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Chapter 6 - A New Industrial Age
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Chapter 7 - Immigrants and Urbanization
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Chapter 8 - Life At The Turn of the 20th Century
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Chapter 9 - The Progressive Era
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Chapter 10 - America Claims An Empire
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Chapter 11 - The First World War
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Chapter 12 - Politics of the Roaring Twenties
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Chapter 13 - The Roaring Life Of The 1920s
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Chapter 14 - The Great Depression Begins
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Chapter 15 - The New Deal
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Chapter 16 - World War Looms
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Chapter 17 - The United States In World War II
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Chapter 18 - Cold War Conflicts
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The Postwar Boom
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Chapter 20 - The New Frontier and the Great Society
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Chapter 21 - Civil Rights
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Chapter 26 - The United States In Today's World
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Chapter 23 - An Era of Social Change
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Ligthbulb (Chapter 6)
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Chapter 22 - Vietnam War Years
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Chapter 25 - The Conservative Tide
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Chapter 24 - An Age of Limits
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Henry Ford Intoduces The Model T (Chapter 8)
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Panama Canal Opens (Chapter 7)
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Puerto Ricans Become US Citizens (Chapter 10)
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The First World War Ends
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The First World War (Chapter 11)
WWI was a violent battle that stemmed from problems between small European countries, and was won by the Allied powers. -
Nineteenth Amendment Grants Women The Right To Vote (Chapter 9)
The nineteenth amendment granted women the right to vote, which was a major positive step in womans rights and led to many other rights women would eventually share with men. -
Chinese Communist Party is Founded (Chapter 12)
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Charles Lindbergh Makes First Solo Transatlantic Flight (Chp 13)
Charles Lindbergh makes the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight, which would change airflight forever. -
More Than 40% of the Nation's Banks Fail (Chp 14)
During 1930-1933 of the Great Depression, 40% of the nation's banks fail which lead to the unemployment of 13 million Americans. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is Inaugurated (Chp 15)
On March 4, 1933, Frankiln Delano Roosevelt is elected president of the United States. He would lead the US out of the Great Depression with his New Deal and achieve victory in World War II. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor (Chp 16)
The United States are forced to enter World War II after being bombed by Japan at Pearl Harbor. -
Japan Surrenders After US Atomic Bombs (Chp 17)
Japan surrendered after being nuclear bombed by the US at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and WWII was won by the Allied powers. -
The Baby Boom Begins (Chp 19)
The Baby Boom begins after World War II, and will lead to more job oppurtunities for people. -
Berlin Airlift Begins (Chp 18)
The Berlin Airlift was when the US would send food and supplies to the non-communist section of Germany to prevent them from becoming communist like the USSR. -
Brown v. Board of Education (Chp 21)
Brown v. Board of Education desegregated schools and was one of the first of many steps toward equality. -
The Civil Rights Act (Chp 20)
The Civil Rights Act was passed giving African-Americans many rights that they didn't have before and claimed that seperate but equal is not equal. -
National Organization for Women Founded (Chp 23)
The National Organization for Women was founded, which played a big role in women gaining the respect, rights, and jobs that they deserved. -
The First to Walk On The Moon (Chp 24)
Neil Armstrong of the United States became the first person in human history to walk on the moon. -
US Cease Fire With Vietcong (Chp 22)
The US signed an agreement to end the fighting of a long, dragged out, and almost pointless war in Vietnam (Pointless for the Americans). -
Germans Dismantle Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall led to the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, and Russia was no longer communist. -
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (Chp 26)
On September 11th, 2001, terrorists hijacked two planes and crashed into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York. This event changed America and the world forever. -
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1 Jan 1877 - 31 Dec 1915 Chapter 8 - Life At The Turn of the 20th Century
