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The Industrial Era
The industrial Era was when rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Before the Industrial Era manufacturing was done by hand. Then, it shifted to special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. The iron and textile industries played an important role in the Industrial Era. There were also improved systems of transportation, communication, and banking. Although it brought good to most people it brought little employment and bad living conditions to the poor. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This was the first law to ban immigration by race or nationality. This act banned Chinese immigration for 10 years and prohibited Chinese from becoming citizens. -
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Imperialism Era
Imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization using military force. It is mainly focused on on controling one group like a state power. -
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The Progressive Era
The main goal of this era was to get rid of corruption in the goverment. Many people came together to reform local goverment, public education, medicine, finance, insurance, industry, railroads, churches, and many other areas. -
President McKinley Shot
President McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. -
Panama Canal Opens
The Panama Canal offically opens, connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific. The US cost of the canal was $352,000,000, making it the most the US spent in any project up to its time. -
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The Roaring Twenties
More Americans lived in cities than on farms. People from everywhere bought the same stuff, listened to the same music, danced the same dances, and spoke the same. Alot of people were uncomfortable with the new Urban lifestyle and they would cause alot of conflict. Women changed the most during the Roaring Twenties. They had bobbed hair, wore short skirts, drank, smoked, and started talking "unladylike". They were being more sexual. But the women also gained voting rights. -
Ku Klux Klan
Prohibition caused the rise of the KKK and they went from hating just blacks to hating everybody that wasn't a white, Native American protestent. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression caused alot of unemployment and little industrial output. Bread lines and soup kitchens became more common. Farmers struggled because of drought and falling food prices. -
Wall Street Crashes
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. -
Neutrality Act
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Neutrality Act, which bans travel on belligerent ships. -
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World War 2
WWII broke out two decades after WWI and was even more devastating. 45-60 million peopl were killed and among those people 6 million of them were Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps. -
Viet Minh
It was founded by Ho Chi Minh. It brought together communist and nationalist groups to fight against the Japanese. Membership was open to anyone willing to join. -
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The Cold War
This war was called 'cold" because the fighting wasn't directly between two sides, there were regional wars known as proxy wars. The first phose of the cold war began after WWII. -
Forming of NATO
Further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form NATO -
Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll came from a mixture of many different genres of music. Some examples are Blues, Boogie Woogie, Jazz, and Gospel.
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The Fifties
In the fifties the economy was booming. There were new cars, suburban houses, and other consumer goods available to more people. The fifties had a lot of conflict also because of the civil rights movement and the crusade against communisn. -
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Vietnam
More than 3 million people were killed in the war and more than half were vietnamese civilians. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was prepared for the conflict with the Vietcong. 82,000 troops were stationed in Vietnam. There were thousands of anti war marches. the nation spent over $120 billion on the war and was still struggling for years after -
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Civil Rights Era
This brought more freedoms to the African Americsn people. It got rid of segregation. And African Americans could vote how they pleased. In this era slavery was abolished. African americans were able to get more jobs. They were treated more fairly. -
Martin Luther King gets arrested
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham.
