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U.S. History Since 1877

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Pupils identify and analyze when the following occurred: the beginning of the NAACP, the enactment of the Pure Food and Drug Act, the ratification of the nineteenth Amendment, and the enactment of the Clayton Anti-trust Act. Students identify the following periods of time: the Great Depression, the Progressive Era, the Gilded Age, Reconstruction, and the Spanish-American War.

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11th - Higher Ed
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Social Studies & History
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