Exploration and conquest in the 1500s -- The colonial era, 1600-1769 -- Struggles for independence, 1770-1789 -- Struggles for freedom, 1790-1860 -- The Civil War and its legacy, 1861-1877 -- Buffalo soldiers, 1877-1918 -- The Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Achievements and setbacks, 1898-1917 -- World War I and after, 1917-1940 -- World War II, 1941-1945 -- Battles on the home front, 1946-1950 -- Korea, 1950-1953 -- Vietnam, 1965-1975 -- Fighting for freedom, 1954-1990 -- The Gulf War and its legacy, 1991-1999 -- Black soldiers past and future.
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