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Reconstruction
This event freed and enfranchised African Americans, giving them the right to vote for the first time. The KKK and the White League were against reconstuction. It ends with the Hayes-Tilden Deal in 1877. -
Appomattox
The Civil War ended at the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. -
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1865-2003
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The Industrial Revolution
The major turning point in human history. A major period of time where agriculture, mining, transportation, manufacturing, and technology had a huge impact on North American. -
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Creation of the Panama Canal
Construction of the canal began on January 1, 1881, though digging at Culebra did not begin until January 22, 1881. It was created to make the journey shorter from the U.S. to Asia. -
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Spanish-American War
This war was a conflict between Spain and the United States. It was the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. Also, one of the causes of this war the Maine explosion. This American victory led to the Collapse of the Spanish Empire. -
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World War One (The Great War)
A global war centered in Europe. The war drew in all the world's economic great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire) and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers. -
America joins WW1
U.S. joins the war because of the Zimmerman Note to the Mexicans from the Germans. -
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Prohibition/Roaring 20's
Prohibition was a period of nearly fourteen years of U.S. history in which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor was made illegal. It led to the first and only time an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was repealed. -
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The Great Depression (Black Tuesday)
The Great Depression, an immense tragedy that placed millions of Americans out of work, it was the beginning of government involvement in the economy and in society as a whole. -
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New Deal
The New Deal was a series of domestic economic programs in the United States. They involved presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform. That is Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression. -
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World War ll
A war between the Axis (Germany, Japan, Italy) and the Allies (Great Britain, France, Soviet Union). France surrendered on June 22, 1940. German appeasement to bltitzkrieg on Poland. This war had the result of the fall of the Japanese and Italian Empires and creation of the United Nations. -
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America joins WW 2
America also ended the war with the Atomic Bomb being dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Then, Japan surrendered two days later with the exception of their king retaining his throne. -
Pearl Harbor
The military attck on Pearl Harbor was a suprise. The attack was conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The result of this attck was a Japanese victory, but it also led to the United States joining World War ll. Also, another result of this attack was Germany and Italy declaring war on the United States. -
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The Cold War
This "war" was a sustained political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc, dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern Bloc, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. They could not agree on how to rebuild Germany after World War ll. It got its name because there was never any "heat" from a gunshot during the "war". -
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The Korean War
North Korea established a communist government, while South Korea established a right-wing government. The altercation became increasingly worse when North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. A territorial change was the Korean Demilitarized Zone. This occured during the Cold War. -
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The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States attempting to prevent the spread of communism. This occured during the Cold War. -
Aquisition of Hawaii
The annexation of the Hawaii Territory to the United Staes. Also, the State of Hawaii would not include Palmyra Island, the Midway Islands, Johnston Island, Sand Island (off-shore from Johnston Island), or Kingman Reef. -
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The Gulf War
A response from 34 nations led by the United States. This war was caused by the invasion of Kuwait. -
9/11
Terrorists detroy the World Trade Center, and damage the Pentagon. The terrorists group was called al-Qaeda. -
Operation Enduring Freedom
(OEF) with its name given by the U.S., it was used for the War in Afghanistan. It also included the destruction of terrorist training camps and infrastructure within Afghanistan, the capture of al-Qaeda leaders, and the cessation of terrorist activities in Afghanistan. (GWOT) -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Bush authorized the mission to rid Iraq of tyrannical dictator Saddam Hussein and eliminate Hussein's ability to develop weapons of mass destruction. Operation Iraqi Freedom illustrated the Bush administration's pledge to use unilateral, pre-emptive strikes if necessary against nations believed dangerous to American national security. (GWOT) -
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Invasion of Iraq
The Invasion of Iraq was cuased by 9/11 and the Gulf War. It included 21 days full of major combat wich combined armies from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland. The U.S invaded Iraq because it was big and we thought that it would be an easy military and political victroy.
