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Early American History
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Declaration of Independence signed
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Constitution written
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Bills of Rights ratified
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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Homestead Act
provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west -
13th Amendment
abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
citizenship & due process -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment
voting for all male citizens -
Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Glided Age
- Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
- Philanthropy
- Monopoly
- Jane Addams
- Laissez-Faire
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Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first US national immigration act -
Pendleton Civil Service Act
awarded government jobs based on merit -
Interstate Commerce Act
ensure railroad set “reasonable and just” rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business -
Dawes Act
gave individual ownership of land to native americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively -
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed business monopolies -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness -
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The Progressive Era
- Muckrakers
- Initiative, Referendum, Recall
- The Great Migration
- NAACP
- Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism)
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Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Plessy v. Ferguson
legalized segregation, established “separate but equal” -
USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War
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Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States
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Imperialism
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Rough Riders
- Foreign Policy
- Immigration Quotas
- Yellow Journalism
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Open Door Policy
initiated free trade with China -
Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
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Panama Canal Built
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Meat Inspection Act
law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat -
Pure Food and Drug Act
regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines -
NAACP Founded
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Dollar Diplomacy
Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America -
16th Amendment
established the federal income tax -
17th Amendment
direct election of U.S. Senators -
Federal Reserve Act
established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I
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World War I
- Alvin York
- Homefront
- M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI)
- Sussex Pledge
- American Expeditionary Forces
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Sinking of the Lusitania
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National Parks System created
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Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the British, warned the U.S. of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany
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The United States enters WWI on the Allied side
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war
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Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the war
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Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers
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President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
statement of principles for peace after World War I, included no colonialism, freedom of the seas, and a League of Nations -
Treaty of Versailles
peace treaty that ended World War I, required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize -
18th Amendment
prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal -
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Roaring Twenties
- Social Darwinism
- The Red Scare
- Assembly Line
- Return to Normalcy
- Harlem Renaissance
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19th Amendment
women are given the right to vote -
Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal
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American Indian Citizenship Act
granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States -
American Indian Citizenship Act
granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States -
Scopes Monkey Trial
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Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris
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Stock Market Crash
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Great Depression
- Hoovervilles
- The New Deal
- Causes of the Great Depression (5)
- Court Packing
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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Dust Bowl
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established
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20th Amendment
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
21st Amendment
repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends -
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) established
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Social Security Act
established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families -
Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII
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World War II
- Island Hopping
- Liberation of Concentration Camps
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Douglas MacArthur
- Chester W. Nimitz
- Navajo Code Talkers
- Tuskegee Airmen
- Flying Tigers
- The Manhattan Project
- Rosie the Riveter
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
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Bataan Death March
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Executive Order 9066
incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII
G.I. Bill (1944): gives military veterans financial and educational benefits -
“D-Day” - Invasion of Normandy
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G.I. Bill
gives military veterans financial and educational benefits -
United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
- Containment
- Arms Race/Space Race
- The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Communism
- Domino Theory
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The atomic bomb, “Little Boy” is dropped in Hiroshima, Japan (August 6)
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The atomic bomb, “Fat Man” is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, ending World War II (August 9)
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Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Sweatt v. Painter
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Vietnam War
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
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Interstate Highway Act
authorized the building of a national highway system -
USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
First Man on the Moon
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Tinker v. Des Moines
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
Kent State University shooting
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End of The Cold War
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century