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* 1898: Spanish-American War | * 1898: Spanish-American War | ||
* 1914-18: WWI | * 1914-18: WWI (U.S. 1917-1918) | ||
* 1939-45: WWII | * 1939-45: WWII | ||
* 1959-75: Vietnam War (U.S. ground war: 1965) | * 1959-75: Vietnam War (U.S. ground war: 1965) | ||
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=== Historical terminology === | |||
* abolition/ abolitionism = movement to end slavery | |||
** the 13th amendment "abolished" slavery (1865) | |||
* civil rights | |||
* imperialism | |||
* "Manifest destiny" = movement for U.S. westward expansion across the continent (term coined in 1845) | |||
** U.S. imperialism commences with the taking of Cuba, Puerto Rico and Philippines after the Spanish-American War (1898) | |||
* popular sovereignty | |||
** political theory from 1850s, pushed by Sen. Stephen Douglas, that people of the states themselves should decide if slavery was to be allowed | |||
* prohibition = movement to ban alcohol | |||
** in the U.S., the 18th amendment banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol (1917) | |||
*** the 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment (1933) | |||
* suffrage = "the vote" or the right to vote | |||
** the 15th amendment guaranteed the right to vote for male former slaves (1869) | |||
* women's suffrage = right to vote for women | |||
*** in U.S. the 19th Amendment guaranteed the right of women to vote (1919) | |||
* "republican motherhood" | |||
* states rights | |||
** suffragette = a woman who advocated, often in public protest, for women's suffrage | |||
* tariff | |||
== Themes & events timelines == | == Themes & events timelines == | ||
=== 1500s-1700s === | === 1500s-1700s === |