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published democracy in america
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A period of expansion, industrialization, immigration and urbanization with significant effects on Native Americans, workers, immigrants, and the rise of big business in the late 19th century.
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During the early 20th century the U.S. entered a new historical era: an Age of Expansionism beyond our natural borders as the country moved from isolationism. U.S. imperialism led to involvement in the Spanish-American War, changing policies in Latin America and Asia and eventually to World War I. At home, reformers made efforts to correct economic and social abuses of the Gilded Age.
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allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.
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president from 1913-1921
advocate for women suffrage -
established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.
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This was an era in which the global conflict of World War I and its effects had an impact on all Americans.
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led forces at the battle of argonne forest
insisted the US Solier fight as a unit and not be spread throughout the french forces -
This was also an era of significant prosperity and social change as Americans became more isolationist and responded to significant change in social norms, consumerism, technological advances and artistic achievement.
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effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport and sale of (though not the consumption or private possession of) alcohol illegal.
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prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.
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president from 1921-1923
appointed friends to positions:teapot dome scandal tainted his reputation -
Beginning with the Stock Market Crash in 1929, this era is marked by severe depression and the increasing role of the Federal government to improve the economy.
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The rise of totalitarian governments in Europe and East Asia led to World War II and involvement of the United States in that conflict.
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world war general
commander during battle of bulge -
president from 1932-1945
pulled the country out of the great depression with new deal -
commander of us army in the pacific during WW11
commander of army during korean war -
physician and surgeon during WW11
human rights advocate and founderof american G.I. Forum -
led to witch hunt for communist
had no proof for his acusations -
led third army through europe
commander of us forces in north africa and sicily -
commander of d-day and allied invasions of europe in WW11
created the interstate highway -
commander of the pacific fleet during WW2
successfully organized the halt of the japanese advances -
president from 1945-1953
used atomic weapons against japan to end world war 2 -
army chief of staff and advisor to roosevelt during WWII
churchill referred to him as the "organizer of victory" -
This post-war era is marked by issues of communism vs. democracy in Europe and America after World War II. It includes the United States and the Soviet Union as competing superpowers in the balance of power. The escalation of the Cold War from containment to the outbreak of the Korean War and foreign policies of the Kennedy / Johnson years including the growing conflict in Vietnam as well as the ending of the Cold War in the 1980s.
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This era highlights the issues of emerging rights for minorities and the leaders and critical events of the modern 20th century civil rights movement.
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didnt give seat to white man
montgomery bus boycott -
motgomery bus boycott (1955)
march on washington(1963) -
supported space race
embarrassed by bay of pigs -
leader of women's liberation movement
wrote the feminine mystique -
president from 1969-1974
noralized relations with red china (1972) -
leader of the chicano movement to eliminate racism against mexican americans
organized farm workers in california and florida -
An era of change as the U.S. experienced the end of the Cold War, new conflicts in the Middle East, the impeachment of a President and a controversial election to begin a new century.
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First Female Justice
Established Her vote between conservayives & liberals -
president from 1981-1889
his presidency saw the beginnin of the end of the cold war -
conservative activist
founder of eagle forum -
president from 1993-2001
supported NAFTA -gradually phased out tariffs -
Early in this century America dealt with a new threat of terrorism at home with the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and a decade of the “War Against Terror”. This era also marked the election of the first African-American President of the United States in 2008.
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first african american president
supported health care
