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Declaration of Independence signed
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Constitution written
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Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil War/ Reconstruction
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Homestead Act
provided 160 acres to anyone wiling to settle on land in the west -
13th Amendment
abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
citizenship & due process -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment
voting for all male citizens -
Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Glided Age
1- Rockefeller/Carnegie (captains of industry vs. Robber Barons)
2- Philanthropy
3- Monopoly
4- Jane Addams
5- Laissez-Faire -
Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first US national immigration act -
Pendleton Civil Service Act
awarded government jobs based on merit -
Interstate Commerce Act
ensure railroad set "reasonable and just" rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business -
Dawes Act
Gave individual ownership of land to native Americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively -
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed business monopolies -
Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed trust to promote economic fairness -
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The Progressive Era
1- Muckrakers
2- Initiative, Referendum, Recall
3- The Great Migration
4- NAACP
5- Immigration Issues (assimilation and Nativism) -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Legalized segregation, established "separate but equal" -
USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War
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Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States
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Imperialism
1- Theodore Roosevelt
2- Rough Riders
3- Foreign Policy
4- Immigration Quotas
5- Yellow Journalism -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Open Door Policy
initiated free trade with China -
Panama Canal Built
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Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Meat Inspection Act
law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat -
Pure food and Drug Act
regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines -
NAACP founded
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16th Amendment
established the federal income tax -
Dollar Diplomacy
Taft's policy of paying for peace in Latin America -
17th Amendment
direct election of U.S. Senators -
Federal Reserve Act
established the federal reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I
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World War I
1- Alvin York
2- Homefront
3- M.A.I.N (causes of WWI)
4- Sussex Pledge
5- American Expeditionary Forces -
Sinking of the Lusitania
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National Parks System created
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war
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Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the british, warned the U.S. of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany
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The United Stated enters WWI on the Allied side
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Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the war
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Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers
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President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
statement of principles for peace after World War I, included no colonialism, freedom of the seas, and a League of Nations -
Treaty of Versailles
peace treaty that ended World War I, required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize -
18th Amendment
prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal -
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Early American History
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Period: to
Roaring Twenties
1-Social Darwinism
2-The Red Scare
3-Assembly Line
4-Return to Normalcy
5-Harlem Renaissance -
19th Amendment
women are given the right to vote -
Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal
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American Indian Citizenship Act
granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States -
Scopes Monkey Trial
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Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris
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Stock Market Crash
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Great Depression
1-Hoovervilles
2-The New Deal
3-Causes of the Great Depression (5)
4-Court Packing
5-Eleanor Roosevelt -
Dust Bowl
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established
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20th Amendment
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
21st Amendment
repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends -
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) established
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Social Security Act
established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families -
Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII
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World War II
1-Island Hopping
2-Liberation of Concentration Camps
3-Dwight Eisenhower
4-Douglas MacArthur
5-Chester W. Nimitz
6-Navajo Code Talkers
7-Tuskegee Airmen
8-Flying Tigers
9-The Manhattan Project
10-Rosie the Riveter -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
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Bataan Death March
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Executive order 9066
incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII -
“D-Day” - Invasion of Normandy
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G.I. Bill
gives military veterans financial and educational benefits -
United Nations formed
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The atomic bomb, “Little Boy” is dropped in Hiroshima, Japan (August 6)
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The atomic bomb, “Fat Man” is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, ending World War II (August 9)
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Early Cold War
1-Containment
2-Arms Race/Space Race
3-The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
4-Communism
5-Domino Theory -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Korean War
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Sweatt v. Painter:
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
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Civil Rights era
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka:
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Hernandez v. Texas:
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
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Interstate highway Act
authorized the building of a national highway system -
USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
24th amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Tinker v. Des Moines
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
First Man on the Moon
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Kent State University shooting
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End of Cold War
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Contra Affair
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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1990's- 21st Century
Barack Obama
al-Qaeda
No Child Left Behind
President Clinton’s Impeachment
Presidential Election of 2000 -
Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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USA PATRIOT Act
tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism -
Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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Hurricane Katrina