During the ____ ____ the United States became one of the world's leading ____ powers. New ____ and organizing skills of ____ vastly increased the country's industrial capacity. The spread of ____ lines and ____ wires helped lead to the emergence of a national ____. Industrial ____, ill-treated and poorly paid, began organizing into ____ to obtain better working conditions. ____ affected American society during the late nineteenth century. People migrated from the countryside to ____, and ____ from other countries came to the United States. Technological change made it possible to transform the physical geography of the ____ ____. Native Americans were forced onto ____, the ____ were killed, and new settlers built ____ and farms. During the ____ Era Americans adopted important ____ to meet the new problems caused by industrialization and ____. Progressive reformers sought to remedy the ____ problems caused by ____. Presidents Theodore ____, William H. ____, and Woodrow ____ introduced Progressive Reforms at the national level. During the late 19th century and early 20th century U.S. foreign policy became more involved in the affairs of other countries. In ____ the United States went to war with Spain, and as a result acquired a ____ empire. The acquisition of this colonial empire had a dramatic effect on the United States. In order to protect its colonial possessions, the United States built a ____ across the Isthmus of ____. Completion of the canal further increased the influence of the United States in the affairs of ____. Since the War of 1812, American leaders had successfully followed George Washington's advice in his ____ to avoid "entanglements" with Europe. However, during the ____, the United States acquired an ____ empire and grew to become a major world power. Another turning point in American foreign policy was reached in ____, when the United States entered ____. America entered a new age of ____ in the "____." ____, telephones, and electricity made life more ____ than ever before. Americans generally focused on making ____ and ____ themselves. The real significance of the decade was less in politics than in the birth of new ____. Beneath an appearance of calm and prosperity, America was experiencing fundamental economic and ____ changes. The ____ of the 1920s was suddenly cut short by the Great Depression in ____. President Hoover lost reelection and Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election in ____. Under FDR the federal government ____ on a massive scale in order to ____ the economy. Between the first and second world wars, ____ came to power in Italy, ____, and Japan and their aggressive policies led to the outbreak of war in Asia and Europe. ____ attack on ____ brought the United States into the war. World War II was fought both overseas and on the home front. Americans helped secure an ____ victory in the most destructive conflict in human history. After the end of World War II, Americans became engaged in a ____ struggle to stop the spread of ____. At home, the ____ saw the birth of the ____. African Americans used the courts to end racial ____ in public schools and other public places. The ____ were a time of ____ and change. When John F. ____ took office he announced that the "torch was being passed to a new generation." Advances in civil rights spread from African Americans to other minority groups and ____. President Johnson dreamt of ending ____ in America, but his hopes were derailed when the United States became involved in the ____. By the late 1960s, a new generation of young Americans began to question the ____ of the 1950s. New forms of art, music, and self-expression appeared. Under President ____, the United States withdrew from Vietnam and opened diplomatic relations with Communist China. In the 1970s and 80s, U.S. prestige suffered from ____ and the ____ Crisis. Under Presidents Reagan and Bush, America moved toward greater ____ in government. Under President ____, Americans saw an end to the ____ and enjoyed economic prosperity from the growth of the ____ industry. In the new Millennium, the twenty-first century, presidents George W. Bush and Barack ____ faced several challenges to American security and economic well-being. Bush's first term saw the ____ attacks, which the United States responded to with the War in ____ and the controversial ____. Barack Obama started his first term addressing the 2008 ____.

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