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People in the US moved west after reconstruction.They said that it was their god given right.
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United States fought each other with two sides the Union or the Confederacy. Many things caused the war such as slavery, the Missouri compromise and Abraham Lincoln.
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Secretary of state William H. Seward purchased Alaska because of America's new imperialist ideas. He purchased it from Russia for $7.2 million dollars.
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He was 18th US president. He was a general of the Union in the civil war.
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Jim Crow laws were local and state laws that enforced segregation between blacks and whites. They were made for southern states.
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He was the 19th president of the US. He helped to restore the mess after the civil war and reconstruction.
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This gave concessions to the south after reconstruction. Helped settle the highly disputed 1876 presidential election.
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He was our 20th president and was there a short time. He was shot in the back and eventually died from his wound.
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He was our 21st president. He came into office because of Garfield's assassination
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Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president. He got elected twice. Benjamin Harrison 1889 to 1893 was in between him.
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This helped set up price control. It also required railroad rates to be "reasonable and just."
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He was our 23rd US president. Cleveland served before and after him.
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This put taxes on all foreign manufactured goods. This tried to put an emphasis on buying American goods.
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Organized out of meetings from farmer's alliances. Created graduated income tax and a better federal loan program.
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He was the 25th US president. He was a congressman and governor before becoming president.
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This was aconflict between Spain and the United States. This was the first major move of the US in the late 19th century.
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America wanted to get Hawaii because of their imperialistic ideas and before it was too late. Although Hawaii was theirs, it wasn't until later it became a state.
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Black men are attacked after voting by white men outside the government building with rifles. Fourteen black men are killed on this day.
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Secretary of State suggested the idea of the open door policy. This meant that foreign nations could trade anywhere in China.
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This was created because the US wanted a sphere of influence in China. They didn't have access to one at the current time.
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This was the deadliest hurricane in US history. Between 6000 and 12000 were killed.
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Mckinley is assassinated on this day. This causes Theodore Roosevelt to become president.
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He was the 26th US president. He was governor of New York and had his own group in the Spanish-American army called the rough riders.
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At first the Columbian government wouldnt allow it but the US helped Panama become independent by helping them in their revolution. We then were able to come talk over a deal with the new government.
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Theodore Roosevelt's speech about American power extended the Monroe Doctrine. He told us that America should be the "policemen of the western hemisphere."
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This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 and killed 3000 people. It destroyed 80% of the city.
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William Taft is elected over William jennings Bryant. Taft fought to lower tariffs but many republicans opposed him.
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He was the 27th US President. He was also 10th chief Justice of US.
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Woodrow Wilson (democrat) wins this election. The republican party was split between Taft on T. Roosevelt.
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He was America's 28th US President. He led US through WW1 and came with the League of nations.
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The main cause of the war was the killing of the Archduke Ferdinand. The USA entered WW1 April 1,1917.
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This was a british passenger ship sunk by the Germans. 128 Americans were killed.
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This was signed at the end of WW1. New nations were a result of this.
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Warren G. Harding won the election of 1920. He was very much against the league of nations.
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He was the 29th president of the US. He was a well liked and very stern politician from Ohio.
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Calvin Coolidge was the 30th US president. Before president he was a lawyer and governor of Massachusetts.
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He was the 31st president of the US. He was a proffessional mining engineer and a Quaker.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt beat Herbert Hoover in a landslide after presenting the "New Deal" for Americans. This new deal created jobs and agencies.
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He was the 32nd US president. He helped us win WW2 and end the Depression.
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Hitler annexed Austria saying that he was helping Germans in the country. This ended up not helping them at all.
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France and Britain declare war on Germany. This starts WW2.
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WW2 started with Germany invading Poland. Axis and Allied Powers.
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The President could lend or lease goods to anyone whose defense was vital to the United States. US imposed embargo on Japan and froze all Japanese assets in the US.
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He was our 33rd president. He took over as FDR died and served two terms.
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US and Soviet union spy and prepare for war but we never come to it. This leads to us having largest military but also largest debt.
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North Korea was occupied by Soviets and the South was accupied by the US and after troops in SOuth pulled out the North invaded the South so 400,000 troops were sent to help the south.
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He was our thirty-fourth president. He was a military commander and helped ease cold-war tensions.
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This war was between North and South Vietnam. The North were the communists and they wanted independence for all of Vietnam.
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Invasion of Egypt by Israel. It was caused by the nationalization of the Suez Canal.
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Conflict over Israel and Egypt over control of Suez canal. This has been in contention since WW2.
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An American U-2 spy plane was shot down over in Soviet Union. Soviet premier threatened us.
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Fidel Castro takes power of Cuba with communism. CIA prepares for invasion of the island but it is a huge failure.
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He was our 35th president. He served only three years after being assassinated but helped us greatly with reduce nuclear threats.
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Soviets placed missiles capable of reaching the US in Cuba. Kennedy blockaded the island and soviets agreed to dismantle them.
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He was our 36th president. He was president during the time of Matin Luther King and passed civil rights bills during that time.
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This was put into effect by president Lyndon B. Johnson. This helped protect the voting rights of blacks.
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He was our 37th president. He was the first president to resign.
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He was our 38th president. He took over after Nixon Resigned.
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He was our 39th us president. He won the nobel peace prize in 2002.
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Jimmy Carter brokered a deal between Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Menachin Begin of Israel. Met at Camp David Presidential home.
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He was our 40th president. He helped us end the cold war and tear down the berlin wall.
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He was our 41st president and also previously our 43rd vice president. He washe last president to serve in the military.
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He was our 42nd president. He was almost impeached because of a scandal in the white house.
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He was our 43rd president. Previously to becoming president he was governor of Texas.
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Four coordinated attacks by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda hijacked airplanes and used themselves as suicide bombers, killing thousands of innocent people.
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He is our current US president. He is the first African-American president.