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    Chapter 6

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    Immigrants and Urbanization (chapter 7)

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    Life at the Turn of the 20th Century (chapter 8)

  • Bessemer Steel Process (ch6)

    Dec 31 1879
    Bessemer Steel Process (ch6)
    The new process to make steel made it easier to produce. Therfore, steel is mass produced changing the economy. The new uses for steel were railroads, innovative constuction, and steel frame skyscrapers.
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    The Progressive Era (chapter 9)

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    America Claims an Empire (chapter 9)

  • Racial Discrimination (ch8)

    Dec 31 1889
    Racial Discrimination (ch8)
    African Americans and other races were thought to be less than White people, this caused segregation between whites and other colors.

  • The Spanish-American War ch.10

    Dec 31 1897
    The Spanish-American War
    The US gains more land and creates allies.

  • he Americanization Movement (ch7)

    Dec 31 1909
    The Americanization Movement (ch7)
    The Americanization Movement was the turning point in this section because it was designed to make people of many cultures into one dominant culture.
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    The first world war (chapter 10)

  • Harlem Renaissance (ch13)

    Dec 31 1917
    Harlem Renaissance (ch13)
    a literacy and artistic movement celebrating African American culture
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    Politics of the Twenties (Chapter 12)

  • Prohibition (ch9)

    Dec 31 1918
    Prohibition (ch9)
    The Prohibition was the banning of alcohol which was supported by women reformers. This is the start of women starting to get what they want in society.

  • Treaty of Verailles (ch11)

    Dec 31 1918
    Treaty of Verailles (ch11)
    The Treaty gave Germany the sole responsibility of the War, barred them from maintaining an army, and forced them to pay for reparations.
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    Life in the 1920s (chapter 13)

  • Instalment Plan (ch12)

    Dec 31 1921
    Instalment Plan (ch12)
    this allowed people to buy things now and pay later; credit
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    The Great Depression (chapter 14)

  • Great Depression (ch14)

    Dec 31 1928
    Great Depression (ch14)
    banks fail, people lose jobs and homes, etc
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    Would War Looms (chapter 16)

  • New Deal (ch15)

    Dec 31 1931
    New Deal (ch15)
    Roosevelts plan to fix the problems of the Great Depression (focas of relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform)
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    The New Deal (chapter 15)

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    The US in WWII (chapter 17)

  • Pearl Harbor (ch16)

    Dec 31 1940
    Pearl Harbor (ch16)
    japan attacks US soil, US declares war on Japan and joins the war against Germany
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    Cold War Conflicts (chapter 18)

  • V-E Day (ch17)

    Dec 31 1944
    V-E Day (ch17)
    WWII is finally over
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    Postwar Boom (chapter 19)

  • NATO (ch18)

    Dec 31 1948
    NATO (ch18)
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization; alliance between Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Gritain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, POrtugal, US, and Canada

  • Baby Boom (ch19)

    Dec 31 1949
    Baby Boom (ch19)
    more people are having kids when they come bsck from the war
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    Civil Rights (chapter 21)

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    Vietnam War (chaper 22)

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    New Frontier and the Great Society (chapter 20)

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    Era of Social Change (chapter 23)

  • Cuban Missile Crisis (ch20)

    Dec 31 1961
    Cuban Missile Crisis (ch20)
    Soviets planted missiles in cuba pointing for the US
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    An Age of LImits (Chapter 24)

  • MLK Death (ch21)

    Dec 31 1967
    MLK Death (ch21)
    a leader in the civil rights movement is assasinated

  • Equal Rights Amendment (ch23)

    Dec 31 1971
    Equal Rights Amendment (ch23)
    guarantee that both men and women would enjoy that same rights and protection under the law.

  • Watergate (ch24)

    Dec 31 1971
    Watergate (ch24)
    Nixon resigns and Amerians start to believe that polititians arent good people
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    The Conservative Tide (chapter 25)

  • Cold War Ends (ch25)

    Dec 31 1984
    Cold War Ends (ch25)
    soviet Union declines
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    The US in Today's World (chapter 26)

  • Living Room War (ch22)

    Dec 31 1960
    Living Room War (ch22)
    first time Americans could see what has happening over seas and they did not like what they saw, they fet they were being lied to.

  • 9/11 (ch26)

    Dec 31 2000
    9/11 (ch26)
    4 planes hijacked, 2 crashed into Twin Towers, 1 crashed into the Pentagon, and the last crashed in a feild when the passangers overcame the hijackers.