Modern Era (jan 2, 1750 – jan 1, 2023)

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VICTORIAN ERA
(Time Period: A.D. 1837 to A.D. 1901)
urbanization, the American Civil War, and the end of African slavery.

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
(Time Period: A.D. 1869 to A.D. 1914 )
1869 to 1914 more advances in technology like telephone, plane, electricity, steel production, petroleum refining, and chemical manufacturing, sometimes called Technological Revolution. (also saw the rise of newly industrialized nations such as Germany and Japan.)

transformation from agrarian society to an industrial one. dramatic increase in population as well

WORLD WAR I
(Time Period: A.D. 1914 to A.D. 1918)

GREAT DEPRESSION
(Time Period: A.D. 1929 to A.D. 1939)
An economic hardship started with the stock market crash in 1929, bringing worldwide consequences.

WORLD WAR II
(Time Period: A.D. 1939 to A.D. 1945)
began with Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 and ended when Japan surrendered.

CONTEMPORARY PERIOD
(Time Period: A.D. 1945 to current)
advances in technology - social, economic, and political life. also referred to as Information Age. dramatic increase in the amount of information and communication available to people, and a corresponding increase in the technologies used to create, store, and distribute this information.

development of television and radio, which allowed for mass communication; the creation of computers and the Internet, and the advent of social media

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