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Standard Oil Trust; Andrew Carnegie-Steel
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formed specifically to give farmers a voice in government
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'Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education
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ends the Spanish-American War
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Teddy Roosevelt now 26th president
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set food quality standards
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connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opens in 1914)
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writers who expose big business corruption
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introduces the Model T car, assembly lines introduced
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establishment of income tax, 17th Amend.- direct election of senators
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begins in Europe
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Americans killed on board
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gets warning from U.S.
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intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against U.S.; US. Enters WWI
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establishes the draft
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by Woodrow Wilson, 14th pt most important - calls for League of Nations
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ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it
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outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol
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women's suffrage (right to vote)
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exposes massive corruption in Harding Administration
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complete world's first solo flight across Atlantic - seen as a hero
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march on Washington demanding compensation - forced out
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criticizes FDR, "Share Our Wealth" proposes large tax burden on wealthy
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supports union rights, protects collective bargaining
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establishes funds for unemployment and elderly
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provides U.S. loan aid to Britain, USSR & allied powers
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agreement b/n U.S President FDR and Britain Prime Minister Churchill
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motivate U.S. citizens to support war efforts
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U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific
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creation of the Atomic Bomb
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begins to break down Axis position on western front
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prosecute Nazi war criminals
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describes division of Communist Eastern Europe from Western Europe
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U.S. intent to fight Communism by helping free nations resist it.
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USSR blocks all aid into West Berlin; Berlin Airlift-U.S. drops food and supplies by air to West Berlin
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overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional
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(Truman) must stop spread of all communism; "Domino Theory" (Eisenhower) - fears that Indochina must not go communist or it will spread all over the world
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arrested for not giving up seat on bus to whites; Montgomery Bus Boycott
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JFK vs. Nixon (JFK wins); JFK president 1960
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divides East and West Berlin (East was communist)
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standoff b/n U.S. and USSR after Soviets placed missiles in Cuba pointed at the United States; no fighting incurs
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speech given by MLK - speech for civil rights
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bans literacy tests for voting
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