct the past, and a desire to enjoy oneself. With advances in technology and rights, Americans could better define who they were. Americans now saw themselves as a major world power because of their atomic bombs. Women and African Americans also began developing a voice and identity distinct in American culture. With people like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X leading the Civil Rights Movement, the African American identity started becoming recognized by society. Because not everyone supported this, racism also became another important theme of the Contemporary era.

Contemporary "Postmodernism" 1950–present Period Fact #2

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-06 21:18:08 UTC

Post-modern work in the 1970s was sometimes derided as “art for art’s sake,” but it gave rise to the acceptance of a host of new approaches. Among these new forms were Earth art, which creates work on natural landscapes; Performance art; Installation art, which considers an entire space rather than just one piece; Process art, which stressed the making of the work as more important than the outcome; and Video art, as well as movements based around feminist and minority art.

https://www.history.com/topics/art-history/history-of-modernism-and-post-modernism

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-07 16:30:49 UTC

This book's theme is all about survival. In The Hunger Games, we see a different North America. A North America in the future but a destroyed version now known as the nation of Panem. All districts must send one boy and one girl from the ages of 12 to 18 to fight in the Hunger Games held annually. The main character is a 16 years old, Katniss Everdeen, who decided to volunteer as a tribute in place of her little sister. She is actually great with survival skills, which leads her to make that weigh heavily upon survival against humanity and life against love.

Final Remark Paragraph

veraveragutierrez — 2023-12-07 21:46:33 UTC

I really enjoyed doing this timeline all throughout both of the semesters. It was very pleasing and interesting to learn about American history through literature. Everyone has a story to tell, and this was evident through the short stories I read. There were stories for every time period and from all backgrounds. Throughout this timeline, we can see God's plan for all of us; we can see he wants us to prosper no matter the race, from Natives to Whites to Blacks, etc. He provided everyone in this timeline with intelligence to help this world advance in all areas because he knew we would one day need to modernize.