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11th Grade
04/12/2006

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Term
Civil War and Reconstruction
Definition
(1861-1877)
It was the time period where the North and the South were in conflict over racial discrimination.
The period after the war when the South was being rebuilt and slaves tried to find a new place in society.
Term
Cold War
Definition
(!945-1992)
A period of confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union. (communists)
Term
Worl War II
Definition
(1941-1945)
-Nationalism
-Holocaust
-Extreme Political Views
-Nazi Germany
Term
Civil RIghts Movement
Definition
(1954-1969)
Time period when segregation ended and progress occured in the right for minorities.
Brown v. Board of Education
Sims v. Reynolds
Term
Great Depression
Definition
(1930-1041)
-Overproduction
-Stock Market Crash
-Decline in Bank Security
-Speculation
Term
Jazz Age
Definition
(1920-1929)
-Hedonism
-Flappers
-Women started to become uncoventional
-Booming economy
-Prohibition
Term
World War I
Definition
(1914-1919)
-Balkan Crisis
-Naval Race
-Assasination Franz Ferdinand
-ALlied Powers
-Central Powers
-Treaty of Versailles
Term
Progressive Era
Definition
(1898-1914)
-Reforming State and Local Governments
i.e. Women's suffrage
Term
Gilded Age
Definition
(1877-1898)
Time of new inventions that led to rapid industrial growth.
-Individualism
-Realism
-Philanthropy
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