Wars and Amendments

 Wars

French Revolutionary War, (1789-1799)(10.5 years)(ended enlightenment)

American Revolutionary War, (1775-1783)(8 years)(ended French control, nation building)

Civil War, April 12, 1861 to May 13, 1865 (4 years)(ended slavery)

World War I, July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (4 years)(ended optimism of modernity)

The Great Depression, (1929 to 1939)(10 years)

World War II, September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (6 years) silent years and baby boomers

Cold War, 1947-1991 (44 years) silent years, baby boomer, x gen, 

Vietnam War, November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 (20 years)silent gen and baby boomer gen

 

Amendments

Slaves in America freed, Northern states in 1805

Abraham Lincoln won election 1860 to stop expansion of slavery

13th amendment, ratified 12/6/1865, prohibiting “slavery”

 

Black men right to vote, passed by Congress 2/26/1869, 

ratified 2/3/1870, 

the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote

 

Women right to vote, Passed by Congress June 4, 1919 

and ratified on August 18, 1920. 

The 19th amendment . (Woodrow Wilson was President)

 

First Great Awakening (1730-1755)

American Revolution War,  1775-1783 (deism)

 

Second Great Awakening (1790-1840)

Civil War, 1861-1865

13th Amendment, 1865

15th Amendment, 1870

 

Third Great Awakening (1855-1930)

World War I, 1914-1918

19th Amendment, 1920

World War II, 1939-1945

 

Cold War, 1947-1991

Vietnam War 1955-1975

Fourth Great Awakening (1960-1980)