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The Gilded Age – Post Reconstruction [1877] - 1900
A period of expansion, industrialization, immigration and urbanization with significant effects on
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Age of Imperialism and Reform – 1898 - 1919
During the early 20th century the U.S. entered a new historical era: an Age of Expansionism
beyond our natural borders as the country moved from isolationism. U.S. imperialism led to
involvement in the Spanish-American War, changing policies in Latin America and Asia and
eventually to World War I. At home, reformers made efforts to correct economic and social
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World War I – 1914 – 1918
This was an era in which the global conflict of World War I and its effects had an impact on all
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The Roaring 20s
This was also an era of significant prosperity and social change as Americans became more
isolationist and responded to significant change in social norms, consumerism, technological
advances and artistic achievement. -
Warren G Harding
-president from 1921/1923
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Great Depression: 1930s
Beginning with the Stock Market Crash in 1929, this era is marked by severe depression and
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Rise of Dictators and World War II – 1930s and 1940s
The rise of totalitarian governments in Europe and East Asia led to World War II and
involvement of the United States in that conflict. -
George Marshall
-army chief of staff and advisory to roosevelt during ww2
-"organizer of victory" -
John J Pershing
-commander of AEF during the ww2 by woodrow wilson
led forces at battle of argonne forest -
Franklin D Roosevelt
-president from 1932/1945
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Civil Rights – 1950s, 1960s and beyond
This era highlights the issues of emerging rights for minorities and the leaders and critical
events of the modern 20th century civil rights movement. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
-montgomery bus boycott
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Rosa Parks
-arrested for refusing to gice up her seat on a bus
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Betty Frieden
-leader of women liberation movement
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Cesar Chavez
-chicago movement to eliminate racism agains mexican americans
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Cold War – Post WWII through the 1980s
This post-war era is marked by issues of communism vs. democracy in Europe and America
after World War II. It includes the United States and the Soviet Union as competing
superpowers in the balance of power. The escalation of the Cold War from containment to the
outbreak of the Korean War and foreign policies of the Kennedy / Johnson years including the
growing conflict in Vietnam as well as the ending of the Cold War in the 1980s. -
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Late 20th Contemporary Issues 1980s – 2000
An era of change as the U.S. experienced the end of the Cold War, new conflicts in the Middle
East, the impeachment of a President and a controversial election to begin a new century. -
Sandra Day O’Conner
-first female justice
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Chester W Nimitiz
-comander of pacific fleet during ww2
-commander at battle of midway victory -
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21st Century
Early in this century America dealt with a new threat of terrorism at home with the attacks on the
World Trade Center on 9/11 and a decade of the “War Against Terror”. This era also marked the
election of the first African-American President of the United States in 2008. -
Harry S Truman
-president from 1945/1953
-used atomic weaponds agaist japan to bring ww2 to an end
