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HISTORY VAULT

An era marked by a new world order is defined by the fall of the Berlin Wall and is shattered by the specter of global terrorism.

The Presidents

Carter to Bush (1977-2005)

An era of seeming bliss turns into a period of total political disenfranchisement.

1945-1977

A challenging period of U.S. history is marked by financial depression and two world wars.

1913-1945

The Gilded Age features a new breed of men who occupy the White House.

1885-1913

The nation faces the difficult task of rebuilding a union after four years of civil war and a presidential assassination.

1865-1885

Volatile issues of states' rights and slavery erupt into civil war; this period is marked by the rough-hewn style of Zachary Taylor, the near-treasonous activities of the James Buchanan administration and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

1849-1865

America's leadership changes hands from the Founding Fathers to a new breed of "Founding Sons;" the period is marked by the bitterest election in U.S. history, the first succession crisis and the first impeachment resolution against a president.

1825-1849

The fledgling nation's revolutionary Founding Fathers become its first administrators, from George Washington, who defined the presidency, to James Monroe, who was the last of the Revolutionary War heroes.

1789-1825

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