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The Gilded Age Post Reconstruction
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
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 involvemetn in the Spanish-American War, changing policies in Latin America and Asia and eventually to WWI. At home, reformers made efforts to correct economic and social abuses of the Gilded Age. -
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WWI
this was an era in which the global conflict of World War 1 and its effects had an impact on all Americans -
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 movement -
21st Century
early in this century America dealt with a new threat of terrorism at home with the attacks on the Wold Trade Center on 9/11 and a decade of the "War Against Terror". this era also marked the election of the 1st African-American President of the Unted States in 2008 -
Great Depression 1930s
beginning with the Stock Market Crash in 1929, this ra is marked by severe depression and increasing role of the Federal government to improve the economy -
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Rise of Dictators and World War 2
the rise of totalitarian governments in Europe and East Asia led to WWII and involvement of the United States in that conflict -
Civil Rights- 1950s, 1960s, and beyond
the era highlights the issues of merging rights for minorities and the leaders and critical events of the modern 20th century civil rights movement -
Cold War- Post WWII- 1980s
the post-war era is marked by issues of communism vs. democracy in Europe and America after WWII. it includes the U.S and the U.S.S.R. as competing superpowers in the balance of power. the escalation of the Cold War from containment to the outbreak of the Korean War and foreing policies of the Kennedy/Johnson years inclusing the growing conflict in Vietnam as well as the ending of the Cold War in the 1980s -
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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