American History 2

By GabbieJ635

  • Manifest Destiny

    God goven right to move westward.
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    Ulysees S. Grant.

  • Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell. Easier and faster communication,
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    Rutherford B. Hayes

  • Jim Crow Laws

    To maintain white supremecy in the South after recunstruction.Ended in 1965.

  • Compromise of 1877

    Help given to the South post recunstruction era.
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    James Garfield

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    Chester A. Aurthur

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Prohibited Chinese labor for 10 years.
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    Grover Clevland

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    Benjamin Harrison

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    "seperate but equal"
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    William Mckinley

  • Spanish American War

    First move of the United States to become a global power. We gain control of the South American islands.

  • Wilmington Race Riots

    Black men are attackrt aftermvoting by white men outside of a government building with rifles. 14 blacks were killed.

  • Galveston Hurricane

    Deadliest hurricane in U.S. History. between 6,000 and 12,000 dead.

  • San Fransico Earthquake of 1906

    7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 3,000 people and destroyed 80% percent if the city.
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    William Howard Taft

  • The Great Migration.

    Blacks want to move to Northern states in search of a better job and better lives for their families.

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    Killed 146 workers and began a movement to increase safety regulations for factories.
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    Woodrow Wilson

  • World War I

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist. Germany invaded Belgium.Great Britain and France delcare war in Germany.

  • 18th Amendment

    Stopped sell, purchase and distribution of liquor.

  • 19th Amendment

    Gave women the right to vote.
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    Warren G. Harding

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    Calvin Coolidge

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    Herbert Hoover

  • Great Depression

    No one had money. Unemployment rate at its highest. Homless rate at its highest.

  • Stock Market Crash

    "Black Tuesday" Bottom fell out of the Stock Market. By November 30 million dollars had dissapeared.

  • The Dust Bowl.

    Drought came to the flat lands in the middle of the country which lead to a whole bunch of dust to form and winds were so bad it made mssive clouds of dirt and debris.
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    Frankiln D. Roosevelt

  • World War II

    Germany and Hitler's Nazi army invaded Poland. Over 30 countries fought in this war. American didn't join the War until 1941 when we ewre attcked by Japan.

  • Lend- Lease Act

    The President could lend or lease military supplies to other nations in need.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Pearl Harbor was a U.S. Naval Base stationed on the coast of Hawaii. It was bombed by the Japanese. 2,400 people were killed and it sank 18 Naval Ships, one being the U.S.S. Arizona. This caused the United States to join World War II.

  • Operation Overlord.

    Operation Overlord.
    A cross- channel invasion by the Allies into Northern France. Allied forces recaptured Paris and drove the Germans to berlin.
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    Harry S.Truman

  • Treaty of Versailles - 1945

    Ended WWII

  • Potsdam Conference.

    Potsdam Conference.
    Leaders agreed to direction of postwar Germany and all decided to dedicate to the unconditional surrender of Japan.

  • The Nurembug Trials

    The Nurembug Trials
    These trials convicted all of the Nazi soldiers that had anything to do with the Holocaust.

  • Executive Order 9981

    Completley desegragated the military after WWII.
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    Dwight D. Eisenhower

  • Vietnam War.

    Started when North Vietnamese wanted independence from France. America joined because 2 American Naval ships were attacked in the Gulf of Tonic Incident.

  • Suez Crisis

    9 day conflict between Israel and Egypt over the Suez Canal.

  • Little Rock 9

    Federal troops went in to Arkansas and held people back while black students went into a white school

  • U-2 Incident

    U.S. spy plane shot down over Russia.
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    John F. Kennedy

  • Berlin Crisis

    Berlin wall created to stop the flood of refugees from East Germany, which was controlled by communists.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Soviet Union placed nuclear arms in Cuba.
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    Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Tet Offense

    Vietcong led surprise attacks on major cities in Vietnam.
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    Richard Nixon

  • Colombian Anti Drug Intervention

    Nixon declars war on drugs and on Pablo Escobar.

  • War Powers Act.

    Passed to limit war- making powers of the President.
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    Gerald Ford

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    Jimmy Carter

  • Camp David Accords

    Jimmy Carter created a deal between Egypt and Israel.
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    Ronald Reagan

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    George H. W. Bush

  • Persian Gulf War

    U.S. invaded Iraq. Chased Suddahm Hussein but never cought up with him.
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    Bill Clinton

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    George W. Bush

  • Terror Attacks of 9/11

    2 hijackedd planes flew into the World Trade Centers in New York City. A third plane flew into the Pentagon. A fourth into a Pennsylvania field.

  • Hurricane Katrina.

    Devestated the city and left most of it underwater. Thousands of people were left homeless and migrated to the Southeast.
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    Barack Obama

  • Election of 2008

    First black president Barack Obama elected.