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is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they now formed a new nation—the United States of America.
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the us bought 828,000 miles of land for a price of about 15 million dollars, doubled the countries area
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was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
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was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the United States (the "Union" or the "North") and several[3] Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South").
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states thet segregation is legal if it is "seperate but equal"
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contraversial expolosion of the uss maine. leads to the spanish american wa. some say it was only accidental and that the us government used it as an excuse to get into a war.
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finished in 1914, america bought the land and backed up colombia's independence movement
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ended 1 year later, 110,00 people died
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crash in wallstreet leads america into the great depression, and even the whole world felt the crash.
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started in 1939, us didnt join until 1941. Was a new kind of war. ended in 1945
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us attacked by japanese armada, causes the untied states to enter WWII
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the american government put all suspect japenese citizens in internement camps and cruely and illegal left them there
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the us drops an atomic bomb on hiroshima, japan ending the war
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within a week US gets involved, attempt to stop the spread of communisim
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rules that segregation in public schools to be unconstitional
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started to try and stop communism from spreading, the least favorite war.
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john F kennedy assassinated on the grass knoll, very contraverisal on who commited the crime. allegedly john wilks booth
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martin luther king jr, a famous civil rights activist, was shot and killed while on a balcony in memphis
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president richard nixon resigns because of his involvment of the watergate scandal
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ronald reagan elected as the 40th president
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us and allied forces launch a giant aerial attack on iraq, four months after iraq invades kuwait
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al-queda terrosists bomb the two world trade centers in new york city, also bomb the pentagon and a failed attempt on attacking another building. lead to a change in foriegn policy and the patriot act.
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1,800 people died and $81 billion dollars of damage, the hurricane destroyed the leves flooding major parts of new orleans
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elected as the first black president, 44th. broke a racial barrier
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two russian bombers blew up a martathon, and fled. eventually they were caught one was killed