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| Civil War and Reconstruction |
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| 1861-1877 War against the north and south. It was the first modern war.Reconstruction- the reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the civil war. |
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| 1877-1898 a time of marvels, amazing new inventions led to rapid industial growth.Masses of workers throned the streets. Skycrapers reacherd to the sky, electric lights banisded the darkness. Newly wealthy enterpeneurs built spectacualr mansions. |
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| 1898-1914 a political movement that crossed party lines which beleved that industrialism and urbanization had created many social problems and that government should take a more active role in dealing with these problems |
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| 1920-1929 era of rapid change and clashing values. an economic recession, an influx of immigrants, and racial and cultural tensions combined to create an atmosphere of disllusionment and intolerance. |
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| 1930-1914 economic collapse overproduction, low wages, high tariffs, unemployment |
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| 1941-1945 war between the axis powers (germany, italy,japan) and the allied powers (US, france, russia, great britian) |
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| 1945-1992 the ideological and often confrontational conflict between the US and the Soviet Union |
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| 1954-1969 a time where African Americans protested to get equal rights. |
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