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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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Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil War Reconstruction
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Homestead Act (1862)
Provided 160 acres to anyone willing 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 Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth in the U.S.
1.Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)-
2.Philanthropy-
3.Monopoly-
4.Jane Addams-
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Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses.
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The Progressive Era
1.Muckrakers
2.Initiative, Referendum, Recall
3.The Great Migration
4.NAACP
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness. -
Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)
Outlawed business monopolies. -
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 -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Pure Food and Drug Act
Regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines. -
Meat Inspection Act
Law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat. -
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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World War 1
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National Parks System created
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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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-
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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
U.S, Britain, France, the Soviet Union and China met in 1944 and chartered an international organization called the U.N. It included a general assembly for all member nations(50 charter countries) and a 15 member Security Council with five permanent nations including the U.S and ten rotating positions. -
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-U.S policy to prevent the spread of Communism.
2.Arms/Space Race-Competition between USSR and US to develop powerful Nuclear weapons/ Competition to make discoveries in outer space.
3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-also known as USSR, consisted of Russia and 14 surrounding countries.
4.Communism-a theory advocating elimination of private property. 5.Domino Theory-the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries. -
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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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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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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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation. -
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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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. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Begins undeclared war in Vietnam. -
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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Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools. -
First Man on the Moon
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End of the Cold War
1.OPEC- Organization consisting of 12 member countries whose primary goal is to stabilize the oil market by balancing supply and demand of oil.
2.Sandra Day O’Connor- First woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
3.Community Reinvestment Act of 1977-
4.AIDS Epidemic-
5.Star Wars (NOT the movies)- -
Kent State University shooting
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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. -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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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. -
Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century
1.Barack Obama-Served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009-2017.
2.al-Qaeda-is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988.
3.No Child Left Behind-was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
4.President Clinton’s Impeachment-Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998.
5.Presidential Election of 2000-George W. Bush won one of the closest elections in US history. -
1990-1991: Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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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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Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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USA PATRIOT Act (2001)
Tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism. -
Hurricane Katrina
