Thematic Timeline - GEOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Example of a thematic timeline for 'Geography and the Environment'

1870

~Successful containment of New York cholera outbreak spurs movement for public health (1866)

~First national park established at Yellowstone (1872)

~Appalachian Mountain Club founded (1876)

1880

~Drought on the plains prompts calls for federal irrigation

~Hatch Act (1887) provides federal support for agricultural research and experiment stations

~Industrialization and urban growth cause rising pollution

1890

~Sierra Club founded (1892)

~"Bicycle craze" and rise of hiking and camping get more Americans outdoors

1900

~Lacey Act (1900)

~Antiquities Act (1906) gives president authority to create and protect national monuments

~National Audubon Society forms (1901)

~Newlands Reclamation Act (1902)

~First national wildlife refuge created (1903)

~U.S. Forest Service created (1905)

~National Park Service created (1916)

1940

~Continued South-North migration of African Americans

~First Levittown opens (1947)

~FHA and VA subsidize suburbanization

1950

~Disneyland opens (1955)

~National Highway Act (1956)

~Growth of suburbia and Sunbelt

~Atomic bomb testing in Nevada and Pacific Ocean

1960

~Great Society environmental initiatives

~Urban riots (1964-1968)

~Kerner Commission Report (1968)

1970

~First Earth Day (1970)

~Environmental Protection Agency established (1970)

~Endangered Species Act (1973)

~Three Mile Island accident (1979)