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Civil war had multiple causes,including sectionlism,slavery and different views of states rights.
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Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation it announced the E.P of slaves in those states still in rebellion on January 1st,1863.
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14th Amendment guarenteed all citizens "the Equal protection of laws" and "due process"
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General Robert E.Lee surrendered to grant at appomktax.less than a week later President Lincoln was assinated.
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the Third Party System which was competition between the two parties : The Democrats & Republicans fought over control of offices. minor parties issues of concern to prohibitionists,Farmers and labor unions.
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In 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad opened up the far-west mining and ranching regions. The train traveled from New York to San Francisco and it took 6 days instead of 6 months
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After north troops were withdrawn , Southern states started passing segregation laws in the 1870's.
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The west and north side had an era of rapid economic growth. in Europe American wages for skilled workers, were much higher!The nation was rapidly expanding the economy.
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South states governments passed "jim crow" laws reduring racial segregation. and the sepration of "white" and "Colored" in public places.
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Industrialization brought major changes, including the rise of a labor movement and the emergence of women's organizations
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The Watt steam engine known as the Boulton and Watt steam engine was the first type of steam engine to make use of steam at a pressure just above atmospheric to drive the piston helped by a partial vacuum.
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Dawes plan lent money to Germany while temp reading german repartations payments
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Roaring 20's ; The new decade of the roaring twenties would be a time of change for everyone
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WWI broke out in Eurpoe w./ several long term causes Nationalism, Economic rivaries and imperalism. the alliance system and militarism they wanted control over France, German was the main w./ Imperalism
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The United states bacame involved with the World war I because americans tried to stay out of the war. in 1915 a german submarine sank the lusitania...
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The rest of the war was financed through borrowing. Liberty bonds were government bonds that were sold to the public and paid a low interset rate.
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The triumph of bolshevism in Russia , was a series of strikes and random bombings by many americans and anarchists led on americans to fear a commiunists revolution at home during the red scare .
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President roosevelt responded to the Great depression by making a new deal with recovery. Lead by economic weakness in the 1920's.
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Some Causes were stock market crashes , federal reserve "tight money". the had over production that was under consumption. and also tariffs were high. speculation was also another cause.
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It was the longest, deepest, Depression of the 20th century....which had devastating effects in countries rich and poor. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped.
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The Neutrallity Acts of 1935-37 aimed at keeping the U.S out of the war. they allowed americans to sell non military goods to countries at war on a cash and carry basis.
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Nazi Germany invaded Poland in sep of 1939. France and Britain declared war on germany. Germany coordinated its airplanes , tanks, and motorized troop carriers in the new blitzkrieg or warfare.
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Japan Luanched a suprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Germany and Italy also declared war on the united states
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in 1947 communists threatned the governments of Greece and Turkey. President Truman announced the Truman Doctrine; the U.S would provide assistance to free countires resisting communism.
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African americans organizations like the NAACP , the NUL and CORE worked to improve conditions and mobilize african americans in the early 20th century.
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The western allies formed NATO in 1949. The sovient union and its eastern European satellites formed the warsaw pact in 1955.
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The MBB Was a successful attempt to end segregration on public transit.The success of the boycott caused several of its leaders to form the southern christian leadership council
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in 1956 loas and cambodia became independent. Vietnamese was divided between two communist.
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Sovient success in sending sputnik in to space in 1957 caused the united states to increase its spending on science education and to enter the space race
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Militants disappointed at slow progress of civil rights.the black power movement began w./ a group of leaders who wanted african americans to take control
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Nixon was elected president in 1968. his policy of Vietnamization replaced troops with south Vietnamese.
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Dr.Henry Kissinger signed the paris peace accords with north vietnam.the Us withdrew all troops but continued to send aid. South vietnam fell to the communits in 1975
