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Alexis de Tocqueville
liberty
Populism
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The Gilded Age – Post Reconstruction [1877] - 1900
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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Age of Imperialism and Reform – 1898 - 1919
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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World War I – 1914 – 1918
This was an era in which the global conflict of World War I and its effects had an impact on all Americans -
Jong J Pershing
Led Forced at battled of alrgonne forest
American Expeditionary force (AEF) during WWL By Woodrow Wilson -
George Marshall
he created the marshal plan
serve as truman secretary of state -
Douglas MacArthur
commander of us army in the pacsific during WWll
public criticism of truman led to his removal -
Chester W. nimitz
commander at battle of midway victory
successfully organized halt of japanese advances -
Woodrow Wilson
President from 1913-1921
Presdient during WWI
Proposed 14 pointsf for peace
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The Roaring 20s
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. -
Warren G Harding
President from 1921 to 1923
less foreign involvement; emphasis on prosperity at home -
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Great Depression: 1930s
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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Rise of Dictators and World War II – 1930s and 1940s
The rise of totalitarian governments in Europe and East Asia led to World War II and involvement of the United States in that conflict. -
Franklin D Roosevelt
President from 1932-1945(elected for 4 times)
worked closely with winston churchill during WWll -
omar Bradley
WWll General
pushed his troop for the final offensive into germany -
George S. Patton
commander of US Forces in north africa and sicily
Led Third army across europe -
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Civil Rights – 1950s, 1960s and beyond
This era highlights the issues of emerging rights for minorities and the leaders and critical events of the modern 20th century civil rights movement. -
Harry S. Truman
president from 1945-1953
Assisted in the foundings of the United Nations -
joseph McCarthy
no proof of his allegations ever provided
led to a witch hunt for communists -
Martin Luther King Jr
Clergyman, Activist & leader in the Civil Rights Movement
Montgomery Bus Boycott(1955)
Marh on Whashington in 1963 -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
supreme commander od D-day and allied invansion of europe in WWLL
Created the interstate highway system in 1956 -
John F. Kennedy
President from 1961-1963
supported by bay of pigs invasion -
Betty Friedan
Leader in women liberation movement
helped form NOW (national organization pf women) -
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Cold War – Post WWII through the 1980s
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. -
Richard Nixon
introduced detente with soviet union
normalized relations with red china -
cecar Chaves
Leader of chicagos movement to eliminate racism agaings mexicans americans
organized farm workers in california -
Phyllis Schalafly
conservative activist
founder of eagle forumopposes modern femenism -
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Late 20th Contemporary Issues 1980s – 2000
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. -
Sandra Day O'Conner
first female in justice
established her voice as a swing vote between conservations and liberals -
Hector P. Garcia
Mexican American physician and surgeon during WWII
Awarded presidential medal of freedom (highest civilian honor) in 1984 -
Ronald Reagan
President from 1981-1989
encourage business activity reaganomics -
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21st Century
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. -
Bill Clinton
President from 1993 to 2001
Avoided impeachment-vote went along party lines -
Rosa Park
Got Arerested For Not giving her seat to a white person
Her Actions led to motgomery -
Barack Obama
He was the 1ts african american president
supported health care reforms and banking reforms
