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Calendars can now be downloaded as Word documents below.

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United States History II ~ Modern American History The Gilded Age ~ The Election of 2008
Expectations and calendars can be downloaded below (at the bottom of the page) from the list of attachments.

Reasonably Helpful Resources (for the entire year):

Brief biographies of famous Progressives.
Primary Sources Reference List
The "Great Depression Museum"
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library (Focus: Great Depression)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library (Focus Link: Virtual Tour of the Museum)
The Museum of World War II (Natick, MA, USA)
50's Dream: Levittown (PA)
The Walt Disney Company: Historical Timeline (Focus Link: 1950s)
Fifties web: The 1950s and 1960s
The Berlin Wall / Checkpoint Charlie Museum (Berlin, Germany)
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Link to the google docs study guide for the Mid-Year Exam. If you have issues, email Mr. W.
Crash Course Videos: The popular online series can be helpful and entertaining. Here are a few links:

US Imperialism
Progressive Presidents
The Progressive Era
The First World War (WW I)
The Roaring Twenties
The Great Depression
The New Deal
The Second World War (WW II, Part One)
The Cold War
Civil Rights Era
Korean War / Vietnam War (See Cold War: Asia)
The Rise of Conservatism
The Reagan Era

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