<P> (Jacksonian Democracy) stretches the concept of democracy about as far as it can go and still remain workable...As such it has inspired much of the dynamic and dramatic events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in American history--Populism, Progressivism, the New and Fair Deals, and the programs of the New Frontier and Great Society . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Periods in United States history </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (hide) <Table> <Tr> <Td> Colonial Era </Td> <Td> 1607--1775 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American Revolution </Td> <Td> 1765--1783 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Confederation Period </Td> <Td> 1783--1788 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Federalist Era </Td> <Td> 1788--1801 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jeffersonian Era </Td> <Td> 1801--1817 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Era of Good Feelings </Td> <Td> 1817--1825 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jacksonian Era </Td> <Td> 1825--1849 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Civil War Era </Td> <Td> 1849--1865 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Reconstruction Era </Td> <Td> 1865--1877 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gilded Age </Td> <Td> 1870s--ca 1900 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Progressive Era </Td> <Td> 1897--1920 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roaring Twenties </Td> <Td> 1920--1929 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Depression </Td> <Td> 1929--1939 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 1941--1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Postwar Era </Td> <Td> 1945--1964 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Civil Rights Era </Td> <Td> 1964--1980 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Reagan Era </Td> <Td> 1981--present </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Timeline </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Periods in United States history </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (hide) <Table> <Tr> <Td> Colonial Era </Td> <Td> 1607--1775 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American Revolution </Td> <Td> 1765--1783 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Confederation Period </Td> <Td> 1783--1788 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Federalist Era </Td> <Td> 1788--1801 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jeffersonian Era </Td> <Td> 1801--1817 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Era of Good Feelings </Td> <Td> 1817--1825 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jacksonian Era </Td> <Td> 1825--1849 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Civil War Era </Td> <Td> 1849--1865 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Reconstruction Era </Td> <Td> 1865--1877 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gilded Age </Td> <Td> 1870s--ca 1900 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Progressive Era </Td> <Td> 1897--1920 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roaring Twenties </Td> <Td> 1920--1929 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Depression </Td> <Td> 1929--1939 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 1941--1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Postwar Era </Td> <Td> 1945--1964 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Civil Rights Era </Td> <Td> 1964--1980 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Reagan Era </Td> <Td> 1981--present </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>

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