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Early American History
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Declaration of Independence
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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 -
14th Amendment
Citizenship & due process -
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
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first U.S 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 economy fairness -
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The Progressive Era
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Legalized segregation established "separate but equal" -
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Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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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 -
Roosevelt Corollary
An addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
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Panama Canal Built
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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 -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Dollar Diplomacy
Taft's policy of paying for peace in Latin America -
NAACP Founded
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16th Amendment
Established the federal income tax -
17th Amendment
Direct election of U.S Senators -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, started World War I
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Federal Reserve Act
Established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry -
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World War |
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Sinking of the Lusitania
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National Parks System created
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Zimmerman Telegraph intercepted by the British, warned the U.S of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany
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The United States enters World War II on the Allied side
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war
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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 -
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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18th Amendment
Prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal -
19th Amendment
Women are given the right to vote -
Treaty of Versailles
Peace treaty that ended World War I, required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize -
Communism
An economic and political system based on one party government and state owner ship of property. -
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Roaring Twenties
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Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The individual pieces that formed the USSR, a manifestation of the idea of world revolution that would allow new nationalities to form these and join. -
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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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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Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting World War II
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World War ||
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Executive Order
Incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of World War II -
Battle of Midway
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Bataan Death March
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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
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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
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Truman Doctrine
U.S policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism. -
Containment
Containment was a foreign policy strategy followed by the United States during the Cold War. -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon's Resignation
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Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II. -
NATO established
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Sweatt v. Painter
Ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as "separate but equal" -
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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Domino Theory
A foreign policy during the 1950s to 1980s that states if one land in a region came under the influence of communism, then surrounding countries would follow. -
Rosenbergs trial
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22nd Amendment
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again. -
First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Park's arrest
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Interstate Highway Act
Authorized the building of a national highway system. -
USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all white school in Little Rock, AK
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Arms Race/Space Race
The Soviet's launch of the first Sputnik satellite, stunned and concerned the United States and the rest of the world, as it took the Cold War arms race soon became the Space Race. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination bases on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity bases -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Defined the First Amendment rights for student in the United States Public Schools -
First Man on the Moon
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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 -
Title IX
Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
Law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Fall of Saigon, marks the end of 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