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A time of significant social and economic change, characterized by the transition from handicraft and agricultural economies to industrial ones centered on automated manufacture -
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A period in American history marked by rapid industrialization, urbanization, and vast wealth inequalities.
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A federal organization intendedtoprovidepost-Civil War assistance to impoverished whites and former slaves in the South. -
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, except as punishment for a crime after due conviction -
The Ku Klux Klan was a racist group established by people who believed that white people were better and wanted to see black people remain as enslaved people. -
Grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, ensuring equal protection under the law and due process for all citizens. -
Guarantees that the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
A speculated unwritten political deal in the United States to settle the intense dispute over the results of the 1876 presidential election. -
A period of intense European colonial expansion. -
A period of social and political reform aimed at addressing problems arising from industrialization, urbanization, and political corruption. -
The movement of Americans from the Atlantic to the Pacific, driven by the belief in Manifest Destiny, the idea that it was their God-given right to colonize the entire North American continent. -
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The First World War saw the Entente Powers (led by France, Russia, the British Empire, and later Italy (from 1915) and the United States (from 1917))defeat the Central Powers (led by the German, Austro-Hungarian, Bulgarian, and Ottoman Empires). -
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A period of significant social, economic, and cultural change in the 1920s, primarily in the United States and Western Europe.
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A severe global economic downturn that lasted from 1929 to 1939, marked by high unemployment, poverty, and widespread business and bank failures. -
A series of US federal government programs aimed at providing relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.
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A global conflict fought between the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) and the Allied powers (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China) -
A period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, characterized by a lack of direct military conflict but by proxy wars, a space race, and a nuclear arms race. -
A 15-month operation where the United States and Great Britain supplied West Berlin with vital goods by air during the Soviet blockade of the city in 1948-1949. -
Fannie Lou Hamer was famous for her unwavering activism in the Civil Rights Movement, particularly her fight for voting rights for Black Americans. -
Malcolm X was a prominent African American Muslim minister, civil rights activist, and Black nationalist leader, known for his powerful speeches and advocacy for Black self-determination. -