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The war for independence
After French assistance helped the Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, the Americans had effectively won their independence, though fighting would not formally end until 1783. -
Big business and labor
the Knights of Labor in Philadelphia. Initially a secret society, the Knights are able to organize workers around the country under the radar of management. -
The civil war begins
Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. -
The new immigrants.
Unlike earlier immigrants, who mainly came from northern and western Europe, the "new immigrants" came largely from southern and eastern Europe. Largely Catholic and Jewish in religion, the new immigrants came from the Balkans, Italy, Poland, and Russia. -
The new expansion industry
In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant. Old industries expanded and many new ones, including petroleum refining, steel manufacturing, and electrical power, emerged -
The impact of the new deal
The New Deal did not end the Depression. Even with all the new programs, the government still wasn't spending enough money to jump- start a stalled economy. Then, in the 1940s, World War 2 changed the situation. -
The age of jackson
This era, called the Jacksonian Era by historians and political scientists, lasted roughly from Jackson's 1828 election as president until slavery became the dominant issue after 1848 and the American Civil War dramatically reshaped American politics. -
A new deal fights the depression
The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. When Roosevelt took office in 1933, he acted swiftly to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to those who were suffering. -
The age of the railroads
1937 – German inventor Hermann Kemper patented train system that used magnetic levitation -
Manifest Destiny
the united stated declared war to mexico
