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The Declaration of Independence was signed by the US founding fathers and claimed their right of freedom from Britain.
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The Constitution for the newly formed United States was drafted and ratified for use.
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The Bill of Rights within the US constitution, listing the rights given to the citizens, was created and ratified.
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An act which gave 160 acres of land to anyone who would be willing to move West and expand into the coast.
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The 13th amendment was ratified to the Bill of Rights which abolished slavery.
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14th amendment was created and added to the Bill of Rights giving citizenship to all born or naturalized peoples in the states.
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The rails that started at opposing sides of the US, finally connected with a golden spike and allowed for railway travel.
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The 15th amendment was ratified to the Bill of Rights which established African American men the right to vote was in their rights as well.
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Alexander Graham Bell finished his testing of the wired telephone and showed it of to the masses with a performance done with his assistant.
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- Rockefeller/Carnegie- Two different sides to well off business men, based on their morals and how they ran their industry to gain a profit.
- Philanthropy- promote wealth of others usually with charity.
- Monopoly- a business that controls a certain supply or trade in a commodity or service.
- Jane Addams- A major figure within the fight of women's suffrage and a great political mind
- Laissez-faire- a form of "lazy" business that let the market control how the markets move and thrive.
- Rockefeller/Carnegie- Two different sides to well off business men, based on their morals and how they ran their industry to gain a profit.
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Prohibition of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, the first in US policy.
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Awarded Governmental jobs based solely on merit.
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Ensure the reasonable and just rate for the rail industry, the first in governmental business regulation
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Gave the individual ownership of land to single Native Americans and not the whole tribe.
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The first ever settlement house within the inner city called the Hull House, this housed workers and families alike in cramped rooms.
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Outlawed the ability and possibility of a monopoly within American business.
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Muckrakers-Reporters who dig up dirt or info that hurts businesses, coined by Roosevelt (T).
Initiative, Referendum, Recall-Ability for voters to change legislation to help get rid of corruption within the office.
The Great Migration-Large scale migration from the South, namely with African Americans, moved North for better life.
NAACP-A national association to help colored people further into society.
Immigration Issues-Newly introduced immigrants had a hard time fitting in and caused issue. -
A mass immigration to Alaska to make a profit of finding and selling gold from the gold rush.
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The main court case that established the principle/policy of "separate but equal" and legalized segregation.
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was written and printed.
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NAACP was founded to help people further into society.
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National Parks were thought of and introduced by Teddy Roosevelt.
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The U.N as an opposing force to the USSR is formed.
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Containment- Act by the U.S government to stop the spread of communism through the world.
Arms Race/Space Race- Competition between U.S and USSR to have superiority in space, race to the moon.
Communism- Government control of business and industry then back to the community.
Domino Theory- Political actions/ideas in one country will spread to neighboring ones.
Union of Soviet Socialist Countries- Combining of the Social countries of Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, etc. to fight the U.S. -
Policy to give aid to European countries to dissuade them from communism.
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Supply drops sent to East Berlin to help them after the USSR put up the blockade,
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Policy to aid European countries like France with reconstruction.
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Court ruled that the separate law at universities was not qualified under "separate but equal"
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Trail of the Soviet spies takes place and finds them guilty.
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The 22nd amendment is ratified which restricts the terms that could be served by the president to two.
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War between communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea ends
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Court ruled that the 14th amendment applied to Mexican Americans and all other races, not just Black Americans.
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Court ruled to overturn Plessy V Ferguson and mandated segregation.
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio vaccine for the population.
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A boycott was placed on the Montgomery Buses shortly after Rosa Parks protested.
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USSR launches the first man-made satellite into space; Sputnik.
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Little Rock Nine integrated several Black students into an all White school in Al.
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Bay of Pigs invasion on Cuba to stop the revolution
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Soviet Union erects a wall in East Berlin to trap its citizens and limit travel
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Cuba received warheads from the USSR which caused the U.S to panic and set up a quarantine around Cuba. Averted as U.S and USSR came to an agreement.
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JFK was killed in car on his trip to Dallas.
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MLK Jr had his nation wide "I Have a Dream" speech at Washington(not the state).
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Gives the president of the U.S the ability to carry out actions deemed necessary within war.
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Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis
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Medicare/Medicaid was passed into law to help low income peoples.
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters
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The North Vietnamese government launched a full scale attack on South Vietnam. It happened on the New Year and caused the U.S to fall back.
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prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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MLK Jr was killed in his hotel suite
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First manned mission onto the moon.
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Secret info about the Vietnam war was released by the press and caused a trial about the first amendments coverage of press.
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26th amendment is ratified and moves the right to vote from 21 down to 18.
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protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs
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Basically a retraction of the Tonkin Resolution. It limited the ability of the president to send troops to wherever or whenever he thinks to send them in war.
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Nixon is forced to resign as he is found out about his spying on political enemies.
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The North Vietnamese army reaches and overtakes Saigon from the U.S and South Vietnam. The end of the war is reached and the communist have won.
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Meeting between Egypt and Israel leaders to find peace.
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Radioactive meltdown with the reactors of three mile island.
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Iran revolt captured several U.S emissaries as hostages.
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Reagan found funding contras within Nicaragua
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24th amendment ratified abolishing the poll tax.