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Western Expantion
Growth of railroads,
Mining,
Ranching & Cattle Industry Boom,
Farming and Agricultural Innovation,
and Conflict with Native Americans. -
The Gilded Age
Industrialization,
Monopolies,
Andrew Carnegie,
Immigration,
and Urbanization. -
American Imperialism
U.S. expansion overseas,
Spanish American War 1898,
Annexation of Hawaii,
and Teddy Roosevelt. -
Progressive Era
Democratic Reforms,
Regulation of Monopolies,
Consumer Protection,
Environmental Conservation,
Women’s Suffrage: 19th amendment,
and Prohibition. -
World War 1
Lusitania,
Zimmerman Telegram ,
Trench warfare,
Woodrow Wilson,
and League of Nations. -
The Roaring Twenties
Jazz Age,
Flappers,
Prohibition,
The “new” KKK,
and Scopes Trial. -
World War 2
Pearl Harbor,
Holocaust,
Adolf Hitler,
Europe and the Pacific ,
and Atomic Bomb. -
The Cold War
Soviet Union,
Communism,
Containment ,
Arms Race,
Space Race,
Espionage. -
The Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Rosa Parks,
Sit Ins,
Brown vs. Board of Education,
and “I Have a Dream”. -
Vietnam War
Part of the Cold War,
U.S. supported South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam,
Lyndon B. Johnson,
Draft,
and Antiwar Movement. -
Late 20th Century
Inflation
Oil Crisis
Conservative Resurgence
End of Cold War
Technological Revolution -
The 21st Century
Globalization,
9/11 Terrorist Attacks ,
War on Terror,
Hurricane Katrina ,
2008 Economic Recession,
and Election of Barack Obama.
