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Chapter 6 A New Industrial Age
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The First Transcontinental Railroad Is Built
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Chapter 8 Life At The Turn of the 20th Century
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Chapter 7 Urbanization
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Chapter 9 The Progressive Era
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Chapter 10 America Claims a New Empire
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Urbanization
People are now moving from rural areas to big cities such as Detroit and Chicago because of farming technology making it easier to grow crops with fewer farmers. -
Skyscrappers
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Progressives
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Spanish American War
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World War I
America joined the first World War, demonstrating its power to the other countries. -
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Chapter 12 Politics of the Roaring Twenties
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1920s
America's standard of living soared after technological advances became more common to have in homes, such as the automobiles. -
Women in the 1920s
In the 1920s, women began to be able to have more freedom in the workforce. -
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Chapter 13 The Roaring Life of the 1920s
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Great Depression
The Great Depression started with the Stock Market crash, but what caused the Great Depression was the bank failures. -
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Chapter 14 The Great Depression Begins
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Chapter 16 World War Looms
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Chapter 15 The New Deal
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The New Deal
There were many laws and programs passed in order to better the quality of life in America, such as the FDA and FDIC. -
Beginning of WWII
Because of how harshly the Treaty of Versailles treated Germany, Hitler rose to power and began to conquer over other countries. -
World War II
In response to America joining the War, industry had to increase its production. Women were able to have jobs previously help by men. -
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Chapter 17 The United States in World War II
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Chapter 18: Cold War Conflicts
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Chapter 19: The Postwar Boom, 1946-1960
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Post War Boom
The Baby Boom impacted the life of the 50s by having a surplus of children entering schools, making there be more teachers and nurses. -
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Chapter 22 The Vietnam War Years
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Cold War
The Space Race was an important event in the Cold War. Both the USSR and the US were racing to be the first to the moon to try and colonize it for war purposes. -
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Chapter 21 Civil Rights
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Kennedy
The space race became a big deal in the 60s. Soviets were the first in space, so Kennedy wanted to beat them to the moon, and a bunch of technological advances came out of the race. -
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Chapter 20 The New Frontier and the Great Society
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Chapter 23 An Era of Social Change
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Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr's famous speech, The Dream of Equality, was a foundation for Civil Rights. -
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Chapter 24: An Age of Limits, 1968-1980
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Vietnam War
The United States got involved with the war because of the fear of Communism spreading. The US invaded Vietnam, waging a war that did not concern the US. -
Women's Rights
The Women's Rights Movement changed American women's role in America. Women were now available to be more than housewives. -
Watergate
President Richard Nixon got impeached because of the Watergate scandal, where Nixon tried to cover up a break-in to the DNC headquarters. -
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Chapter 25 The Conservative Tide
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Reaganomics
When President Reagan was elected, he wanted to reduce the federal government size, and because of so, the economy boomed. -
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Chapter 26
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September 11th
On September 11th, 2001, al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, hijacking 4 planes and crashing into the buildings.