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The Gilded Age – Post Reconstruction [1877] - 1900
A period of expansion, industrialization, immigration and urbanization with significant effects on
Native Americans, workers, immigrants, and the rise of big business in the late 19th century. -
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Age of Imperialism and Reform – 1898 - 1919
During the early 20th century the U.S. entered a new historical era: an Age of Expansionism
beyond our natural borders as the country moved from isolationism. U.S. imperialism led to
involvement in the Spanish-American War, changing policies in Latin America and Asia and
eventually to World War I. At home, reformers made efforts to correct economic and social
abuses of the Gilded Age -
Woodrow Wilson
president from 1913 -1921.
advocate for womens suffrage. -
16th Amendment
It allows the congress to levy income tax. -
17th Amendment
Senator election by popular vote. -
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World War I – 1914 – 1918
This was an era in which the global conflict of World War I and its effects had an impact on all
Americans -
John J Pershing
named comander of the american expeditionery force.
led forces to the battle of argnne forest. -
18th Amendment
Makes alcohol illigal in the United States -
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The Roaring 20s
This was also an era of significant prosperity and social change as Americans became more
isolationist and responded to significant change in social norms, consumerism, technological
advances and artistic achievement. -
19th Amendment
It gave woman the right to vote. -
Warren G Harding
President from 1921-1923.
Called fro 'return to normacy'. -
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Great Depression: 1930s
Beginning with the Stock Market Crash in 1929, this era is marked by severe depression and
the increasing role of the Federal government to improve the economy. -
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Rise of Dictators and World War II – 1930s and 1940s
The rise of totalitarian governments in Europe and East Asia led to World War II and
involvement of the United States in that conflict -
Franklin D Roosevelt
President from 1932-1945
Pullesd the country out of the Great Depresson with the New Deal -
Douglass MacArthur
commander of us army in the pacific during ww2.
commander of us forces in korean conflict. -
George S Pattern
commander os us forces in north america and sicily.
led third army across europe. -
Harry S Truman
President from 1945-1953
Used atomic weapons agaist japan bring ww2 to an end -
Chester W Nimtz
comander of the pacific flee during ww2.
comander of battle of norway victory. -
Joseph McCarthy
led to a witch hunt for communist.
coundect hearings he claimed inflitreted us government. -
George Marshall
he created the marshall plan to rebuild the econic in europe.
served as trumans secretary of state. -
Omar Bradley
world war 2 general.
commander during battle of the bulge. -
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Civil Rights – 1950s, 1960s and beyond
This era highlights the issues of emerging rights for minorities and the leaders and critical
events of the modern 20th century civil rights movement. -
Dwight D Eisenhower
president from1953-1961.
created the interstate highway system in 1956. -
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington -
Rosa Parks
her actions lead to the bus boucott
she refused to give up her seat. -
John F Kennedy
president from 1961-1963.
Avoided nuclear showdon -Cuban missile crisis. -
Betty Friedan
leder of the woman libiration movenment.
she halped from NOW -
Richard Nixon
president from 1969-1974.
normalized relations with red china. -
Phyllis Schlafly
conservative activist.
founder of the eagle forum opposes modernfeminism. -
Cesar Chavez
Leader of the chicano movenment
organized farm workrs in california -
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Late 20th Contemporary Issues 1980s – 2000
An era of change as the U.S. experienced the end of the Cold War, new conflicts in the Middle
East, the impeachment of a President and a controversial election to begin a new century. -
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Cold War – Post WWII through the 1980s
This post-war era is marked by issues of communism vs. democracy in Europe and America
after World War II. It includes the United States and the Soviet Union as competing
superpowers in the balance of power. The escalation of the Cold War from containment to the
outbreak of the Korean War and foreign policies of the Kennedy / Johnson years including the
growing conflict in Vietnam as well as the ending of the Cold War in the 1980s. -
Sandra D O'Conner
Apointed to the supreme court in 1981.
first female justce. -
Ronald Reagan
president from 1981-1989.
reduced taxes and regulations to encourage busuness activity. -
Hector P Garcia
mexican american physician and surgeon duriing ww2.
awarded presidental medal of freedom in 1984. -
Bill Clinton
president from 1993-2001.
stood against human rights abuse in KOsovoand China. -
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21st Century
Early in this century America dealt with a new threat of terrorism at home with the attacks on the
World Trade Center on 9/11 and a decade of the “War Against Terror”. This era also marked the
election of the first African-American President of the United States in 2008. -
Barack Obama
the first president to be african american.
Appointed sonia sotomayor to supreme court.
