summer school US history

By CScheer
  • Industrial Revolution

    transaction to new manufacturing processes in he USA
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    Gilded Age

  • Transcontinental Railroad

    a railroad to connect the USA
  • The Homestead Act of 1862

    citizens could claim land as long as they cultivated the land
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    imperialism

  • Pendelton Act

    made it illegal to demote and/or fire for political reasons
  • railroad strike

    a nationwide strike for sympathy for the pullman workers
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    progressive era

  • Galveston hurricane

    leaves 6000-8000 dead
  • Meat Inspection Act of 1906

    prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock as well as ensuring sanitary conditions.
  • San Francisco Earthquake

    leaves 500 dead or missing and destroys about 4 sq. mi of the city
  • Panama canal

    a man made waterway which connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean
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    World War 1

  • The 19th Amendment

    women gained the right to vote
  • Harlem Renaissance

    an intellectual and cultural revival of African American culture
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    Roaring 20's

  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding
  • The Spirit of St. Louis

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane
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    Great Depression

  • National Anthem

    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem
  • 1932 election

    Roosevelt wins by a landslide, democrats extend their control over the US
  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    setting the first minimum wage in the U.S. at 25 cents per hour
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    World War 2

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    Cold War

  • 22nd Amendment

    limited the president to two terms
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    Civil Rights movement

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    city wide bus boycott, because Rosa Park was arrested for not giving up her seat to someone, MLK jr. suggested the boycott.
  • MLK jr. assassination

    assassinated in Memphis, Tenn
  • Kennedy assassination

    assassinated in Los Angeles, California
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    1970's

  • Anti-war Protest Shooting

    Four students are shot to death by National Guardsmen during an antiwar protest at Kent State University
  • 26th ammendment

    lowering the voting age from 21 to 18
  • SALT

    U.S. and Soviet Union sign strategic arms control agreement known as SALT
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    1980's

  • Iran hostage case

    U.S. hostages held in Iran are released after 444 days in captivity
  • Challenger

    explodes 73 seconds after liftoff killing all 7 crew members
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    Post Cold War

  • Clinton's Case

    Paula Jones, a former Arkansas state employee, files a federal lawsuit against President Clinton for sexual harassment
  • 9/11

    4 hijacked planes kamikaze into structures with civilians still in the plane, including both the twin towers and the pentagon

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