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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
The First Americans
-English exploration of the 'new world'
-Native Americans already inhabited the land
-Portugal and Spain were the first to start exploring new areas of land
-The Columbian Exchange, Native Americans taught Europeans about tobacco, corn, potatoes, beans, peanuts, and tomatoes. The Europeans taught the Natives about wheat, oats, barley, rice, grapes for wine, and melons.
-Domesticated animals were brought over, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, and cattle.
-New diseases were brought to the Natives -
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American Revolution
-America gained independence from Great Britain
-France entered on America's side
-British surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, 1781 -
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Industrial Revolution
-Took place in the 18th to 19th centuries.
-Began in Britain in the late 1700s
-Shipped by trains and boats
-Modern economics began
-Greater quality of life
-U.S. became the world's leading industrial nation (early 20th century) -
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Progressive Era
-Wide spread social activism and political reform.
-Eliminate corruption in the government.
-An effort to cure the ills that developed in America during the Industrial Revolution.
-Women's Rights. -
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The 1920s
-First decade to have a nickname
-Birth of Mass Culture
-Women could vote
-Made alcohol illegal
-KKK formed -
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The Great Depression
-US stock markets crashed (Oct, 24, 1929)
-13-15 million people were unemployed
-Mexican Americans are accused of stealing jobs from "real" Americans and 6,024 were deported (Feb 1931)
-city relief is $8.20 a month per person -
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World War II
-45-60 million people were killed
-6 million Jews were killed in concentration camps
-US joined WWII when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor (Dec 7, 1941)
-Used the Atomic Bomb -
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Vietnam War
-Longest war in American history
-60,000 American deaths and 2 million Vietnamese deaths
-Vietnam against France, France received $2.6 support from the US -
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The Cold War
-US and Soviets fought against the Axis powers
-Nuclear Age
-Space Exploration
-Trying to 'contain' Communism
-Tens of millions of Russians died
-No one was to blame entirely -
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Civil Rights
-Jim Crow laws
-'separate but equal'
-Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and Andrew Goodman
-Their efforts were devoted to defending previous gains and strenthining enforcement mechanisms
-Model for other group pride efforts like LGBTQIA, Women, Students, Chicanos, and many others -
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Contemporary US
-1980s fashion
-conservative to opulent
-looked like uniforms for space travel
-velvet, lace, and leather were popular
-1990s music
-a time when styles morphed together
-Grunge/Gloominess emerged
-Rise of rap and Country
-2000s Politics
-Obama was a state senator
-Taxes were raised after 9/11