decades zeitgeist

Question 1

1600-1649

Answer 1

early colonial, fledging colonies gaining foothold

Question 2

1650-1699

Answer 2

mid colonial, colonies becoming stable, growth and increasing diversity cause social tension, hunger for land causes conflict with natives

Question 3

1700-1749

Answer 3

Late colonial, colonies becoming developed and prosperous, large degree of autonomy and self sufficiency during period of “salutary neglect”, england occupied with european war

Question 4

1750s

Answer 4

french and indian war begins

Question 5

1760s

Answer 5

french and indian war ends, road to revolution begins

Question 6

1770s

Answer 6

road to revolution continues, revolutionary war

Question 7

1780s

Answer 7

confederation period, constitution written

Question 8

1790s

Answer 8

federal period, 1st decade with constitution & federalist party in power (hamilton-jefferson arguements)

Question 9

1800s

Answer 9

jeffersonian period, louisiana purchase, lewis & clark, problems with britain and france, marbury vs. madison/marshall court era begins

Question 10

1810s

Answer 10

war of 1812, “era of good feelings” begins

Question 11

1820s

Answer 11

“era of good feelings” ends, jacksonian era begins

Question 12

1830s

Answer 12

jacksonian era, also themes of westward expansion, industrialization, reform movements, and immigration begin

Question 13

1840s

Answer 13

“manifest destiny”, westward expansion, industrialization, reform movements, immigration continue

Question 14

1850s

Answer 14

pre-civil war

Question 15

1860s

Answer 15

civil war, start of reconstruction

Question 16

1870s

Answer 16

reconstruction/end of reconstruction/beginning of gilded age

Question 17

1880s

Answer 17

gilded age, industrialization

Question 18

1890s

Answer 18

gilded age, industrialization, american imperialism, increased international influence

Question 19

1900s

Answer 19

progressive era begins

Question 20

1910s

Answer 20

progressive era continues, WWI, treaty of versailles controversy

Question 21

1920s

Answer 21

“roaring 20s”-progressive era ended, dominance of conservative themes, culture clash between new ideas and traditional values, booming economy and stock market, stock market crash in 1929

Question 22

1930s

Answer 22

The Great depression and FDR’s “New Deal” legislative agenda

Question 23

1940s

Answer 23

WWII, start of cold war

Question 24

1950s

Answer 24

cold war at peak, brown vs. board of education, start of civil rights movement, conservative politics (eisenhower, mccarthy, etc.)

Question 25

1960s

Answer 25

cold war continues, vietnam, lbj's "great society", civil rights movement peak, nixon's 1st election

Question 26

1970s

Answer 26

nixon/watergate, gerald ford, jimmy carter, vietnam pull-out, "stagflation"

Question 27

1980s

Answer 27

reagan--cold war anti-communism, military spending, national debt, iran-contra affair, berlin wall falls, cold war ends

Question 28

1990s

Answer 28

soviet union break apart, cold war ends, "operation desert storm"--persian gulf war (george h. w. bush) against iraq/saddam hussein