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The invention of the machine gun
James Puckle in London patented a machine gun that was actually produced; a model of it is in the Tower of London. -
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George Washington
1, he kept us out of war during the country’s first eight years, when we were not strong enough (or foolish enough) to get entangled in the superpower chess match between France and Britain. -
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
was a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century. -
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John Adams
2, influential during the early stages of the formation of the United States. a Founding Father who advocated for American independence from the British. opposed slavery. known as the father of the American Navy, -
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
4, "Father of the Constitution," helped write the Bill of Rights. helped Alexander Hamilton and John Jay coauthor the Federalist Papers -
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James Monroe
5, mainly expanded the United States through the Adams- Onis Treaty and the Louisiana Purchase. added Florida as a state in the U.S. able to expand it through the Louisiana Purchase.convinced Napoleon to sign the purchase adding Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, and other states. -
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john quincey Adams
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Andrew Jackson
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Temperance movement
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Andrew Carnegie
was an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist -
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martin van buren
8, A founder of the Democratic Party, -
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J.P. Morgan (1837-1913)
financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations. -
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John D. Rockefeller
founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world’s wealthiest men and a major philanthropist. -
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william henry harrison
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communism
is the philosophical, social, political and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money[3][4] and the state.[ -
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James k. Polk
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progressive era
wide range of economic, political, social, and moral reforms. included efforts to outlaw the sale of alcohol; regulate child labor and sweatshops; scientifically manage natural resources; insure pure and wholesome water and milk; Americanize immigrants or restrict immigration altogether; and bust or regulate trusts. -
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Zachary Taylor
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millard fillmore
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franklin pierce
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James Buchanan
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Trench warfare
warfare where opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground. opposing systems of trenches are usually close to one another. -
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16. Abraham Lincoln
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17. Andrew Johnson
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Ku Klux Klan
members waged an underground campaign of intimidation and violence directed at white and black Republican leaders. Though Congress passed legislation designed to curb Klan terrorism, the organization saw its primary goal–the reestablishment of white supremacy–fulfilled through Democratic victories in state legislatures across the South in the 1870s. -
Imperialism
indutrialiation= U.S. needs raw materials, navy to protect sea trade
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18. Ulysses S. Grant
Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873) Henry Wilson (1873-1875) None (1875-1877) -
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Gilded age
capitalism, laissez-faire, socialism, new resources, new wealth, captains of industry, class discrepancy -
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19. Rutherford B. Hayes
William Wheeler (1877-1881) -
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20. James A. Garfield
Chester Arthur (1881) -
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21. Chester Arthur
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Elanor rosevelt
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22. Grover Cleveland
Thomas Hendricks (1885) None (1885-1889) -
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23. Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Morton (1889-1893) -
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24. Grover Cleveland
Adlai E. Stevenson (1893-1897) -
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25. William McKinley
Garret Hobart (1897-1899) None (1899-1901) Theodore Roosevelt (1901) -
The Spanish-American War
was a conflict between United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. -
Farmers revolt
contended with economic hardships born out of rapidly declining farm prices, prohibitively high tariffs on items they needed to purchase, and foreign competition. One of the largest challenges they faced was overproduction, where the glut of their products in the marketplace drove the price lower and lower. -
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26. Theodore Roosevelt
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27. William Howard Taft
James S. Sherman (1909-1912) None (1912-1913) -
The 17th Amendment
reformers were pushing to clean up health standards, improve moral standards, elevate American education and fight corruption in state and local governments. -
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16th amendment
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Allied powers
allied in opposition to the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) in World War I or to the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) in World War II. Great Britain (and the British Empire), France, and the Russian Empire, linked by the Treaty of London -
central powers
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world war 1
treaty of versailles, no winner, no loser,= draw, relied on trench warfare, gained no ground, new millitary technology, germany surrendered, league of nations formed, border changes, new countrys -
Paris Peace Conference
to establish the terms of the peace after World War I. nearly thirty nations participated, the representatives of the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Italy became known as the “Big Four.” The “Big Four” dominated the proceedings that led to the formulation of the Treaty of Versailles, a treaty that ended World War I. -
The Nazi Party
Founded in 1919 as the German Workers’ Party, the group promoted German pride and anti-Semitism, and expressed dissatisfaction with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler became its leader in 1921, After Germany’s defeat in World War II (1939-45), the Nazi Party was outlawed and many of its top officials were convicted of war crimes related to the murder of some 6 million European Jews during the Nazis’ reign -
The treaty of Versailles
brought World War I to an end. ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I signed separate treaties -
jazz age
jazz music and dance styles became popular, mainly in the United States, but also in Britain, France and elsewhere. -
suffrage movement
the legal right of women to vote, was established over the course of several decades, first in various states and localities, sometimes on a limited basis, and then nationally -
18th amendment
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roaring 20's
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the golden age of Hollywood
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Nazi party
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19th amendment
granted American women the right to vote -
Air commerce act of 1926
established federal regulations regarding aircraft, airmen, navigational facilities and the establishment of air traffic regulations. Aircraft were required to be inspected for airworthiness, and were required to have markings placed on the outside of the aircraft for identification. Airmen were required to be tested for aeronautical knowledge and required to have a physical completed to insure their physical fitness. -
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The great depression
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Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday, the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, most significant indicator of the Great Depression, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its The crash, which followed the London Stock Exchange's crash of September, signalled the beginning of the 12-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries.[3] -
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The Dust Bowl
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Hoovervilles
When the government failed to provide relief, President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) was blamed for the intolerable economic and social conditions, and the shantytowns that cropped up across the nation, primarily on the outskirts of major cities, became known as Hoovervilles. In the early 1940s, most remaining Hoovervilles were torn down. -
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Seabiscuit
champion Thoroughbred racehorse in the United States. became symbol of hope to many Americans during the Great Depression. been the subject of numerous books and films -
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War admiral
American thoroughbred racehorse, best known as the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown and Horse of the Year in 1937 -
Nürnberg Laws
One, the Reichsbürgergesetz (German: “Law of the Reich Citizen”), deprived Jews of German citizenship, designating “subjects of the state.” 2. the Gesetz zum Schutze des Deutschen Blutes und der Deutschen Ehre (“Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour”), usually called Blutschutzgesetz (“Blood Protection Law”), forbade marriage or sexual relations between Jews and “citizens of German or kindred blood.” -
Amelia earhart
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Kristallnacht
On November 9 to November 10, 1938, in an incident known as “Kristallnacht”, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. “Night of Broken Glass,” some 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps. -
the wizard of oz
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WW2
was a global war, involved vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. the most widespread war in history, directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of total war, the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. -
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the red scare
hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare. (Communists referred to as “Reds” for allegiance to the red Soviet flag.) Federal employees analyzed to determine whether they were sufficiently loyal to the government, and the House Un-American Activities Committee, as well as U.S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, investigated allegations of subversive elements in the government and the Hollywood film industry. -
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the cold war
, hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare. Communists referred to as “Reds” for their allegiance to the red Soviet flag. Red Scare led to a range of actions that had a profound and enduring effect on U.S. government and society. -
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The Holocaust
was a genocide during World War II in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe. -
Fire side chats
From March 1933 to June 1944, Roosevelt addressed the American people in some 30 speeches broadcast via radio, speaking on a variety of topics from banking to unemployment to fighting fascism in Europe. Millions of people found comfort and renewed confidence in these speeches, which became known as the “fireside chats.” -
Adolf hitler
20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party -
the Nuremberg trials
were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949. included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers along with German industrialists, lawyers and doctors, such charges as crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) committed suicide and was never brought to trial. -
Babe ruth
(February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. -
Hawaii joins union
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Alaska joins the union
admitting the territory of Alaska into the Union as the 49th and largest state.