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Early American History
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Declaration of Independence signed
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Constitution written
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4th Amendment
citizenship & due process -
Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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Homestead Act
provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west -
13th Amendment
abolished slavery -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment
voting for all male citizens -
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The Gilded Age
1.Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
2.Philanthropy-Good work in all
3.Monopoly-exclusive control of an item
4.Jane Addams-American activist
5.Laissez-Faire-a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. -
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 -
Dawes Act
gave individual ownership of land to native americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively -
Interstate Commerce Act
ensure railroad set “reasonable and just” rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business -
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed business monopolies -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness -
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The Progressive era
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Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Plessy v. Ferguson
legalized segregation, established “separate but equal” -
Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States
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USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War
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Imperialism
1.Theodore Roosevelt- president of the US
2.Rough Riders- famous units under Roosevelt's command fighting in cuba
3.Foreign Policy- a governments strategy in dealing with other nations
4.Immigration Quotas- limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota
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Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Panama Canal Built
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Meat Inspection Act
law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906):
regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines -
NAACP Founded
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16th Amendment
established the federal income tax -
17th Amendment
direct election of U.S. Senators -
Federal Reserve Act
established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry -
Panama Canal Built
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I
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World War 1
1.Alvin York- soldier in WW1 that received a medal of honor for his bravery
2.Homefront- people who stay in a country while the soldiers are fighting a war.
3.M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI)- militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism.
4.Sussex Pledge- promise made the German soldiers to not attack US ships.
5.American Expeditionary Forces-American troops serving in Europe. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
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National Parks System created
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The United States enters WWI on the Allied side
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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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Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers
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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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Roaring Twenties
1.Social Darwinism- law of natural selection
2.The Red Scare- wide spread fear of communist invasion
3.Assembly Line- a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
4.Return to Normalcy- return to the way of life before World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic
5.Harlem Renaissance- intellectual revival of African American art and literature centered in Harlem, Manhattan, -
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- a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early
2.The New Deal- series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulation
3.Causes of the Great Depression (5)- Overproduction, executive inaction, ill-timed tariffs, and inexperienced Federal Reserve
4.Court Packing- practice of changing the number or composition of judges on a court to be favorable
5.Eleanor Roosevelt-was an American political figure, diplomat and activist -
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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21st Amendment
repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends -
20th Amendment
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) established
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Social Security Act (1935):
established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families -
Dust Bowl
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Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII
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World War II
1.Island Hopping- capturing islands to use for airstrips
2.Liberation of Concentration Camps- places where Germans had people who they captured
3.Dwight Eisenhower- 34th president of US
4.Douglas MacArthur- General of army
5.Chester W. Nimitz- fleet admiral of the United States Navy
6.Navajo Code Talkers- person with secret comms
7.Tuskegee Airmen- african-American military pilots
8.Flying Tigers- American Volunteer Group
9.The Manhattan Project-nuclear weapons
10.Rosie the Riveter-Women worker -
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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Early Cold War
1.Containment-prevent the spread of communism
2.Arms Race/Space Race- race for nuclear weapons
3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- Russia or soviet union
4.Communism- political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society
5.Domino Theory- the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries -
The atomic bomb, “Little Boy” is dropped in Hiroshima, Japan
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The atomic bomb, “Fat Man” is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, ending World War II
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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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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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Korean War
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Interstate Highway Act
authorized the building of a national highway system -
USSR launches Sputnik
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End of the Cold War
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1900s-21st Century