Rise to world power (1890-1945)

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The age of empire
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1920s America
The Great Depression
World War II
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The United States in World War I
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
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The First World War
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FDR and the Great Depression
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World War II
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1940 - Axis gains momentum in World War II
1941 Axis momentum accelerates in WW2
Pearl Harbor
FDR and World War II
Japanese internment
American women and World War II
1942 Tide turning in World War II in Europe
World War II in the Pacific in 1942
1943 Axis losing in Europe
American progress in the Pacific in 1944
1944 - Allies advance further in Europe
1945 - End of World War II
The Manhattan Project and the atomic bomb
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The Second World War
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At the end of the 19th century, the industrial might of the United States propelled it into great power status. In the early 20th century, the United States grappled with its new role in the world and the effects of the second Industrial Revolution at home.