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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Current Events

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Modern America

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20th Century - 21st Century
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KEY EVENTS
  • Yom Kipper War
  • Ford pardons Nixon
  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
  • Camp David Accords
  • Iran Hostage Crisis
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ENERGY CRISIS AND PROBLEMS ABROAD

Presidents Ford and Carter face challenges both foreign and domestic as each attempts to repair the image of the presidency following the bad taste left over from the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal.
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KEY EVENTS
  • Election of 1980
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Space Shuttle Challenger explosion
  • Iran-Contra Scandal
  • INF Treaty
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RESURGENCE OF CONSERVATISM

America experiences a comeback of conservative beliefs under President Reagan after the previous decades of liberal changes.  Meanwhile, Reagan's new approach to the Soviet Union weakens the Soviets and their control of Eastern Europe.
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KEY EVENTS
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall
  • Fall of the Soviet Union
  • Persian Gulf War
  • NAFTA
  • .com economy
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THE LONE SUPERPOWER

With the Cold War over and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States becomes the world's lone superpower. The U.S. also witnesses the largest economic growth in its history, but signs of a coming storm loom on the horizon.
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KEY EVENTS
  • Election of 2000
  • Attacks on 9/11
  • War on Terrorism
  • The Iraq War
  • The Great Recession
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AGE OF TERRORISM

The United States comes under attack from terrorist acts conducted by radical Islamic extremists.  In response to these terrorist attacks, the United States wages a War on Terror that commits the United States to combat terrorism abroad.
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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Current Events