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Homestead Act
provided that any adult citizen or intended citizen who had never borne arms against the us government could claim their land. -
13th Amendment
It abolished slavery in the U.S. and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime. -
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Reconstruction
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14th Amendment
ratified in 1968 granted citizenship to all people being born or naturalized in the U.S. and required equal protection of the laws. -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
they made it easier for people to travel a long distance in a short period of time. -
Industrialization Begins to Boom
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15thAmendment
the right to vote should not be denied based on their color, race, etc. -
Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
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Telephone Invented
Antonio Meucci is credited with inventing the first basic phone in 1849 -
Reconstruction Ends
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Jim Crow Laws Start in South
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Light Bulb Invented
Edison that was the smartest person invented the light bulb so the workers in the factories can work easy at night -
3rd Wave of Immigration
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Chinese Exclusion Act
the chinese exclusion act was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. -
Pendleton Act
made it unlawful to fire or demote for political reasons employees who were covered by the law. -
Dawes Act
The Americans wanted to change the African Indians by given them the same style as them. -
Interstate Commerce Act
the commerce act put on railroads so it would be easy for the farmers to transport their goods. -
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Gilded Age
an era that occurred during the late 19th century from the 1870s to about 1900s -
Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth
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Chicago’s Hull House
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Klondike Gold Rush
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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How the Other Half Lives
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Influence of Sea Power Upon History
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Progressive Era
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Imperialism
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Homestead Steel Labor Strike
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Pullman Labor Strike
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Plessy v. Ferguson
it prevented constitutional challenges to racial segregation -
Annexation of Hawaii
extended U.S territory into the pacific and highlighted resulted from economic integration -
Spanish American War
a conflict that happend between the United States and Spain that ended spanish colonial rule in the Americans -
Open Door Policy
protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with china -
Assassination of president McKinley
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Theodore Roosevelt
he established the food and druct act administartion to regulate food safety. -
Panama Canal U.S Construction Begins
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The Jungle
they had a story about it and it had brought to light the problems in the meat industry. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
it prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce -
Model- T
The vehicle was one of the first mass production vehicles, allowing ford to achieve his aim of manufacturing the universal car -
NAACP
it created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, voting -
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William Howard Taft
he was elected the 27th president of the U.S and later he became the tenth chief justice. -
16th Amendment
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Federal Reserve Act
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Woodrow Wilson
is a leader of the progressive movement and he lead America through world war 1 -
17th Amendment
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns
British forces first used tanks during the battle of the Somme and proved effective in crossing trenches -
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World War I
an international conflict that in 1914-18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia -
Sinking of the Lusitania
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National Parks System
manages and maintains several hundred national parks and other designated properties of the federal government -
Zimmerman Telegram
was a secret diplomatic communication issued form the German that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico -
Russian Revolution
the Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule -
U.S entry into WWI
President Woodrow Wilson went before a join session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
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Armistice
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties -
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen points
President woodrow giving a speech about ending world war I and to not happend again -
Treaty of Versailles
held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties in terms of loss territory -
18th Amendment
it banned the manufacture, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors -
19th Amendment
it granted women the right to vote -
President Harding's Return to Normalcy
Harding's campaign promised a return to "normalcy" rejecting the activism of Theodore Roosevelt -
Harlem Renaissance
In the Harlem neighborhood in NYC it was like a black cultural mecca in the early 20th century -
Red Scare
The promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism by a society or state -
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Roaring Twenties
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
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Scopes "Monkey" Trial
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Charles Lindbergh's Trans- Atlantic Flight
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St. Valentine's Day Massacre
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Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"
they were low wages, the poliferation of debt, a stuggling agricultural sector and excess of large bank loans that could not be liquidated -
Hoovervilles
was a shanty town built during the great depression by the homeless in the U.S -
Smooth- Hawley Tariff
intended to help American farmers raised already high import duties on a range of agricultural and industrial goods -
100,000 Banks Have Failed
the banks in every state were either temporarily closed or operating under restrictions -
Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)
curtailing farm production, reducing exports surpluses, and raising prices -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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Public Works Administration (PWA)
was a large scale public works construction agency in the us headed by secretary of the interior -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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New Deal Programs
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Dust Bowl
during a dry period in the 1930s people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
federal government that administrates social security as well as insurance against unemployment -
GI Bill
This right is to designed to help service members and eligible veterans cover the costs associated with getting an education. -
United Nations (UN) Formed
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Germany Divided
Germany was divided into four occupied zones after WW2 and had lost territories in the East to Poland. -
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Baby Boom
During the Great depression and WW2 many couples led to delay marriage and married couples to delay having children -
Truman Doctrine
Truman wanted to stop the spread of communism and had also convinced many that the U.S. was locked in life. -
22nd Amendment
It limits the President to only two four year terms in office. -
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The Cold War
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Marshall Plan
was a U.S. program providing aid to the Western Europe with the devastation of WW2. -
Berlin Airlift
A time in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed supplies into the West Berlin. -
Arab-Israeli War Begins
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NATO Formed
The NATO was formed in 1949 to provide collective security against the threat posed by the Soviet Union. -
Kim Il-sung invades South Korea
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UN forces push North Korea to Yalu River- the border with china
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Chinese forces cross Yalu and enter Korean War
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Korean War
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1950s Prosperity
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution
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Armistice Signed
It was the signed that ended hostilities between the Allies and Germany on the 11th of November 1918 -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Vietnam Independence but Country Split at 17th Parallel
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Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in North Vietnam
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Warsaw Pact Formed
It was to considered to have been motivated by soviet desires to maintain control over military forces in Eastern Europe. -
Polio Vaccine created by Jonas Salk
The polio vaccine had helped saved the U.S. children and this vaccine contains killed virus and is given by injection. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white male. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
a protest that was against racial segregation which African Americans refused to ride in buses. -
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Vietnam War
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Interstate Highway Act
It provided high speed of highways without stoplights and with exits spaced at least a mile apart. -
Elvis Presley First Hit Song
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Sputnik I
The first satellite that was launched into an elliptical low and The Soviet Union was the first to launched it. -
Leave it to Beaver First Airs on TV
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
Establish a commission on civil rights to investigate violations and was signed by President Dwight. -
Little Rock Nine
a group of black students where in a white central high school and were sent back to not come back due to the segregation and equal rights. -
Kennedy versus Nixon TV Debate
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Chicano Mural Movement Begins
Mexican-American culture art by painting on the walls of city, schools, buildings, churches. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and surprised them but at the end the attack was an utter failure -
Peace Corps Formed
Americans having peace and friendship by three goals the president had required -
Affirmative Action
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John F. Kennedy
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American Civil War
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Cuban Missile Crisis
A dangerous confrontation between United States and the Soviet Union -
Sam Walton Opens First Walmart
Sam had opened the first Walmart at age 44 and he wanted to bring a greater opportunity and value his costumers. -
Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
Lee Harvey had fired three shots from the sixth floor to President Kennedy and 30 mins later was pronounced dead. -
George Wallace Blocks University of Alabama Entrance
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The Feminine Mystique
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March on Washington
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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The Great Society
Programs, legislation, etc. that President Lyndon launched so the racial injustice it comes to an end. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorized President Lyndon to take action and attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
ended segregation in public places and prohibits discrimination on the basis of color, race, religion. -
24th Amendment
It ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans. -
Israeli-Palestine Conflict Begins
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
In the U.S. that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Malcom X Assassinated
is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his organization of Afro-American Unity -
United Farm Worker’s California Delano Grape Strike
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Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court
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Six Day War
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Tet Offensive
An attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese and encourage US to scale back -
My Lai Massacre
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
MLK had died on the second floor balcony where he was with his associates and when a bullet struck him in the neck and was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. -
Draft Lottery
A machine that has approximately 14 balls and are placed in the machine and they are mixed for 20 sec, and then the first ball is out -
Vietnamization
A strategy that President Richard had for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War -
Woodstock Music Festival
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Manson Family Murders
A family of four members who invaded the rented home of actress Sharon Tate and had killed Tate along with three friends and an old visitor. -
Apollo 11
A goal that had President F. Kennedy to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to earth -
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Richard Nixon
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Invasion of Cambodia
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Kent State Shootings
Kent State University demonstrators killing four and wounding nine Kent State students -
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA which is to protect human health and their environment -
Pentagon Papers
Are papers that are related to the political and military involvement of the US in Vietnam -
26th Amendment
The right for people who are 18 or older can now vote and shall not be denied or abridged by the US. -
Policy of Détente Begins
was a time of increased trade and cooperation with the Soviet Union and the signing of SALT treaties. -
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Jimmy Carter
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Title IX
prohibits sex discrimination in any education program -
Nixon Visits Communist China
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Watergate Scandal
was a major scandal that happen during the administration of U.S. President Richard that led to Nixon's resignation. -
War Powers Resolution
The president to notify Congress to commit armed forces to military action -
Roe v. Wade
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endangered species act
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OPEC Oil Embargo
OPEC stopped selling oil to the U.S. and embargo had banned petroleum exports to the nations. -
First Cell-Phones
The first cell phone was invented in 1973 and was by Motorola, this device provide a talk time of just 30 mins and required a 10 hours to recharge. -
United States v. Nixon
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Ford Pardons Nixon
Ford was feeling too much time dealing with the Watergate and did not have the time to his job as president and had pardon to end the issue. -
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Gerald Ford
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Fall of Saigon
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Bill Gates Starts Microsoft
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National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying Begins
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Steve Jobs Starts Apple
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Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
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Camp David Accords
established a framework for a historic peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Conservative Resurgence
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"Trickle Down Economics”
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War on Drugs
It began in June 1971, when the sales of the drugs where over the global and people were consuming too much drugs and President Richard Nixon had declared drug treatment efforts. -
AIDS Epidemic
Early in the 1960s was first noticed after doctors discovered clusters of Kaposi's sarcoma and infections have increased among some populations. -
Sandra Day O’Connor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
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Ronald Reagan
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Marines in Lebanon
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Iran-Contra Affair
US government doing illegal stuff like sending secret weapons to a known enemy and sent financial aid to a rebel force. -
The Oprah Winfrey Show First Airs
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"Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!”
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End of Cold War
the collapse of European Communist governments ended the Iron Curtain divide of Europe and that came to and end of Cold War. -
Berlin Wall Falls
was a pivotal event in world history which marked the falling of the Iron Curtain and was the start of the fall of communism. -
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George H. W. Bush
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Germany Reunification
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Iraq Invades Kuwait
Iraq had invaded Kuwait to gain more control over the lucrative oil supply of the Middle East. -
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Persian Gulf War
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Soviet Union Collapses
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Operation Desert Storm
a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait -
Rodney King
was an American activist and was beaten by LAPD officers during his arrest after a high speed chase. -
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Bill Clinton
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NAFTA Founded
Was signed in 1992 and the U.S. had took effect on 1994, it established a free trade zone in North America. -
Contract with America
the contracted detailed the actions the Republicans promised to take if they came the majority party in the U.S. -
O.J. Simpson’s “Trial of the Century”
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Bill Clinton’s Impeachment
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USA Patriot Act
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9/11
were four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Wahhabi terrorist group. -
War on Terror
the international military campaign that started after the September 11 attacks on the U.S. -
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George W. Bush
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War in Afghanistan
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NASA Mars Rover Mission Begins
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Iraq War
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Facebook Launched
A social media website that Mark Zuckerberg launches on February 4, 2004 to connect Harvard Harvard students with one another. -
Hurricane Katrina
A large hurricane that caused over 1,800 deaths and 125$billion damage in August 2005 in the city of New Orleans. -
My birthday
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Saddam Hussein Executed
Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi. -
iPhone Released
iPhone released in June 29 at the price of 499$ for the 4 GB model -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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Hilary Clinton Appointed U.S. Secretary of State
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Sonia Sotomayor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
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Barack Obama
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Arab Spring
was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, etc., that spread across the Arab world. -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
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Space X Falcon 9
is a two-stage rocket designed from the ground up by SpaceX. -
Donald Trump Elected President
Trump was entered in the 2016 presidential race as a Republican.
