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(Set) America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era & World War I

(Set) America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era & World War I

(Set) America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era & World War I

Survey the history of the world as the 19th century gave way to the 20th with this set of courses. First, witness the transformation of the United States from a war-torn nation to a global leader in an overview of six innovative decades. Then, explore one of the most destructive conflicts in human history—in which the great powers of the globe waged total war against each other in a fight to the finish.

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