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The impact the industrial reolution of the late 1800's had on American businesses and workers
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Understand the immigrant experience and discover the effects of immigration.
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Life at the turn of the century for Americans, including the hardships and discrimination some faced.
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In 1879, Thomas A. Edison invented the first working lightbulb and changed life for all Americans forever.
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Learn about the progrssive movement
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Learn about the transformation of the United States into a world power and about the impact of that change.
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In 1896, The supreme court establishes "seperate-but-equal" doctrine in Plessy V. Ferguson court case.
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The U.S.S. Maine explodes and sinks, causing the Spanish-American War to begin.
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In 1903, The Wright Brothers flew the first successful airplane flight after few unsuccessful tries.
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Examine the causes and consequences of World War I
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The ending of WWI was in 1918, and this war was supposed to be known as "the war to end all wars."
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Learn about the challenges and changes that the nation faced after WWI.
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The Ninteenth Amendment grants women the right to vote.
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American life underwent rapid and radical change in the 1920's.
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In 1927, Henry Ford introduced the Model A car which changed American life for the better for everyone.
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Charles Lindbergh makes the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight.
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In 1929, the stock market crashed, which effected millions of Americans. This was the leading cause of the Great Depression.
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Weakness in the American economy and how they helped to bring about the Great Depression.
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Events that led to the outbreak of WWII.
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Discover the impetus for and the impact of the New Deal.
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In order to help fix problems that the Great Depression brought with it, Congress worked to create the SEC in order to help regulate the stock market.
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In 1941, the Japanese decdied to bomb pearl harbor, which then caused Roosevelt to declare war, thus causing the second World War.
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Discover the military campaigns, political decisions, and home front sacrifices that led to victory in WWII.
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The US unleashed a terrible new weapon, the atomic bomb, in order to defeat Japan and end the war in the Pacific.
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Learn about the causes and effects of the cold war.
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As soldiers returned from WWII and settled into family life, they contributed to an unprecedented population explosion known as the baby boom.
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Explore the changes that took place in the US after WWII.
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This was a defensive military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The 12 members of NATO pledged military support to one another in case any member was attacked.
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Explore how African Americans rose up against the treatment they had endured for decades and demanded civil rights.
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What were the military and political events of the Vietnam War and how did this conflict impact life in the US?
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Learn about President JFK's New Frontier and President LBJ's Great Society.
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Social protests and calls for change sweep across the US in the 1960's.
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This act prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender.
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This act opened the door for many non-European immigrants to settle in the United States by ending quotas based on nationality.
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Many political, social, and economic events of the 1970's
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Newly elected president Richard Nixon announced the first US troop withdrawals from Vietnam,
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Congress passed this Amendment in 1972. The amendment then needed ratification by 38 states to become part of the Constitution.
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The Watergate scandal centered on the Nixon administration's attempt to cover up a burglary of the Democratic National Committee (DCN) headquarters at the Watergate office and apartment complex in Washington DC.
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How conservatives sought to address politicsl issues and social concerns in the 1980's and 1990's.
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The equal rights amendment fails ratification by Congress but later becomes ratified.
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One of the most tragic events in American history, terrorism groups crash planes in New York and kill many Americans.