The Four Turnings of American History
[Main Theme Topics]
HIGH |
AWAKENING |
UNRAVELING |
CRISIS |
OVER-COMPENSATION |
COMMONWEALTH
[1690s - 1730s]
salutary neglect
|
GREAT AWAKENING
[1730s-1750s]
free-will doctrine |
TAX REVOLT
[1756-1775]
actual representation |
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
[1775-1783]
Declaration of Independence |
THE CONFEDERATION
[1777-1789]
Shays Rebellion
|
NEW REPUBLIC
[1787-1825]
Hamiltonian Economics |
TRANSCENDENTALISM
[1825-1845]
Abolition |
SECTIONALISM
[1845-1861]
Mexican War |
CIVIL WAR
[1861-1864]
Secession |
RECONSTRUCTION
[1866-1877]
Civil War Amendments |
GILDED AGE
[1877-1901]
Industrial Revolution |
PROGRESSIVES
[1901-1919]
Women Suffrage |
ROARING 20S
[1919-1930]
Prohibition |
GREAT DEPRESSION
[1930-1933]
Stock-Market Collapse
|
NEW DEAL
[1933-1946]
Three Rs
Relief, Reform, Regulation |
POST-WAR AMERICA
[1946-1967]
Cold War
Civil Rights |
CONSCIOUSNESS
[1967-1987]
Counter Culture
Black Power |
Culture Wars
[1987- |
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