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CH 6: Industrialization
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Ch 6: Transcontinental Railroad
The Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met, this increased the amount of trade and travel throughout the US, -
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CH 7: Immigrants and Urbanization
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CH 8: Life at the Turn of the 20th Century
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CH 9: The Progressive Era
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Ch 7: Ellis Island
On Jan 1, 1892, Ellis Island first opened in the New York Harbor as the main gateway into the "New World." -
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CH 10: America Claims an Empire
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CH 8: "Separate but Equal Clause"
As the outcome of Plessy V. Ferguson, the supreme court passed this clause that supported the idea of racial segregation. -
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CH 11: The FIrst World War
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CH 10: America Joins the War
Woodrow Wilson delivers his war resolution and USA joins the war. -
CH 11: WWI
World War 1 ends, Treaty of Versailles proposed. -
Ch 9: Women's Suffrage
In 1919 Congress passed the 19th amendment to give women the right to vote. -
CH 12: Red Scare
After the czarist regime in Russia was overthrown, Americans began to fear the spread of communism. -
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CH 12: Politics of the Roaring Twenties
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CH 13: Prohibition
The 18th amendment came into effect prevent the use of alcoholic beverages. -
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CH 13: The Roaring Life of the 1920s
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CH 14: The Great Depression Begins
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CH 14: Stock Market Crash
The stock market plunges and millions of Americans withdraw/lose their investment, this starts the Great Depression. -
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CH 16: World War Looms
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CH 15: The New Deal
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CH 15: Hundred Days
Once FDR came to Office her launched a period of reform for the country. -
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CH 17: The US in WW2
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CH 16: Pearl Harbor
Japan launches an ariel attack on the USA's main naval base in Hawaii, causing America to join the war. -
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CH 18: Cold War Conflicts
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CH 17: Bombing of Nagasaki
US bombers drop an atomic bomb on one of Japan's largest cities, killing about 200,000 people and causing Japan to surrender in the days to come. -
CH 18: Containment
George Kennan proposes a policy of containment to stop the spread of communism. -
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CH 19: The Postwar Boom
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CH 21: Civil Rights
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CH 19: Baby Boom
In postwar America the baby boom takes place and millions of Americans are born. -
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CH 20: The New Frontier and the Great Society
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CH 22: The Vietnam War Years
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Ch 23: An Era of Social Change
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CH 20: Great Society
LBJ proposes his vision for America, preventing poverty and ending racism through the Great Society. -
CH 23: NOW
The National Organization for Women forms to pursue women's goals. -
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CH 24: An Age of Limits
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CH 21: MLK Killed
MLK was assassinated in Memphis. -
CH 22: Withdrawl from Vietnam
Nixon begins the process of retreating from Vietnam. -
CH 24: Watergate
Men broke into the Watergate institute, eventually leading to Nixon quitting. -
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CH 25: The Conservative Tide
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CH 25: Reagan Election
Ronald Reagan is elected and begins the movement of Conservatives and Repblican party grows, -
CH 26: Internet
The Internet becomes much more popular in this decade, it makes access of information easier, and communication, shopping, listening to music, and other luxuries become easier to access. -
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