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early american history
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declaration of independence
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constitution written
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bill of rights ratified
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civil war reconstruction
13th Amendment: abolished slavery
14th Amendment: citizenship & due process
15th Amendment: voting for all male citizens
Plessy v. Ferguson: legalized segregation, established “separate but equal”
Homestead Act (1862): provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west
Sherman Antitrust Act (1890): outlawed business monopolies -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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Telephone invented
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the guilded age
industrialist who used questionable ways to grow their wealth vs business leaders personal fortune contributed to the country in some way.
Philanthropy:desire to promote the welfare of others
Monopoly:exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
Jane Addams:settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator and author.
Laissez-Faire:abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market. -
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
first of many settlement houses -
sherman anti-trust act
outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness -
Period: to
the progressive area
muckrakers-reform-minded journalists
referendum-a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
great migration- movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast
NAACP-The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
assimilation- process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group -
Klondike Gold Rush
(Alaska) -
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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Period: to
imperialism
treaty of paris
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Foreign Policy
Immigration Quotas
Yellow Journalism -
open door policy
initiated free trade with China -
Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
The jungle by unpton sinclair
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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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Dollar Diplomacy
Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America -
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
railroad act
war in Europe
lustiane
Alvin York
Homefront
M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI)
Sussex Pledge
American Expeditionary Forces -
Sinking of the Lusitania
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National park system created
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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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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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Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the wa
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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 -
19th amendment
women are given the right to vote -
18th amendment
prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal -
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The Roaring 20's
Social Darwinism
The Red Scare
Assembly Line
Return to Normalcy
Harlem Renaissance -
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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Period: to
the great depression
Hoovervilles
The New Deal
Causes of the Great Depression (5)
Court Packing
Eleanor Roosevelt -
Dust Bowl
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established
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20th amendment
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
21st amendment
repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) established
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social security act
established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families -
Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII
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World War II
Island Hopping
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Navajo Code Talkers
Tuskegee Airmen
Flying Tigers
The Manhattan Project
Rosie the Riveter -
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 -
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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United Nations formed
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early cold war
Containment
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 -
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end of the cold war
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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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Sweatt v. Painter
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
Rosenbergs trial
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22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
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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Civil rights era
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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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24th amendment
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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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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Civil Rights Act
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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Civil Rights Act
rohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
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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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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 -
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 -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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iran Contra Affair
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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1990-21st century
Barack Obama
al-Qaeda
No Child Left Behind
President Clinton’s Impeachment
Presidential Election of 2000 -
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
tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism -
Hurricane Katrina