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Robber barons
robber barons was a term that implied American business man during the 19th century where wealthy and powerful. -
Transcontinental railroad
the Transcontinental Railroad was finished and led to rapid settlement of the western united states it also made it much easier to transport goods over long distances from one part of the country to another -
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Gilded age
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industrial revolution
the trade development was increasing among the major causes of the industrial revololution -
northern and western rapid economy growth
the rapid of industrialization led to a real wage growth of 60% -
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Progressive Era
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Return to civil government in Puerto Rico
Puerto Ric o remained under direct control of US military forces until the US congress ratified the Foraker law -
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Imperialism
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President MC Kinley asassinated
William McKinley the 25th President of the United States was shot on the grounds of the pan-American Explosion. -
panamenian independence
The separation of Panama from Colombia was formalized on November 3 1903 with the establishment of the Republic of Pamana -
panama canal
waterway in panama that connects the Atlantic ocean with the pacific Ocean -
Completion of the Panama canal
the water way that connected the 2 Oceans was completed -
federal reserve act
the Federal reserve act is alegislation in the United States that created the Federal Resserve System congress passed the Federal Reserve act -
Federal trade commission established
The Federal commission was created on september 26 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal trade -
Austria Hungary declared war
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World war 1
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Turkish Army disarms its american troops
Turkish disarms American troops -
Belgians deported to germany as forced labor
60,000 Belgian civilians were deported to perform forced labor. -
U.S declared war on germany
President woodrow wilson wen before a joint session of congress to request a declaration of war against germany -
19th amendment ratified
Passed by congress June 4 1919 and ratified on august 18 1920 -
Prohibition begins
The high price of bootleg liquor meant that the nations working high class and poor were far more restricted during prohibition -
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Roaring 20's
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Shepparaded towner act
The promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy Act more commonly khown as the Sheppard Towner Act -
KKK march in washingtin D.C
The KKK attacked the social and political rights of african american immigrants -
Stock market crash
The wall steet Crash of 1929 alsoe khown as the great crash was a major American stock market crash -
Black Tuesday
Great crash American stock market crash -
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Great depression
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Hooverville
A hooverville was a shanty town built during the great depression by the homeless -
Bonus army
gathering of probably 10,000 to 25,000 World War I veterans -
Dust bowl
The dust bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology -
Russia and Germany sign pact
on Agust 23 shortly before the cold war -
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World war 2
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Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
The invasion of Yugoslavia also known as the April War operation 25 was a German -led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia -
Battle of midway
The battle of midway was a major naval Battle in the pacific theater of World War II that took place on 4-7 june 1942 -
Hitler commits suicide
As the soviet forces near his command bunker in central Berlin on April 30 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
Marshal Plan
In January 1947 U.S President Harry Truman appointed George Marshall the architect of victory during WWII to be secretary of th State Officially khown as the European Recovery -
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Cold war
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Brown VS board of education
Was a landmark decision of the U.S state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools -
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civil rights
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Rosa Parks arrest
Rosa Parks an African American was arrested for disobeying a Law requiring black passengers to relinquish seats -
Freedom riders
Freedom Riders were a civil rights activists who rode interestate busses into segregated Southern United States in 1961 -
Iranian hostage crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran -
Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban missile crisis also known as the October crisis of 1962 was a 1 month 4 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Woman strike for equality in N.Y
The woman strike for equality was astrike which took place in the United States on August 26 1970 it celebrated the 50th anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment -
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1970's
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Four Power agreement belin
The four power agreement on berlin also klhown as the berlin agreement was agreed on September 1971 by the four wartime Allide powers -
Salt treaty
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks were two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the soviet Union -
Cease fire agreement
A ceasefire is a temporal stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions -
Nixon resigns from the office
President Nixon made an address to the American public from the oval office on august 8 1974 to announce his resignation from the Presidency -
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1980
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Tender office advisory comittee
Removing of a director from office at an annual meeting -
Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster thousands of people perish during gas leak -
NASAA moves to Washington
New corporate office will better enable NASAA s Washington staff -
Fraud on the market
Fraud on the market has been superimposed on thesentraditional rules of reliance -
Collapse of the soviet Union
Goebachev sealed the fate of the soviet union planned by hard line communists -
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NATO
NATO was reconceived as a cooperative security organization whose mandatewas to include two main objectives -
War in Afghanistan
On September 11 2001 attacks in America killed nearly 3,000 people Osama bin laden -
Terrorist attack
The September 11 attacks often referred to as 9/11 were a series of four coordinated Terrorist attack's