History By LukeA27 1840 Westward Expansion 1845 California Gold Rush Apr 9, 1865 Civil War The Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865. 1866 Reconstruction Era 1869 America's first Transcontinental Railroad 1870 Industrialization Era 1872 The struggles of Industrialization 1880 The Gilded Age 1890 The Progressive movement 1895 Age of Empire 1895 Invention of the radio 1908 Henry Ford Model T 1914 World War 1 1919 The Jazz Age 1929 The Great Depression 1932 The New Deal 1941 World War 2 1945 Post War prosperity 1965 Cold war fears 1966 America in the 1960's