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AMERICA IN THE WORLD |
POLITICS AND POWER |
IDENTITY |
IDEAS, BELIEFS, AND CULTURE |
WORK, EXCHANGE, AND TECHNOLOGY |
1890 |
Congress funds construction of modern battleships
U.S.-backed planters overthrow Hawaii’s queen (1892)
U.S. wins War of 1898 against Spain; claims Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines
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“American exceptionalism” and rise of imperialism
Alfred Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power upon History (1890)
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1900 |
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Insular Cases establish noncitizenship status for new territories (1901)
California, Washington, and Hawaii limit rights for Asian immigrants
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1910 |
Wilson intervenes in Mexico (1914)
Panama Canal opened (1914)
United States enters WWI (1917)
War ends; Wilson seeks to influence peace treaty negotiations (1918)
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Woodrow Wilson elected president (1912)
Red Scare (1919)
Woodrow Wilson issues Fourteen Points (1919)
U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles (1919, 1920)
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Moviemaking industry moves to southern California
Birth of a Nation glorifies the Reconstruction-era Klan (1915)
Radio Corporation of America created (1919)
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Great Migration brings African Americans to northern cities, Mexicans north to United States
Assembly-line production begins
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1920 |
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Nineteenth Amendment grants women’s suffrage (1920)
Prohibition (1920–1933)
Teapot Dome scandal (1923)
Republican “associated state,” probusiness policies (1920–1932)
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Economic prosperity (1922–1929)
Labor gains rolled back
Era of welfare capitalism
Rise of automobile loans and consumer credit
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1930 |
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1940 |
United States enters WWII (1941)
Atomic bombing of Japan and end of WWII (1945)
United Nations founded (1945)
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War spending ends depression
Rationing curbs consumer spending
Married women take war jobs
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