U.S. History Timeline

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  • Westward Expansion

    Westward Expansion

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    Westward Exapansion

    •Growth of railroads
    •Mining
    •Ranching & Cattle Industry Boom
    •Farming and Agricultural Innovation
    • Conflict with Native Americans
  • The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age

    •Industrialization•Monopolies•Andrew Carnegie •Immigration•Urbanization (growth of cities)
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    The Gilded Age

    •Industrialization•Monopolies•Andrew Carnegie •Immigration•Urbanization (growth of cities)
  • U.S. Imperialism

    U.S. Imperialism

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    U.S. Imperialism

    •U.S. expansion overseas
    •Spanish American War 1898 •Annexation of Hawaii
    •Teddy Roosevelt
  • The Progressive Era

    The Progressive Era

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    Progressive Era

    •Democratic Reforms•Regulation of Monopolies•Consumer Protection•Environmental Conservation•Women’s Suffrage: 19th amendment•Prohibition
  • World War I

    World War I

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    World War I

    •Lusitania
    •Zimmerman Telegram
    •Trench warfare
    •Woodrow Wilson
    •League of Nations
  • The Roaring 20's

    The Roaring 20's

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    The Roaring 20's

    •Jazz Age
    •Flappers
    •Prohibition•The “new” KKK
    •Scopes Trial
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

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    The Great Depression

    •Stock Market Crash
    •High unemployment•Herbert Hoover•Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal
  • World War 2

    World War 2

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    World War II

    •Pearl Harbor
    •Holocaust•Adolf Hitler•Europe and the Pacific •Atomic Bomb
  • The Cold War

    The Cold War

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    The Cold War

    •Soviet Union
    •Communism
    •Containment•Arms Race•Space Race – Sputnik 1957 •Espionage (spies)

  • The Civil Rights Movement

  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War

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    The Civil RIghts Movement

    •Martin Luther King, Jr.
    •Rosa Parks•Sit Ins•Brown vs. Board of Education •“I Have a Dream”
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    Vietnam War

    •Part of the Cold War
    •U.S. supported South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam
    •Lyndon B. Johnson
    •Draft
    •Antiwar Movement
  • The Late 20th Century

    The Late 20th Century

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    The Late 20th Century

    •Inflation•Oil Crisis•Conservative Resurgence •End of Cold War •Technological Revolution
  • The U,S, in the 21st Century

    The U,S, in the 21st Century

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    U.S. in the 21st century

    •Globalization
    •9/11 Terrorist Attacks
    •War on Terror•Hurricane Katrina•2008 Economic Recession •Election of Barack Obama