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Early American History
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Declaration of independance signed
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Constitution Written
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Bill of Rights Ratified
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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Homestead Act
provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west. -
13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment
Voting for All Male Citizens -
Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age
-Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
-Philanthropy
-Monopoly
-Jane Addams
-Laissez-Faire -
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 Antitrust Act
outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness -
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The Progressive Era
-Muckrakers
-Initiative, Referendum, Recall
-The Great Migration
-NAACP
-Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism) -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Plessy v. Fergusson
Legalized segregation, established "separate but equal" -
Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States
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USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War
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Imperialism
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Rough Riders
-Foreign Policy
-Immigration Quotas
-Yellow Journalism -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Open Door Policy
initiated free trade with China -
Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
Meat Inspection Act
law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Pure Food and Drug Act
regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines -
NAACP Founded
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Dollar Diplomacy
Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America -
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 -
Panama Canal Built
1904-1914 -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I
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World War I
-Alvin York
-Homefront
-M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI)
-Sussex Pledge
-American Expeditionary Forces -
Sinking of the Lusitania
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National Parks System created
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war
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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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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
-Social Darwinism
-The Red Scare
-Assembly Line
-Return to Normalcy
-Harlem Renaissance -
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
-Hoovervilles
-The New Deal
-Causes of the Great Depression (5)
-Court Packing
-Eleanor Roosevelt -
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Dust Bowl
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established
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20th Amendment
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
21st Amendment
repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends -
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 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 -
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
-Island Hopping
-Liberation of Concentration Camps
-Dwight Eisenhower
-Douglas MacArthur
-Chester W. Nimitz
-Navajo Code Talkers
-Tuskegee Airmen
-Flying Tigers
-The Manhattan Project
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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 -
G.I. Bill
gives military veterans financial and educational benefits -
“D-Day” - Invasion of Normandy
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United Nations Formed
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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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Early Cold War
Containment, Arms Race/Space Race, The Union of Soviet Socialist, Republics, Communism, Domino Theory -
22nd Amendment
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again. -
Berlin Airlift
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NATO Established
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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Rosenburgs 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
authorized the building of a national highway system -
USSR launches Sputnik
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Begins undeclared war in Vietnam. -
Medicare and Medicaid Established
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Tet Offensive
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14th Amendment
Citizenship and Due Process -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Defined the first amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools. -
Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
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Pentagon Papers Leaked
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26th Amendment
Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old. -
War Powers Act
Law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval. -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam war
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century
-Barack Obama
-al-Qaeda
-No Child Left Behind
-President Clinton’s Impeachment
-Presidential Election of 2000 -
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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USA PATRIOT Act
tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism -
Hurricane Katrina