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alexis de tocqueville
He was a book writer -
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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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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. -
john j pershing
named commander during WWI -
16th amendment
Gave congress the power to tax personal income. -
17th Amendement
Established direct election of US Senators by popular vote. -
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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. -
18th Amendment
Ban to sell alcohol. -
19th Amendment
Women wanted the right to vote. -
woodrow wilson
President during 1913-1921 -
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Great Depression: 1930s
Beginning with the Stock Market Crash in 1929, this era is marked by severe depression and
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Rise of Dictators and World War II – 1930s and 1940s
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. -
franklin d roosevelt
32nd president
1932-1935 -
warren g harding
29th president
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george s patton
commander of US forces in N america and siclly -
george marshall
Amry cheif during WW2 -
harry s truman
33rd president
Used atomic weapons agaist japan -
omar bradley
General during WW2 -
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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. -
joseph mccarthy
Led the witch hunt for commuist Conducted hearing to identify communist the claim US goverment -
rosa parks
She got arested for not giving up her seat for the white man -
dwight d eisenhower
President during 1953-1961 -
john f kennedy
President during 1961-1963 -
martin luther king jr
Civil Rights leader -
richard nixon
37th president in 1969 -
phyllis schlafly
conserve actvist founder of Eagle Forumagainst Equal rights amendment -
cesar chavez
a farm worker who standed up for cival rights -
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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'connor
Appointed to Supreme court in 1981 -
Hector P Garcia
Mexican American physicain & surgeon during WWIIHuman Rights advocate and founder of American G.I Forum First Mexican American to serve on the US Commision on Civil Rights Awarded Presidental Medal of Freedom( highest civilan honor on 1984) -
Bill Clitnton
President from 1993-2001 (2 terms) Balanced budgetsGoes for NAFTA -
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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. -
Barack Obama
1st african american to be elected president. Appointed Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme CourtSupporthealth care and baking reforms -
douglas macarthur
Commander of US army in the Pacific during WWII
