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The first transcontinental railroad is built connected in Promontry, Utah.
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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.
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Skyscrapers allowed limited space to be used more efficiently.
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Progressives wanted political, economic, and social change in America, due to unsafe work environments and personal beliefs of a better America
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America starts to expand and turns into a World Power by starting a war with Spain.
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America joined the first World War, demonstrating its power to the other countries.
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America's standard of living soared after technological advances became more common to have in homes, such as the automobiles.
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In the 1920s, women began to be able to have more freedom in the workforce.
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The Great Depression started with the Stock Market crash, but what caused the Great Depression was the bank failures.
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There were many laws and programs passed in order to better the quality of life in America, such as the FDA and FDIC.
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Because of how harshly the Treaty of Versailles treated Germany, Hitler rose to power and began to conquer over other countries.
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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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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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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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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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Martin Luther King Jr's famous speech, The Dream of Equality, was a foundation for Civil Rights.
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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.
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The Women's Rights Movement changed American women's role in America. Women were now available to be more than housewives.
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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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When President Reagan was elected, he wanted to reduce the federal government size, and because of so, the economy boomed.
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On September 11th, 2001, al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, hijacking 4 planes and crashing into the buildings.