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U.S. History
U.S. History: 1865 through the 20th Century
Chapters
1. Introduction
The Contested Terrain of the Capitalist Economy
The Transformative Power of War
A World Power
A Land of the Free
The Changing American Identity
Waves of Reform
The Rise and Fall of Liberalism
2. Reconstruction: 1862–1877
Wartime Reconstruction
Presidential Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction
Reconstruction in the South
Grant’s Presidency
The End of Reconstruction
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Major Figures
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3. The Growing Nation: 1877–1901
Gilded Age Politics
Industrialization
The Labor Movement
Gilded Age Society
The West
The Rise and Fall of Populism
The Spanish–American War
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4. The Progressive Era and World War I: 1901–1920
Big Stick Diplomacy
Roosevelt and the Progressives
The Taft Years
Wilson’s First Term
World War I Erupts
Mobilizing the United States for War
The United States in World War I
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5. The Roaring Twenties: 1920–1929
Political Conservatism and Prosperity
Prohibition and the Rise of Organized Crime
The Culture of Modernism
Resistance to Modernity
Impact of Black Culture
Emergence of the “New Woman”
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
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6. The Great Depression and the New Deal: 1929–1939
The Depression Begins
Hoover’s Response
FDR and the First New Deal
Opposition to the New Deal
The Second New Deal
The End of the New Deal
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7. World War II: 1939–1945
Precursors to War
War Erupts Abroad
The United States Enters the War
War on the Home Front
Victory in Europe
Victory in the Pacific
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8. The Cold War: 1945–1963
The Yalta Conference
The Cold War Begins
The Korean War
The Cold War at Home
Prosperity and Consumerism
The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The Cold War in the Fifties
Kennedy and the Rise of Liberalism
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9. Civil Rights and Vietnam: 1963–1975
The Civil Rights Movement
Johnson in the 1960s
Nixon Abroad
Nixon at Home
Watergate, Resignation, and Ford
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10. Carter and Reagan: 1976–1988
The Presidency of Jimmy Carter
The Reagan Revolution
Reagan Abroad
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General Discussion on American History
World War I (1914-1918)
World War II (1939-1945)
The Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968)
The Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Reconstruction (1865–1877)
World War I (1914–1919)
The Gilded Age & the Progressive Era (1877–1917)
The Interwar Years (1919-1938)
The Spanish American War (1898-1901)
World War II (1939–1945)
The Great Depression (1920–1940)
The Cold War (1945–1963)
The Korean War (1950-1953)
The Civil Rights Era (1865–1970)
The Vietnam War (1945-1975)
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