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denies tribal rights, advances forced assimilation, opens lands to whites -
'Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education -
voting rights of blacks challenged with literacy tests and poll taxes -
Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy -
ends the Spanish-American War -
Teddy Roosevelt now 26th President -
Meat Inspection – set food quality standards -
assembly lines introduced -
women's suffrage (right to vote) -
establishment of income tax, 17th Amend.- direct election of senators -
World War I begins in Europe -
intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against the U.S.; US. Enters WWI -
outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol -
ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it -
completes world's first solo flight across Atlantic - seen as a hero -
Black Tuesday' - launches Great Depression -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected President -
repeals 18th amendment (prohibition) -
Social Security Act - establishes funds for unemployed and elderly -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters the War -
U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific -
(Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9) - Japan surrenders -
overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional -
1962- Cuban Missile Crisis -
bans discrimination in education, employment, & public places -
blamed whites for African American problems; assassinated
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Federal forces massacre 200 Sioux Indians
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