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Mr. Heuyard: bcheuyard@lancaster.k12.pa.us We will begin our journey at the end of the reconstruction period and begin with industrialization in the United States. Society began to change rapidly during this period and officially marks the beginning of the "modern" period in our history. As the United States begins to industrialize and become modern, a war in Europe erupts and casts a dark shadow across the globe. This becomes what is known as the Great War, later to be called World I.

After years of great prosperity following World War I, the United States enters a period of economic depression. Poverty is the norm as the economy of the United States completely collapses.

As we continue our study through Modern U.S. History, the world enters another great war. The United States attempted to remain neutral; however, after the attack at Pearl Harbor, there was precious little choice but to join the fight. History continues to marked with movements, wars, and continued conflicts at home not unlike the things which we experience today. We will explore the Civil Rights movement, study the U.S. involvment in Vietnam, and look at the events from September 11, 2001. There are many unique events that occur in between. These events and many others helped to shape this country and create the society in which we find ourselves living. Without studying our history, we run the risk of making the same mistakes as those that have gone before us, that is the purpose of our study, to move ahead and learn from the past.