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The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the late 18th to early 19th century in the United States. It spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching and sparked a number of reform movements -
1790s-1830s The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the late 18th to early 19th century in the United States. It spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching and sparked a number of reform movements. Revivals were a key part of the movement and attracted hundreds of converts to new Protestant denominations. The Methodist Church used circuit riders to reach people in frontier locations -
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Alexander Hamilton's financial plan was implemented primarily in the early years of the 1790s, specifically during George Washington's first term. The core of the plan was proposed in four notable reports to Congress between 1790 and 1791. These reports addressed issues like national debt, state debt, and the establishment of a national bank -
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a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, primarily over impressment of American sailors, trade restrictions, and disagreements over Native American policy. The war saw several key events, including British attacks on American soil, a naval blockade of the U.S. coastline, and significant victories by both sides -
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The temperance movement, rooted in America's Protestant churches, first urged moderation, then encouraged drinkers to help each other to resist temptation, and ultimately demanded that local, state, and national governments prohibit alcohol outright. -
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President Andrew Jackson signed it into law that same day, authorizing the relocation of Native American tribes west of the Mississippi River -
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. -
President Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States on July 10, 1832. This veto was a significant event in Jackson's presidency and became a central point in the "Bank War" -
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Although estimates vary, it is believed as many as 1 million Irish men, women and children perished during the Famine, and another 1 to 2 million emigrated from the island to escape poverty and starvation, with many landing in various cities throughout North America and Great Britain. -
This period of mass starvation and disease was primarily caused by a potato blight that destroyed a third of Ireland's population's primary food source. As a result, a large number of Irish people emigrated to other countries, including the United States, seeking refuge and better opportunities -
invasion of Mexico by the United States Army. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas. -
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. Its organizers advertised it as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". -
Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, that launched the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Seneca Falls was the home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who, along with Lucretia Mott, conceived of and directed the convention. -
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The Temperance Movement primarily took hold during the 1820s through the 1850s. While it began in the early 1800s, it gained significant momentum and broad influence in the following decades. The movement aimed to discourage the consumption of alcohol, often through moral persuasion and later, through advocating for legislative changes like local option and statewide prohibition -
1853-1857 -
The act's key provision was the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the establishment of popular sovereignty in the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowing residents to decide on the issue of slavery -
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The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. The war ended in Spring, 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. -
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This amendment officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States. -
John Wilkes Booth, a prominent American actor, snuck up behind President Abraham Lincoln as he watched a play at Ford's Theater, and shot him in the back of the head at point-blank range -
This makes it one of the Reconstruction Amendments, designed to address the rights of formerly enslaved people following the Civil War -
The amendment guarantees the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
1869-1877 -
The amendment guarantees the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
1870s-1965 The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, "Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American. The last of the Jim Crow laws were generally overturned in 1965. -
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Between the 1880s and 1920s, hundreds of settlement houses were established in American cities in response to an influx of European immigrants as well as the urban poverty brought about by industrialization and exploitative labor practices. -
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1881-1881 -
It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States -
This act prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers for a period of ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization. -
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was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine -
Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and social connection. -
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World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. -
U.S. agrees to purchase Danish West Indies (Virgin Islands) for $25 million (treaty
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During the course of eighteen terrible hours on May 31 and June 1, 1921, more than one thousand homes and businesses were destroyed, while credible estimates of deaths range from fifty to three hundred. By the time the violence ended, the city had been placed under martial law, thousands of Tulsans were being held under armed guard, and the state's second-largest African American community had been burned to the ground. -
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Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th president (March 4). He signs resolution declaring peace with Austria and Germany -
The Tulsa Race Massacre was a devastating event that occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from May 31 to June 1, 1921. It was a large-scale attack by a white mob on the Greenwood District, a predominantly African American neighborhood often referred to as "Black Wall Street" due to its economic prosperity -
It was first proposed to Congress in 1923 by Senator Curtis and Representative Anthony. The ERA's core purpose was to guarantee equal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex -
Three years after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was initially proposed in Congress in 1923 in an effort to secure full equality for women. It seeks to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters. -
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The longest and deepest downturn in the history of the United States and the modern industrial economy lasted more than a decade, beginning in 1929 and ending during World War II in 1941 -
1929-1933 -
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The stock market crashed and quickly led to he Great Depression -
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The Dust Bowl is considered the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history. In the 1930s, a severe drought combined with poor farming practices and economic depression, led to severe wind erosion of the topsoil, affecting portions of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. -
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The New Deal was a series of economic and social programs implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1938 in response to the Great Depression. It is often divided into two phases: the First New Deal (1933-1934) and the Second New Deal (1935-1938). The New Deal aimed to provide relief for the unemployed, facilitate economic recovery, and reform the financial system -
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war -
1940s-1970s The Hispanic community embarked on a social movement aimed at combating institutional racism, increasing cultural hegemony, and guaranteeing equal labor and political rights. The Chicano Movement sparked national conversations on the political and social autonomy of Hispanic groups everywhere in the United States. -
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The attack on Pearl Harbor also launched a rash of fear about national security, especially on the West Coast. In February 1942, just two months later, President Roosevelt, as commander-in-chief, issued Executive Order 9066 that resulted in the internment of Japanese Americans -
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white U.S. servicemen and police officers descended upon a majority-Mexican American neighborhood in East Los Angeles, California, and harassed, beat, and detained hundreds of Mexican American youth. -
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The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 -
Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation, were implemented in the Southern United States starting in the late 1870s and remained in place until the mid-20th century. These laws segregated African Americans from whites in public facilities, such as schools, restrooms, restaurants, and transportation. While the term "Jim Crow" is often used to describe the period of segregation in the South, it's important to note that segregation existed in many other parts of the United States as well -
The Korean War started on 25 June 1950 and ended on 27 July 1953, after the signing of an armistice agreeing that the country would remain divided. -
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The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. -
1960s-1970s The Red Power Movement was able to deliver many rights to Indians throughout the nation. Tribes were able to gain some autonomy on their own lands, gain more rights, and earn funding for their communities and schools. -
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While some roots of the movement can be traced back to the 1940s and 1950s, it gained significant momentum during this period. Key events like the Delano grape strike (1965) and the East L.A. walkouts (1968) are often cited as catalysts -
The Stonewall riots (also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, Stonewall revolution, or simply Stonewall) were a series of spontaneous riots and demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. -
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Stonewall riots, series of violent confrontations that began in the early hours of June 28, 1969, between police and gay rights activists outside the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. As the riots progressed, an international gay rights movement was born -
It emerged from a growing awareness of Indigenous identity and activism, fueled by long-standing grievances over treaty rights and the Termination Policy -
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The Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 1987. Around 750,000 people participated. Its success, size, scope, and historical importance have led to it being called, "The Great March". -
he Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a massive political rally in Washington, D.C. The rally took place on October 11, 1987. Due to its large turnout of around 750,000 participants and the focus on AIDS activism, this March on Washington stands as an important part of LGBTQ history. -
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Bombing of federal office building in Oklahoma City kills 168 people (April 19). U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with Vietnam (July 11). President Clinton sends first 8,000 of 20,000 U.S. troops to Bosnia for 12-month peacekeeping mission (Dec.). Budget standoff between President Clinton and Congress results in partial shutdown of U.S. government (Dec. 16–Jan. 6). -
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On the morning of 11 September 2001, 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes in the United States. Two planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing both towers to collapse. A third plane was crashed into the Pentagon, just outside Washington, DC. -
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