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Eras in U.S. History

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