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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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Bill of Rights ratified
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Homestead Act
provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west -
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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13th Amendment
abolished slavery -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment
voting for all male citizens -
!4th Amendment
citizenship & due process -
Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age
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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 Anti-Trust Act
outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Plessy v. Ferguson
legalized segregation, established “separate but equal” -
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The Progressive Era
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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
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Open Door Policy
initiated free trade with China -
Panama Canal Built
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Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is
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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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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
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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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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war
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The United States enters WWI on the Allied side
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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
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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 -
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
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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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20th Amendment
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established
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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
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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 -
“D-Day” - Invasion of Normandy
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G.I. Bill
gives military veterans financial and educational benefits -
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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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
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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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Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Interstate Highway Act
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USSR launches Sputnik
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End of the Cold war
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Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed business monopolies -
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1990s-21st Century