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Eras in U.S. History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1898 | Spanish-American War-Marked rise of U.S. as a world power |
| Progressive Era | Protections against abuses, corruption, and waste. Prohibition. Women's suffrage. |
| Imperialism | Panama Canal, Annexation of Hawaii, Spanish-American War |
| 1914-1918 | World War 1, U.S. Joined in 1917 |
| Roaring Twenties | Isolationism , Nativism, Fear of Immigration, Red Scare, Social Darwinism, Eugenics, Jazz Age, Flappers, Boom |
| Stock Market Crash | 1929 |
| Great Depression | Dust Bowl and New Deal |
| 1939-1945 | World War II |
| December 7, 1941 | Pearl Harbor Raid, US Enters World War II |
| The Cold War | McCarthyism. HUAC. Berlin Wall. Domino Theory. Korean War. Vietnam War. |
| 1957 | Sputnik Launches igniting the space race |
| 1991 | End of the Cold War |
| 1968 | Martin Luther King Assassinated |
| 1969 | US Lands on the Moon |
| 1970-1990 | Conservative Resurgence |
| 2001 | Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon |
| 2008 | Barack Obama is elected first African American President |
| Westward Expansion | Dawes Act, Indian Wars, Transcontinental Railroad, Closing of the Frontier, Manifest Destiny |
| Gilded Age | Robber Barrons, Philanthropists, Big Business, Political Machines, Political Bosses |
| Industrialization | Big Business, Bessemer Process, Urbanization |