Eras in U.S. History Word Scramble
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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 |
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