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Alexander Graham Bell finished the inention of the telephone and an industry was born.
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19th President of the United States
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20th President of the United States. Was assassinated 6 months after he was put into office.
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President Garfield was killed by a man wanting political office, but wasn't qualified. the Pendleton Act was passed in 1883 to set up examinations of candidates running for a political office.
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21st President of the United States. Took the place of President Garfield after he was assassinated.
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Prohibited Chinese labor immigration
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22nd President of the United States. Only served one term but would become President again.
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23rd President of the United States. Was a US Senator from Indiana before becoming President.
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Date the McKinley Tariff became a law. The tariff put a tax on all goods manufactured in another country.
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24th President of the United States. Only Preisdent ever to serve as the two different times.
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25th President of the United States. Was assassinated 6 months into his second term.
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The American warship, USS Maine, suddenly bew up while sitting in the Havana Harbor. It is believed that the Spanish may be responsible for the tragedy.
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The US captured Peurto Rico from Spanish rule and would later make it a US province in 1917.
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The United States took over Hawaii and overthrew their quuen. This is he date Hawaii became a US Province.
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Black men were attacked by white men outisde a government building after the black men had voted. 14 black men were killed.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Spanish-American war and giving the US control of the Philippines from Spain.
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Hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas. Deadliest hurricane in U.S. history killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people.
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26th President of the United States. Replaced President McKinley aftern he was assassinated. Roosevelt ended up being liked very much by the people and got re-elected to a 2nd term.
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The date that the Corollary was accepted by Congress. The Roosevely Corollary extended the Monroe Doctrine.
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7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 3,000 people and destroyed 80% of the city.
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William Howard Taft defeats William Jennings Bryan to become President of the United States.
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27th President of the United States. Taft is known by most people for being the fattest US President. Many people don't know about his politics. Taft was actually a pretty decent President.
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Fore killed 146 worekrs and because of the fire more strict saftey laws for factories were implemented.
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Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) was running against Teddy Roosevelt (Bull Moose Party) and Herbert Hoover (Republican). The Republican vote was split and Wilson was elected President.
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28th President of the United States. Wilson is considered by many to be one of the greatest Presidents in US History.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary has travelled to Serbia and was killed by a Serbian terrorist named Gavrillo Princip.
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German forces invaded neutral Belgium in order to get to France. Germany instantly became the bad guy. The attack was eventually stopped before the Germans got to Paris, a stalemate developed.
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British passenger ship was sunk by German submarines. 128 Americans were killed. The sinking of the ship is part of the reason the US entered World War I.
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The Great War ends and US President Woodrow Wilson comes out with his "14 Points"
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Signed on this date. The treaty ended World War I and blamed Germany for all the damage the war caused. The treaty put Germany in $337 billion worth of debt.
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President Harding was sworn in in 1921 and served as President until hs death in 1923 because of a heart attack.
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29th President of the United States. Died halfway through his first term.
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Took over as the President of the United States after the death of President Harding in 1923
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30th President of the United States. Took the place of President Harding after he died in office. Coolidge earned a re-election.
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Hoover was elected President of the United States. The US was in the midst of a depression and Hoover didn't really do much to try and help out the American people.
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31st President of the United States. Hoover may have been the worst President in US History. He really didn't do anything at all.
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The day the stock market crashed and officially began the Great Depression.
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FDR defeats Herbert Hoover to become President. Roosevelt would eventually become the only President to be re-elected 4 times.
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32nd President of the United States, Led the US through World War II. Many Americans consider Roosevelt to be the best President in US History.
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Hitler and the Nazis annexed Austria because Hitler claimed that he was trying to help the Germans that were Austria.
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Hitler and his Nazi forces an annexation of Czechoslovakia and the Nazis also took control of Slovakia.
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Non-Aggression Pact. The pact said that the two countires agreed to not take military action against each other for 10 years.
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Hitler violated the Non-Agression Pact. The Nazis invaded in the hopes to control all the oil and mineral sources in the Soviet Union.
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The Japanese launched on the US Military Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The surprise attack directly got the United States involved in World War II.
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33rd President of the United States. Took the place of President Roosevelt's death. Truman made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.
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The United States dropped the first atomic bomb the world had ever seen in combat on Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb killed around 80,000 people instantly and destroyed around 90% of the city. People are still dying of the radiation from the bomb today.
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"Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. The dropping of this atomic bomb forced the surrender of Japan.
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Emperor Hirohito of Japan announced their surrender to the United States, thus ending World War II.
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34th President of the United States. Was a 5 star general in World War II before becoming President.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were exectued via electric chair on this date for sharing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Government.
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The completion date of the Interstate system which was wanted by President Eisenhower so the US could get military forces across the country faster.
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35th President of the United States. The youngest President in US History. Was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while in a parade in Dallas.
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President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas while in a parade. The governor of Texas was also shot in this same event.
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36th President of the United States. Took the place of JFK after he was assassinated. Johnson did a good job in replacing Kennedy and earned re-election.
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37th President of the United States. Was forced to resign from office because of his famous Watergate Scandal.
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Protestors protesting the war in Vietnam were fired upon by member of the Ohio National Guard. 4 students were killed and 9 others were injured.
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38th President of the United States. Replaced President Nixon after he resigned. Ford did not earn a re-election.
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39th President of the United States. Was probaby the nicest US President ever, but wasn't a good President when it came to politics.
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President Carter brought Anwar Sudat of Egypt and Menachem Begin of Israel to the United States and took them to Camp David so they both countries could agree to a peace treaty.
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40th President of the United States. Most Americans living today consider Reagan to be the best President of all time.
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41st President of the United States. Wasn't particuarly a good President but wasn't horrible either. Most known for his actions against the Middle East.
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42nd President of the United States. Clinton's presidency is remembered by most for his affair with secretary Monica Lewinsky.
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Date NAFTA was founded. Stands for North American Free Trade Agreement. Encourages trading between North American countries (US, Canada, Mexico)
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43rd President of the United States. Son of former President George H.W. Bush. George W. earned a re-election because he was a good President. Most known for his actions in the War on Terror.
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Terrorists hijacked 4 planes headed for different US cities. 2 of the planes were crashed into the World Trade Centers in New York City. 1 was crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. The last was believed to be headed for the White House but was taken over by the passengers and crash landed in a field in Pennslyvania.
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Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. Devastates the city and almost completely destroys the French Quarter of New Orleans. Citizens of New Orleans were moved to the SuperDome for shelter.
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44th President of the United States. Obama is a very historic President as he is the first and only black President in American history.