Professor Sharon Kay Evanshine

History Web Site

History of the US since 1876

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Civil War to present day

Entering the Gilded Age: the End of Reconstruction

 

Historical Eras

 

1870-1900     Industrialism and America on the Move
Republican Politics. Railroad Era. New Technology. Immigration. Labor. Closing of Frontier.

1880-1920     Reform
Second Reform Era. Populism. Free Silver. Progressivism. Theodore Roosevelt. Wilson.

1914-1918      The Great War

1914-1933     War, Prosperity and Depression
Spanish-American War. Big Stick Diplomacy. Panama. World War I. Versailles. League of Nations. Harding Scandals. Stock Market Crash.

1933-1945     The New Deal and World War II
Franklin Roosevelt. One Hundred Days. War in Europe. Pearl Harbor. World War II. Diplomacy. Truman and the Bomb.

1945-1960     Postwar America
Marshall Plan. Berlin. Korean War. McCarthy. Eisenhower. Space Race. Nixon and Kennedy.

1960-1980     The Vietnam Era
Bay of Pigs. JFK Assassination. Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights. Nixon, Kissinger and Vietnam. Watergate. Oil Embargo. Reagan and Conservatism.

1980-2000    End of the Century
Marines in Lebanon. Iran-Contra Scandal. Fall of Berlin Wall. Persian Gulf War. Clinton and Impeachment. Election Turmoil in 2000.