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Westward Expansion
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Westward Exapansion
•Growth of railroads
•Mining
•Ranching & Cattle Industry Boom
•Farming and Agricultural Innovation
• Conflict with Native Americans -
The Gilded Age
•Industrialization•Monopolies•Andrew Carnegie •Immigration•Urbanization (growth of cities) -
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The Gilded Age
•Industrialization•Monopolies•Andrew Carnegie •Immigration•Urbanization (growth of cities) -
U.S. Imperialism
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U.S. Imperialism
•U.S. expansion overseas
•Spanish American War 1898 •Annexation of Hawaii
•Teddy Roosevelt -
The Progressive Era
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Progressive Era
•Democratic Reforms•Regulation of Monopolies•Consumer Protection•Environmental Conservation•Women’s Suffrage: 19th amendment•Prohibition -
World War I
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World War I
•Lusitania
•Zimmerman Telegram
•Trench warfare
•Woodrow Wilson
•League of Nations -
The Roaring 20's
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The Roaring 20's
•Jazz Age
•Flappers
•Prohibition•The “new” KKK
•Scopes Trial -
The Great Depression
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The Great Depression
•Stock Market Crash
•High unemployment•Herbert Hoover•Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal -
World War 2
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World War II
•Pearl Harbor
•Holocaust•Adolf Hitler•Europe and the Pacific •Atomic Bomb -
The Cold War
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The Cold War
•Soviet Union
•Communism
•Containment•Arms Race•Space Race – Sputnik 1957 •Espionage (spies) -
The Civil Rights Movement
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The Vietnam War
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The Civil RIghts Movement
•Martin Luther King, Jr.
•Rosa Parks•Sit Ins•Brown vs. Board of Education •“I Have a Dream” -
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Vietnam War
•Part of the Cold War
•U.S. supported South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam
•Lyndon B. Johnson
•Draft
•Antiwar Movement -
The Late 20th Century
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The Late 20th Century
•Inflation•Oil Crisis•Conservative Resurgence •End of Cold War •Technological Revolution -
The U,S, in the 21st Century
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U.S. in the 21st century
•Globalization
•9/11 Terrorist Attacks
•War on Terror•Hurricane Katrina•2008 Economic Recession •Election of Barack Obama
