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European countries competed to establish colonies in North and South America.
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American colonies separated from Great Britain and formed an independent nation.
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Basic U.S. laws were put in effect.
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Men desired to strengthen the federal gov’t to stabilize and unite the union.
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State governments were given more power over the people.
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War of America’s independence from Great Britain.
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Encouraged to prioritize national interest over regional differences.
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Movement encouraged by President Jackson to increase government participation by the common man.
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America had God's blessing to expand the nation farther west.
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Conflict between states over the spread of slavery as the nation expanded west.
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War fought between the United States of American(U.S.A.) and the Confederate States of America(C.S.A.) for the Confederacy's independence and the abolition of slavery.
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The south was essentially rebuilt after being demolished during the Civil War and readmitted to the Union. The nation worked on giving former slaves the rights they had been refused.
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The North increased it's manufactural productivity. About 20 million Europeans immigrated to the United States in search of work. Cities began to grow in the north-east and the mid-west.
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Attempt to return the control of government to the people, to improve the economy, and to correct injustices of American life.
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US desired to attain influence over foreign nations to expand American markets.
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Global war that took place in Europe; the Allied Powers defeated the Central Powers.
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America's golden age between the two world wars. The economy sky-rocketed. Alcohol was prohibited, gangsters arose, and women challenged traditional conformism.
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Massive worldwide economic failure; high rates of unemployment, business and bank fails, and foreclosures.
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Second world war, fought between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. The Allied Powers won. The war improved America's economy.
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Though no direct war, this was a period of intense conflict between the United States(U.S.) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(USSR).
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Movement of black Americans to be given all the rights of an American citizen, to attain racial equality, and to dispel segregation and discrimination.
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After the Cold War, the Soviet Union fell and the United States became a dominate world force.
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U.S improves national security to fight terrorism.