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Dec 31 1879
Bessemer Steel Process (ch6)
The new process to make steel made it easier to produce. Therfore, steel is mass produced changing the economy. The new uses for steel were railroads, innovative constuction, and steel frame skyscrapers. -
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Dec 31 1889
Racial Discrimination (ch8)
African Americans and other races were thought to be less than White people, this caused segregation between whites and other colors. -
Dec 31 1897
The Spanish-American War
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Dec 31 1909
The Americanization Movement (ch7)
The Americanization Movement was the turning point in this section because it was designed to make people of many cultures into one dominant culture. -
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Dec 31 1917
Harlem Renaissance (ch13)
a literacy and artistic movement celebrating African American culture -
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Dec 31 1918
Prohibition (ch9)
The Prohibition was the banning of alcohol which was supported by women reformers. This is the start of women starting to get what they want in society. -
Dec 31 1918
Treaty of Verailles (ch11)
The Treaty gave Germany the sole responsibility of the War, barred them from maintaining an army, and forced them to pay for reparations. -
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Dec 31 1921
Instalment Plan (ch12)
this allowed people to buy things now and pay later; credit -
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Dec 31 1928
Great Depression (ch14)
banks fail, people lose jobs and homes, etc -
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Dec 31 1931
New Deal (ch15)
Roosevelts plan to fix the problems of the Great Depression (focas of relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform) -
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Dec 31 1940
Pearl Harbor (ch16)
japan attacks US soil, US declares war on Japan and joins the war against Germany -
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Dec 31 1944
V-E Day (ch17)
WWII is finally over -
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Dec 31 1948
NATO (ch18)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; alliance between Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Gritain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, POrtugal, US, and Canada -
Dec 31 1949
Baby Boom (ch19)
more people are having kids when they come bsck from the war -
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Dec 31 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis (ch20)
Soviets planted missiles in cuba pointing for the US -
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Dec 31 1967
MLK Death (ch21)
a leader in the civil rights movement is assasinated -
Dec 31 1971
Equal Rights Amendment (ch23)
guarantee that both men and women would enjoy that same rights and protection under the law. -
Dec 31 1971
Watergate (ch24)
Nixon resigns and Amerians start to believe that polititians arent good people -
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Dec 31 1984
Cold War Ends (ch25)
soviet Union declines -
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Dec 31 1960
Living Room War (ch22)
first time Americans could see what has happening over seas and they did not like what they saw, they fet they were being lied to. -
Dec 31 2000
9/11 (ch26)
4 planes hijacked, 2 crashed into Twin Towers, 1 crashed into the Pentagon, and the last crashed in a feild when the passangers overcame the hijackers.