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AMERICA’S HISTORY

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Age of Explorers

1400s – 1600s 1600 – 1700s 1700 - 1800Colonial America The New Republic

Photography slowly develops

1800 - 1860The Early 1800s

Brave explorers like Columbus and Henry Hudson discovered

a new world

A time of European settlers starting a new life in

America

America stands up and fights for its freedom from England.

Abe Lincoln becomes president, 1860.

The evils of slavery were challenged

Pioneers slowly traveled west and trains begin to chug along

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Age of Explorers

1400s – 1600s 1600 – 1700s 1700 - 1800Colonial America The New Republic

Photography slowly develops

1800 - 1860The Early 1800s

Brave explorers like Columbus and Henry Hudson discovered

a new world

A time of European settlers starting a new life in

America

America stands up and fights for its freedom from England.

Abe Lincoln becomes president, 1860.

The evils of slavery were challenged

Pioneers slowly traveled west and trains begin to chug along

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1860 – 1900, the Late 1800s

The Industrial Revolution

A time of great inventions

Free blacks slowly travel north

The country grows to the Pacific Ocean, the

west coast

The Civil WarComes to an end

Millions of immigrants arrive

from Europe

Native Americans are forced onto

reservations

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1860 – 1900, the Late 1800s

The Industrial Revolution

A time of great inventions

Free blacks slowly travel north

The country grows to the Pacific Ocean, the

west coast

The Civil WarComes to an end

Millions of immigrants arrive

from Europe

Native Americans are forced onto

reservations

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1920

1918

1940s

1930s

1960

1950s

Franklin Roosevelt leads America through the

Depression and World War II.

1950 - 1960

1920 - 1930

1930 - 1950

1900 - 1920The Great Depression, Radio Days and Talking

Movies and electricity comes “home”Roaring ‘20s and

Prohibition Women get the

right to vote.World War I was

fought.

Cars, movies and indoor plumbing slowly appear

After World War II ends, America moves to the suburbs.

TV is turned on and helps elect a president, and

babysit the baby boomers

Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King stand up for equal rights for all

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1920

1918

1940s

1930s

1960

1950s

Franklin Roosevelt leads America through the

Depression and World War II.

1950 - 1960

1920 - 1930

1930 - 1950

1900 - 1920The Great Depression, Radio Days and Talking Movies and

electricity comes “home”

Roaring ‘20s and Prohibition

Women get the right to vote.

World War I was fought.

Cars, movies and indoor plumbing slowly appear

After World War II ends, America moves to the suburbs.

TV is turned on and helps elect a president, and

babysit the baby boomers

Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King stand up for equal rights for all

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1970s

2000

1960s - 1970s

1980s

1960s

The Information Age

1980s - Today

The early years of the personal computers

The shuttle takes off to

space

The Cold War becomes deadly with the Berlin Wall and Vietnam

The Space Race takes off

Equal Rights becomes law

Cell Phones grow smaller

The Cold War ends

America elects its first African

American President9/11, Terrorism

at its worst

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1970s

2000

1960s - 1970s

1980s

1960s

The Information Age

1980s - TodayThe early years of the personal computers

The shuttle takes off to

space

The Cold War becomes deadly with the Berlin Wall and Vietnam

The Space Race takes off

Equal Rights becomes law

Cell Phones grow smaller

The Cold War ends

America elects its first African

American President9/11, Terrorism

at its worst

See Ya!

Next few slides are for study guides and class work sheets

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1918

1940s

1930s

1960

1950s

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1980s

1960s