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The Declaration of Independence was signed on this day, declaring America's freedom from Great Britain.
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The Constitution was written on this day.
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The Bill of Rights were ratified on this day.
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This act gave all present and future citizens up to 160 acres of public land provided they live on it, improve it, and pay a small registration fee
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This amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States.
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This amendment granted citizenship to all who were born or naturalized in the United States. It also provided equal protection under law for all.
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The Transcontinental Railroad was completed this year.
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This amendment granted voting rights to African American men.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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- Rockefeller/Carnegie- rivals in the steel industry
- Philanthropy- the desire to promote the welfare of others
- Monopoly- the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
- Jane Addams- American reformer who advocated for immigrants, poor, women, and peace
- Laissez-Faire- an economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from or almost free from any form of economic interventionism such as regulation and subsidies
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This act prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers. This was the first US national immigration act.
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This act ensured railroad set “reasonable and just” rate, This is the first time government stepped in to regulate business.
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This act awarded government jobs based on merit.
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This act gave individual ownership of land to Native Americans, instead of the tribe owning things collectively.
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The settlement of the Hull House was the first of many more settlement houses.
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This act outlawed businesses from "monopolization, attempted monopolization, or conspiracy or combination to monopolize."
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This act outlawed trusts in order to promote economic fairness.
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- Muckrakers- reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era
- Initiative, Referendum, Recall- voters can adopt a change in law, disapprove a law passed by the Legislature, or remove an elected official from office
- The Great Migration- the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the South
- NAACP- a civil rights organization
- Immigration Issues- minority resembles majority, policy prompting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants
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This took place in Alaska.
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This court case involved "separate but equal", which allowed for racism and segregation to run rampant in the United States.
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USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, which starts the Spanish American War.
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Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States.
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- Theodore Roosevelt- 26th president of the U.S.
- Rough Riders- 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
- Foreign Policy- using diplomacy to solve international problems
- Immigration Quotas- limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota
- Yellow Journalism- terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate news
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This policy initiated free trade with China.
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This was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine.
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This act made it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat.
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This act created regulations of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines.
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Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America.
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This amendment established the federal income tax.
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This amendment established the direct election of U.S. Senators.
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This act established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, which started World War I.
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- Alvin York- reportedly kills over 20 German soldiers and captures an additional 132
- Homefront- covers the domestic, economic, social and political histories of countries involved in that conflict
- M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI)- militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism
- Sussex Pledge- adequate warning before sinking ships, and provide for the safety of passengers and crew
- American Expeditionary Forces- American troops serving in Europe during World War I
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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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The beginning of this causes Russian troops to exit the war.
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Considered the turning pint of the war.
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President Woodrow Wilson gives a statement of principles for peace after World War I, included no colonialism, freedom of the seas, and a League of Nations.
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This is the peace treaty that ended World War I. It required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize.
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This amendment enacted prohibition and alcohol is illegal.
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This amendment gave voting rights to women.
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- Social Darwinism- human groups and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection
- The Red Scare- promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism
- Assembly Line- sped up the manufacturing process dramatically and allowed factories to produce products at a remarkable rate
- Return to Normalcy- Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan for the election of 1920
- Harlem Renaissance- intellectual revival of African American art and literature
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This act granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States.
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Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris.
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- Hoovervilles- shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless
- The New Deal- series of programs and financial reforms enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Causes of the Great Depression (5)- Roaring 20s, Global Crisis, stock market crash, Dust Bowl, and Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
- Court Packing- change in size to the Supreme Court
- Eleanor Roosevelt- political figure, diplomat and activist that served as the first lady
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This amendment adjusted the dates of the presidential terms.
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This amendment repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends.
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This act established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families.
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Adolf Hitler invades Poland.
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1.) Island Hopping- targeting key islands
2.) Liberation of Concentration Camps
3.) Dwight Eisenhower- 34th President
4.) Douglas MacArthur- U.S. General
5.) Chester W. Nimitz- fleet admiral
6.) Navajo Code Talkers- 29 men for communication
7.) Tuskegee Airmen- African American pilots
8.) Flying Tigers- pilots recruited under FDR
9.) The Manhattan Project- research and development for nuclear weapons
10.) Rosie the Riveter- built the machinery necessary to fight and win WWII -
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This order is the incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII.
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Invasion of Normandy.
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This bill gives military veterans financial and educational benefits.
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1.) Containment- prevent the spread of communism
2.) Arms Race/Space Race- race between USSR and the US for spaceflight capability
3.) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- treaty between Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Transcaucasia
4.) Communism- political governing where the government has complete control to create a classless society
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The atomic bomb is dropped in Hiroshima, Japan.
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The atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan. This marks the end of World War II.
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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This amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
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This program was made to help European countries rebuild after World War II.
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ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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After Rosa Parks' arrest
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This act authorized the building of a national highway system.
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Integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Outlawed poll taxes.
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At the March of Washington
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Dallas, Tx.
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Begins undeclared war in Vietnam.
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Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters
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prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools.
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Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old.
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protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs
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Law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval.
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Which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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