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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Congress prohibits importing of African slaves
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Spoils system intorduced
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The Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 was a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era. -
Pendelton Civil service act
outlawed political contributions by appointed office holders and establised the civil service commision to adminster competitive examinations to people who applied for jobs -
American federation of labor founded
Samuel Gompers Founded American Federation of Labor in 1890, Successfully improved conditions for skilled laborers -
McKinley Tariff
The McKinley Tariff Act of 1890, sponsored by William McKinley, a Republican Senator from Ohio, increased the tariffs on manufactured goods to as high as 49 percent. -
Populist Party Formation
No decision was made to form a political party, but when the Republican and Democratic parties both straddled the currency question at the 1892 presidential conventions, a convention was held at Omaha, and the Populist party was formed -
election of 1896
Election of 1896 This election was between William McKinley and William J. Bryan and was the 28th quadrennial presidential election and climaxed an intensely heated contest between McKinley and Bryan and was considered one of the most dramatic and complex races in American history. -
Willmington race riot of 1898
BEgan on November 10th and continued for several days. IN north Carolina. -
Mikinleys sefcound inauguration
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Mckinleys death
He is shot (Sept. 6) by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, N.Y., and later dies from his wounds (Sept. 14). He is succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt. -
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Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
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Northern Securities Co. v. United States
Northern Securities Co. v. United States, 193 U.S. 197, was a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1903. -
Theodore Roosevelt's second inauguration
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San Fransisco earthquake of 1906
A 7.8 magnnitude earthquake that killed 3000 people. This earthquake also destoryed 80% of the city. -
William Howard Taft
1909 William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th president (March 4). Mrs. Taft has 80 Japanese cherry trees planted along the banks of the Potomac River. -
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William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
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Triangle shirtwaist factory fire
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Election of 1912
The United States presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1912. The election was a rare four-way contest. Incumbent President William Howard Taft was renominated by the Republican Party with the support of its conservative wing. -
Woodrow Wilson
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federal trade act
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act. Its principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anticompetitive business practices, such as coercive monopoly. -
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Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
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World War 1
World War I definition. A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Britain, France, Russia, and Italy (which entered in 1915), and the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. -
The Treaty of Versailles
was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
Eighteenth Amendment
effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring illegal the production, transport, and sale of alcohol (though not the consumption or private possession). -
19th Amendment
the 19th Amendment forbids voting rights discrimination anywhere in the United States based on sex. The amendment's adoption was the result of a nearly century-long campaign to allow women to vote. -
Warren G Harding
1921 Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th president (March 4). He signs resolution declaring peace with Austria and Germany (July 2). -
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Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
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Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
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Scopes Trial
a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed -
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Great Depression
was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
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Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
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Twenty-first Amendment
repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920 -
Manhattan project
The Manhattan Project was a secret military project created in 1942 to produce the first US nuclear weapon. Fears that Nazi Germany would build and use a nuclear weapon during World War II triggered the start of the Manhattan Project, which was originally based in Manhattan, New York. -
atomic bombs
The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. -
Herbert Hoover
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Harry S Truman (1945-1953)
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Cold war
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but 1947–91 is common. -
Marshall Plan
Congress passes foreign aid bill including the Marshall Plan, which provides for European postwar recovery (April 2). Soviets begin blockade of Berlin in the first major crisis of the cold war (June 24). In response, U.S. and Great Britain begin airlift of food and fuel to West Berlin (June 26). -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
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Brown vs. Board of Edu.
On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. -
election of 1960
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Bay Of pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Playa Girón, was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. -
The Berlin Crisis
The Berlin Crisis of 1961 (4 June – 9 November 1961) was the last major politico-military European incident of the Cold War about the occupational status of the German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany. -
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John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. -
John Glenn
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Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
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War on Poverty
The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Votcing rights act of 1965
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Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
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Watergate scandal
a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up the event. -
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Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
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Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
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Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
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Reagan proposes the Strategic Defense initiavie
1983 March 23 President Reagan proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative. -
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George Bush (1989-1993)
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Gulf War
A war between the forces of the United Nations, led by the United States, and those of Iraq that followed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein 's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. The United Nations forces, called the Coalition, expelled Iraqi troops from Kuwait in March 1991. -
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Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
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Terror attacks of 9/11
On September 11, 2001, a group of Islamic terrorists, widely believed to be part of the Al Qaeda network, hijacked three commercial airliners in midair, took over the controls, and deliberately crashed them into the Pentagon and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. -
Patriot Act
A law passed shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States giving law enforcement agencies increased, broad powers to bring terrorists to justice. -
Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea. Of 1,959 passengers and crew, 1,198 people were drowned, including 128 Americans. -
United Nations established
United nations established