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Early American History
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Declaration of Independence signed
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22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
13th Amendment
abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
citizenship & due process. -
Bill of Rights ratified
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Cilvil War/Reconstruction
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Homestead Act
provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west. -
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
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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 Anti-Trust Act
outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness. -
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The Progressive Era
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Plessy v. Ferguson
legalized segregation, established “separate but equal”. -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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1898
USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War. -
1898
Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States. -
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Imperialism
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Open Door Policy
initiated free trade with China. -
1904
Panama Canal Built. -
Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine. -
1906
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published. -
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. -
1909
NAACP Founded. -
16th Amendment
established the federal income tax -
Dollar Diplomacy
Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America. -
19th Amendment
women are given the right to vote. -
17th Amendment
direct election of U.S. Senators. -
Federal Reserve Act
established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry. -
1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I. -
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World War 1
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1915
Sinking of the Lusitania -
1916
National Parks System created. -
1917
Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the British, warned the U.S. -
1917
The United States enters WWI on the Allied side. -
1917
Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war. -
1918
Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the war. -
1918
Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers. -
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
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1922
Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal. -
American Indian Citizenship Act
Granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States. -
1925
Scopes Monkey Trial. -
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris. -
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Great Depression
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20th Amendment
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms. -
21st Amendment
repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends. -
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World War 11
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1945: United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
Containment: stopping the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race:
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Communism
Domino Theory -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
1948: 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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Cilvil Rights Era
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Vietnam War
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End of the Cold War
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Constitution Written
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1990s-21st Century