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The American Civil War (known by other names) was a civil war that was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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Encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land.
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Reconstruction, in U.S. history, the period (1865–77) that followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission
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Travel possible for the first time in U.S. history.
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Was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period
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A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation
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Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the south, and the bayonet-backed Republican governments collapsed, thereby ending Reconstruction.
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Is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.
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Jim Crow law, in U.S. history, any of the laws that enforced racial segregation in the South between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the beginning of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.
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An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated to such a high temperature that it glows with visible light.
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Third-wave European immigration was slowed first by World War I and then by numerical quotas in the 1920s. Between the 1920s and 1960s, immigration paused.
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This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration.
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Is a United States federal law, enacted in 1883, which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.
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Adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians
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Describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich.
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The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899.
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660–1783 is a history of naval warfare published in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan.
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A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
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The Homestead Strike, also known as the Homestead Steel Strike, Pinkerton Rebellion, or Homestead Massacre, was an industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892
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Against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland.
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"separate but equal".
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Won Hawaii
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Won: Cuba and Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea); Philippines and Guam (Asia-Pacific)
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for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity.
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Was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York.
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Republican Part and part of the Progressive (Bull Mouse) Party, Domestic Policies Square Deal 3C's , Trust Busting, Consumers, Conversation(nature) Foreign Policy- big stick diplomacy
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During the spring and summer of 1903, they were consumed with leaping that final hurdle into history. On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft.
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American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry.
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or preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes.
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Model T was an automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927.
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Democratic Party, Domestic Policies: Clayton Anti- trust act, National Parks Service, Federal Reserve Act, 18th/19th amendments.
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Senators can be elected by the people
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Chemical warfare first appeared when the Germans used poison gas during a surprise attack
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The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War
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We protect the parks and forest
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a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office
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The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union
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The date of US entry into WW1 was April 6, 1917 when the nation was drawn into World War 1 on the side of the Allies.
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was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front
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, President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I.
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The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was an armistice during the First World War between the Allies and Germany
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Ended World War 1, Blamed Germany.
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When the German government asked U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson to arrange a general armistice in October 1918, it declared that it accepted the Fourteen Points he had formulated as the basis for a just peace.
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A return to the way of life before World War I, was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign promise in the election of 1920.
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The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the
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During the Red Scare of 1919 - 1920, many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology.
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The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding.
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as the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953.
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The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July 1925
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Autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic
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This was the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between North America and mainland Europe. Lindbergh was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve,
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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, as it was known, was never officially linked to Capone, but he was generally considered to have been responsible for the murders.
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and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States
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The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, originating in the United States
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was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States of America.
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that raised import duties to protect American businesses and farmers, adding considerable strain to the international economic climate of the Great Depression.
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Banks didn't had the money of the people and the people ere asking for it already.
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major New Deal program to restore agricultural prosperity by curtailing farm production, reducing export surpluses, and raising prices.
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independent U.S. government corporation created under authority of the Banking Act of 1933
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16, 1933, the Public Works Administration (PWA) budgeted several billion dollars to be spent on the construction of public works as a means of providing employment, stabilizing purchasing power, improving public welfare, and contributing to a revival of American
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Hitler was named Chancellor of the National Socialist German Workers Party of Germany.
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One of the presidents during the Great Depression
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to provide work and cash relief for Americans struggling to get through the Great Depression.
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Hitler demanded to kill a lot of Jews.
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The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought
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act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health,
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To break the spirit of Chinese resistance, Japanese General Matsui Iwane ordered that the city of Nanking be destroyed
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also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass
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German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland.
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World War II also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier.
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Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war).
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descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault
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The Tuskegee Army Air Field became the vital center for training African Americans to fly fighter and bomber aircraft.
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The Marine Corps recruited Navajo Code Talkers in 1941 and 1942.
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Ten weeks after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066
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Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps.
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The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day).
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This was for soldiers who came back from war, and they provided housing and money.
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The final stage of the WWII
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was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war
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The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.
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As a consequence of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, Germany was cut between the two global blocs in the East and West
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was an American statesman who served as the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953), taking the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Nuremberg, Germany, was chosen as a site for trials that took place in 1945 and 1946.
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After WWII, soldiers came back and started having a lot of babies.
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was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
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the president can serve 2 terms
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Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Chiang Kai-shek, 600,000 Nationalist troops, and about two million Nationalist-sympathizer refugees retreated to the island of Taiwan.
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During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies against the Axis powers
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was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13,000,000,000
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was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
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Israel responds to an ominous build-up of Arab forces along its borders by launching simultaneous attacks against Egypt and Syria. Jordan subsequently entered the fray, but the Arab coalition was no match for Israel's proficient armed forces.
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an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949
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The fact is that Kim Il-sung in the North wanted to unite Korea – just as Rhee wanted to unite Korea – and Kim chose to invade. Kim Il-sung sent his military south across the 38th Parallel on June 25, 1950.
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UN forces rapidly approached the Yalu River—the border with China—but in October 1950, mass Chinese forces crossed the Yalu and entered the war.
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On 27 June, the United Nations Security Council authorized the formation and dispatch of UN forces to Korea to repel what was recognized as a North Korean invasion
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The Korean War was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).
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The economy overall grew by 37% during the 1950s. At the end of the decade, the median American family had 30% more purchasing power than at the beginning. Inflation
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On this day in History, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed on Jun 19, 1953.
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he armistice, signed on July 27, established a committee of representatives from neutral countries to decide the fate of the thousands of prisoners of war on ...
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Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American Army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
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On May 31, 1955, Chief Justice Warren again spoke for a unanimous Court. The cases would go back to the lower courts; these would review the work of local officials facing the problem of unprecedented change. Desegregation would now proceed "with all deliberate speed."6
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was the period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States during which Earl Warren served as Chief Justice.
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Pete Hernandez, an agricultural worker, was indicted for the murder of Joe Espinoza by an all-Anglo (white) grand jury in Jackson County, Texas.
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No more segregation in schools.
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Hồ Chí Minh led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at the battle of Điện Biên Phủ.
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was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
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Discovered by Jonas Stalk
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Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving her seat in the bus to someone that was white
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil-rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating.
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The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.
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The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation.
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hits #1 on Billboard's national country singles chart. His first #1 hit on a national chart.
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en the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball
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odore entered our lives as “The Beaver” in an all-American show about suburban family life. The first episode of “Leave It To Beaver” aired on October 4, 1957;
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the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. The new act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote
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The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957.
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Democrat John F. Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee.
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. Artists began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture
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On September 22, 1961, Kennedy signed congressional legislation creating a permanent Peace Corps that would “promote world peace and friendship” through three goals
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required government contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.
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a full-scale invasion of Cuba by 1,400 American-trained Cubans who had fled their homes
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The Court brushed aside the First Amendment issue and declared that "all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution is, by [the Fourth Amendment], inadmissible in a state court."
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commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold Wa
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U.S send to kill Fidel Castro and failed. So cuba signed with USSR and put missiles facing US. So Kennedy blockade Cuba
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John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas
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s a book written by Betty Friedan which is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States.
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The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Also known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,
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George Wallace did not let the students go into the university
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Clarence Earl Gideon was charged in Florida state court with a felony: having broken into and entered a poolroom with the intent to commit a misdemeanor offense.
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known for the great society to help out the poor.
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Escobedo was arrested and taken to a police station for questioning. Over several hours, the police refused his repeated requests to see his lawyer.
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“take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression”
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.
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is the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that began in the mid-20th century.
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LBK to help out the poor by creating medicaid and medicare including other programs
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no more poll taxes
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Farmers made this strike because they wanted better pay for all the work they did.
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In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.
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In supreme court for the rights of a person.
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First African American to be in the supreme court
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by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
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This massive North Vietnamese surprise attack during the 1968 Tet holiday was a crucial turning point in the war.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, an event that sent shock waves reverberating around the world
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The Mỹ Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in South Vietnam on 16 March 1968
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Mary Beth Tinker was a 13-year-old junior high school student in December 1965 when she and a group of students decided to wear black armbands to school to protest the war in Vietnam.
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the US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam.
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A lottery drawing - the first since 1942 - was held on December 1, 1969, at Selective Service National Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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The Tate murders were a series of killings conducted by members of the Manson Family on August 8–9, 1969, which claimed the lives of five people, one of them pregnant.
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"The Eagle has landed…" Mission Objective The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy
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On this day in 1969, the Woodstock Music Festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake, a hamlet in the upstate New York town of Bethel.
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The president for a this time
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The Kent State shootings were the shootings on May 4, 1970 of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard during a mass protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.
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The Cambodian Campaign was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during 1970 by the United States and the Republic of Vietnam
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Born in the wake of elevated concern about environmental pollution, EPA was established on December 2, 1970 to consolidate in one agency a variety of federal research, monitoring, standard-setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental protection.
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Old enough to fight, old enough to vote
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is the name given to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union that began tentatively in 1971 and took decisive form when President Richard M. Nixon
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Katharine Graham is the first female publisher of a major American newspaper -- The Washington Post.
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no more discrimination by sex does not matter if you are a female or male. same rights and privileges to you.
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began early in the morning of June 17, 1972, when several burglars were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, D.C
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Nixon's historic visit began the slow process of the re-establishing diplomatic relations between the United States and communist China.
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is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.
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Roe, a Texas resident, sought to terminate her pregnancy by abortion. Texas law prohibit
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imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military and to gain leverage in the post-war peace negotiations.
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Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone.
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provides for the conservation of species that are endangered or threatened throughout all or a significant portion of their range, and the conservation of the ecosystems on which they depend.
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was a landmark United States Supreme Court case which resulted in a unanimous decision against President Richard Nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials to a federal district court.
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President Gerald Ford, who assumed office on the heels of President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation, pardons his predecessor for his involvement in the Watergate scandal
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) was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. Prior to his accession to the presidency he served as the 40th Vice President of the United States from December 1973 to August 1974.
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Paul Allen Form a Little Partnership. WIRED.
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is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for gun rights
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North won over Saigon and won Vietnam War
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Apple comes alive! New technology !
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Is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with safe and sound operations.
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is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981
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were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David.
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ceremony at the White House, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign a historic peace agreement,
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was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days
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wasn't just about cutting taxes, but also reducing government intervention in the economy and reinjecting religion into politics.
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is an American term usually applied to the U.S. federal government's campaign of prohibition of drugs, military aid, and military intervention, with the stated aim being to reduce the illegal drug trade.
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he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's newsletter Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) makes a reference to five cases of an unusual pneumonia
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She was the first woman to serve on the Court.
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is an economic theory that advocates reducing taxes on businesses and the wealthy in society as a means to stimulate business investment in the short term and benefit society at large in the long term.
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was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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President Ronald Reagan sends Marines to Lebanon on a peacekeeping mission.
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Ronald Reagan's efforts to eradicate Communism spanned the globe, but the insurgent Contras' cause in Nicaragua was particularly dear to him
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the first edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show aired nationally. The Hollywood Reporter's original review that week is below.
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Referring to the berlin wall.
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a fervent anti-communist, had campaigned on an anti-detente ticket.
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as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West.
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served as president
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was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany,
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Operation Desert Shield, the American defense of Saudi Arabia, began as U.S. forces raced to the Persian Gulf. Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, meanwhile, built up his occupying army in Kuwait to about 300,000 troops.
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codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition
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United states wins cold war
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The first major foreign crisis for the United States after the end of the Cold War
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Rodney Glen King was an African-American taxi driver who became known internationally as the victim of Los Angeles Police Department brutality, after a videotape was released of several police officers beating him during his arrest on March 3, 1991
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is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and entered into force on 1 January 1994 in order to establish a trilateral trade bloc in North America.
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elections resulted in Republicans gaining 54 House and 9 U.S. Senate seats. When the Republicans gained this majority of seats in the 104th Congress, the Contract was seen as a triumph by party leaders
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and was televised by Court TV and in part by other cable and network news outlets for 134 days. Los Angeles County prosecutor Christopher Darden argued that Simpson killed his ex-wife in a jealous rage. The prosecution opened its case by playing a 9-1-1 call from Nicole Brow
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The impeachment process of Bill Clinton was initiated by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998, against Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice.
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is an Act of Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. With its ten-letter abbreviation (USA PATRIOT) expanded, the full title is “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001”.
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19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon
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and the others were from the United Arab Emirates (2), Egypt, and Lebanon. On 13 September, for the first time ever, NATO invoked Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. On 18 September 2001, President Bush signed the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists
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code named Operation Enduring Freedom
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NASA's twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers, launched toward Mars on June 10 and July 7, 2003, in search of answers about the history of water on Mars.
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also called Second Persian Gulf War, (2003–11), conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases. The first of these was a brief, conventionally fought war in March–April 2003, in which a combined force of troops from the United States and Great Britain
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Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.
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struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. When the storm made landfall, it had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale–it brought sustained winds of 100–140 miles per hour–and stretched some 400 miles across. The storm itself did a great deal
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The Global Intelligence News Portal Mute video of the execution of Saddam Hussein, as aired on Iraqi TV.
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Steve Jobs announced iPhone at the Macworld convention, receiving substantial media attention.
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nicknamed the Recovery Act, was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in February 2009
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Hillary Clinton served as the 67th United States Secretary of State, under President Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2013, overseeing the department that conducted the Foreign policy of Barack Obama.
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Nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history. Synopsis. Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 25, 1954, in the Bronx borough of New York City. Her desire to be a judge was first inspired by the TV show Perry Mason.
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The first African American to assume the presidency,
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The series of protests and demonstrations across the Middle East and North Africa that commenced in 2010, became known as the "Arab Spring", and sometimes as the "Arab Spring and Winter", "Arab Awakening" or "Arab Uprisings" even though not all the participants in the protests were Arab.
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terrorist attacks in the United States, is killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan.
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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit
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Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States
