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Start of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
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Citizenship and equal protection.
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Big business, railroads, immigration, labor conflicts.
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Voting rights protections.
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Legal racial segregation spreads across the South.
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Major federal immigration restriction.
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U.S. emerges as an imperial and global power.
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Anti-trust acts, workplace rules, women’s activism.
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New role in global politics.
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Triggers the Great Depression.
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Massive federal programs to address the depression.
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Pearl Harbor → U.S. joins Allied forces.
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Containment, Truman Doctrine, nuclear tensions.
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First major Cold War military conflict.
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Supreme Court ends school segregation.
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Outlaws discrimination in public spaces and employment.
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Major Cold War conflict and domestic protest movement.
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Presidential abuse of power → Nixon resigns.
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Collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Begins War on Terror and reshapes U.S. policy.