US History — Reconstruction to WWI

Welcome to US History — Reconstruction to WWI. This lesson covers key standards-aligned content.

Core Concept

RECONSTRUCTION (1865-1877): 13th-15th Amendments, Freedmen Bureau, but Southern resistance (KKK, Jim Crow laws) undermined progress. GILDED AGE: rapid industrialization, robber barons (Carnegie, Rockefeller), massive immigration, labor movement, urbanization. PROGRESSIVE ERA: reforms addressing corruption, monopolies, and working conditions (Teddy Roosevelt, muckrakers). IMPERIALISM: US expanded (Hawaii, Philippines, Panama Canal). WWI (1917-1918): US entry tipped the balance, Wilson's 14 Points, League of Nations rejected by Senate.

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