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1898 Spanish American War between the US and Spain.
Spanish American War Started when US Battleship Maine was sunk in the harbor at Havana, Cuba. The US won and got Puerto Rico and Guam and bought the Philippines for $20 million. The US became a world power as a result of this war
1914-1918 World War I was fought between the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire) and the Allied Powers (Britian, France, Russia, and after 1917, the US).
World War I This war ended with the Treaty of Versailles which charged Germany with war guilt and forced Germany to pay reparations. US President Woodrow Wilson prepared his Fourteen Points plan for peace.
Fourteen Points Plan Included calling for an international peacekeeping group called the League of Nations. The US Congress rejected US involvement in the League and set an isolationist policy for the country.
1929 The Stock Market Crash on October of 1929 lead the United States (and the world) into the Great Depression of the 1930's.
1941-1945 WOrld War II began in Eurpoe in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland. THe US enters the war after the Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The war ended when the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan in August of 1945
Gilded Age 1876-1900 Era of westward expansion and industrialization. The rise of rich industrialists called robber barons created a gap between the rich, the workers, and farmers who tried to increase their share of the national wealth through the Populist movement.
Gilded Age 1876-1900 Immigration increased and cities grew (urbanization). Workers began to organize into unions to bargain for better wages and working conditions.
Progressive and Reform Era 1900-1919 Progressives wanted to reform American life and omprove political, social, and economic conditions for workers, farmers, urban middle class, women, children and minorities. The US became more imperialistic & became a world power after WWI
Roaring 20's (1920's) Era or prosperity, technological and social change. America became isolationist and began to limit immigration. This was a time of Prohibition, jazz music, and little interest in social reform.
Great Depression (1930's) Beginning with the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the US entered an economic decline. President Franklin D. Roosevelt led gov't reforms of the economy called the "New Deal" to try and bring the US out of depression and put America back to work.
WWII and Cold War 1940's-50's US entry into WWII in 1941 led to a recovery from depression and the US emerged from the war years as a world power. The 1950's were characterized by prosperity, the growth of suburbs, and growth in education through the GI Bill.
WWII and Cold War 1940's-50's International relations became complicated by a growing rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union. This division bbetween free world and the communist world escalated conflict in the Korean War and later the Cuban Missle Crisis
Civil Rights and the Turbulant 60's (1960's) Era of social and political change. the US becomes involved in the Vietnam conflict, the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy shocks the nation.
Civil Rights and the Turbulant 60's (1960's) Civil Rights movement and President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society legislation led to major social/political change. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others brought an end to segregation and improved equality for African-Americans and other minorities.
Modern Era 1970's-Present The Vietnam War ended in the 1970's and the US returned to more normalcy. In the 1980's the Cold War was declining and America was moving toward an information and technological age. The US entered the 21st century as a major world leader.
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