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Began when British leaders sought a strict control over American colonies
Declaration of Independence, 1776
Colonies won independence from Great Britain
Important leaders include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson -
The Second Continental Congress's statement that announced the 13 colonies' independence from Great Britain
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America begins it's life as a new nation
U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1789
Constitutional Principles:
Separations of Powers, Checks and Balances, Federalism, etc.
Bill of Rights -
The Supreme Law of the United States ratified in 1788
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The American people begin their Manifest destiny
California Gold Rush
Abolitionism
Women's Suffrage begins (Major leader- Susan B. Anthony) Temperance Movement
Asylum and Prison Reform -
The American people's idea that westward expansion during the 1800s was a God-given right
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Union (North) vs. Confederacy (South)
Southern states secede from the United States
Emancipation Proclamation
Important leaders include Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee -
War between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South)
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Railroad growth throughout the U.S.
Mining, ranching, cattle industry boom
Farming and Agricultural innovation
Conflict between Americans and Native Americans -
Period that was spent rebuilding the U.S. after the Civil War
13th, 14th, 15th Amendment
Ku Klux Klan (extremist movement that advocates white supremacy)
Jim Crow Laws (racial segregation) -
Westward Expansion promoted the growth of railroads and industry growth throughout the U.S.
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Major Industrialization and Urbanization
Monopolies
Immigration
Important people include Andrew Carnegie, Grover Cleveland, etc. -
Laws that enforced racial segregation from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s
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Industrialization was a key part of basically all developed countries during the late 1800s
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Overseas expansion of the United States
Spanish American War in 1898
Annexation of Hawaii
Important people include Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft -
Major democratic reforms
Monopoly regulation post-Gilded Age
Consumer Protection
Environmental Conservation
Women's Suffrage: 19th Amendment
Prohibition -
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Lusitania- British ship sunk by German forces
Zimmerman Telegram- Telegram between Germany and Mexico proposing an alliance
Trench Warfare
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations- Created in 1920 as a result of World War I -
Trench Warfare
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The Jazz Age
Flappers
Prohibition- Nation-wide outlaw of alcohol
The "new" KKK
Scopes Trial- Trial following the law about teaching evolution in the 1920s -
Nationwide Outlaw of Alcohol
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Stock Market Crash caused nationwide depression
High unemployment
Important people include Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal -
Stock market crash that caused nationwide depression
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Holocaust
Important people include Adolf Hitler, Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Europe and the Pacific sides of the war
Atomic Bomb -
Genocide of Jewish people by the Nazis
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Soviet Union and Communism
Containment
Arms Race (weapons development) between the U.S.S.R and the U.S.
Space Race (Sputnik in 1957)
Espionage (spies) -
Law case that had a major ruling in the deconstruction of segregation laws during the Civil Rights Movement
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Civil Rights- The movement for racial equality
Sit ins
Brown vs. Board of Education
"I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Part of the Cold War (but no direct conflict between U.S. and U.S.S.R)
U.S. supported South Vietnam's plea for democracy against the communist North Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
The draft for soldiers
Antiwar Movement -
Race for technological development in space exploration
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War between North Vietnam and South Vietnam that the U.S. got involved in to keep communism from spreading
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Inflation
Oil Crisis
Conservative Resurgence
End of the Cold War
Technological Revolution -
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Globalization
9/11 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center
War on Terror
Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
2008 Economic Recession
Election of Barack Obama -
Hurricane that caused major damage to New Orleans
