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1492
Christopher Columbus “Founds” New World
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1492
Columbian Exchange Begins
where Christopher Columbus went to exchange New World and Old World such as plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases. -
Period: 1492 to
European Exploration Era
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1500
Spanish Encomienda System Begins
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1500
Spanish Casta System Begins
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Period: 1500 to
Triangular Trade
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Period: 1500 to
Middle Passage
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1520
Small Pox Begins Spreading to Native Americans
Smallpox is a disease that spread throw the Native Americans that almost whipped them all out and was believed to come from Americans -
1521
Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez Conquers the Aztec Empire
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1534
England Splits from the Catholic Church
This happened due that the pope denied the king King Henry VIII's request for a marriage annulment. -
London Company Gains Charter for Set Up English Colony
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Jamestown, Virginia Colony Founded
many people who settled the New Word came to escape religious persecution and find new land -
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Colonial Era
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French found Quebec on the St. Lawrence River and Engage in the Fur Trade
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Tobacco introduced to Virginia Colony by John Rolfe
create a stable economy for Virginia when it was introduce -
First African Slaves Arrive in Jamestown, Virginia Colony
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Virginia House of Burgesses
first Assembly at Jamestown that the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies -
Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony Founded
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Mayflower Compact
to pass equal laws and first document to establish self-government in the New World. -
New Hampshire Founded
was the first colonies to declare independence from England -
Dutch New Amsterdam Becomes Capital of New Netherland
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“City Upon a Hill” John Winthrop
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The Great Migration to Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Maryland Founded
Named after n honor of Queen Henrietta Maria and the reason for settling there was due to religious freedom and business and helped to populate the colony was forced migration. -
Thomas Hooker Founds Connecticut
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Roger Williams Founds Rhode Island
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Harvard College Founded in Massachusetts
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Pequot War
who fought were Pequot tribe and an alliance of the colonists of the Massachusetts due to the struggle to control trade -
Delaware Founded
Swedes wanted to establish a colony in the New World and called it Fort Christina -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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Maryland Toleration Act
it promoted freedom of religion for Christian settlers of diverse persuasions in the colony. -
North Carolina Founded
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Iroquois Confederacy Formed
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Navigation Acts and Mercantilism
British restricted on colonial trade , and only trade with British -
South Carolina Founded
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New York Funded
Dutch settled in Hudson river and two years later the establish a colony but the English took control of the area and renamed it New York -
New Jersey Founded
guaranteed religious freedom who settled in New Jersey -
King Phillips War
colonists desired more land and the main reason for the war the trial and execution of three of Metacom's men by the colonists -
Bacon’s Rebellion
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Pueblo Revolt
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Quaker William Penn Founds Pennsylvania
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Enlightenment Era
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John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government Published
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English Bill of Rights
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Salem Witch Trials
burn up people who they thought were witches -
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Salutary Neglect Policy
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The Great Awakening
a religious revival that impacted the English colonies -
Georgia Founded as a Debtors Colony
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Stono Rebellion
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French and Indian War Begins
Britain declared war on France due to the conflict in the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought France into armed conflict with the British colonies. -
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The Industrial Revolution
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French and Indian War Ends
the British won the war and gain the land from France east of the Mississippi river -
Proclamation Line of 1763
colonist weren't allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
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Revolutionary Era
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Republican Motherhood
mouthers were responsible to teach children to practice the principles of republicanism -
Sugar Act
taxed goods like sugar, coffee, and cloth, the colonist didn't like that -
Stamp Act
imposed a direct tax on the colonists -
Quartering Act
where British solders where on stand by and the colonist had to house them and pay taxes -
Townshend Acts
that taxed goods imported to the American colonies -
Boston Massacre
where British solders shot many colonist people/mob -
Tea Act
where you could only buy tea from a Tea company of British -
Boston Tea Party
was a protist on "taxation without representation", dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
was a punishment t to Massachusetts colonists for throwing tea in the ocean -
First Continental Congress
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Published
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Second Continental Congress
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Continental Army Lead by General George Washington
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Declaration of Independence
colonists' motivations for seeking independence from Britain -
Benjamin Franklin Becomes French Ambassador
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Adam Smith Publishes “The Wealth of Nations”
where people work for there own good/it is a self-interest and government should not interfere -
Winter at Valley Forge
where hundred American solider died trying to survive the winter -
Battle of Saratoga
a turning point to in the Revolutionary War -
Articles of Confederation
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Period: to
Abolition Movement
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Battle of Yorktown
where the America won the battle of York Town and British surrendering -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
officially ending the American Revolutionary War -
Shays’ Rebellion
Massachusetts to protest what he perceived as the unjust economic policies and political corruption -
Federalist Papers
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Constitutional Convention/ Philadelphia Convention
address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. -
U.S. Constitution
supreme law of the United States of America -
The 3/5ths Compromise
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The Great Compromise
established the Senate and the House of Representatives and allowed for them to work efficiently. -
Bill of Rights Added to U.S. Constitution
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Washington Elected 1st President
first president of the United States by all 69 presidential electors who cast their votes -
Bill of Rights Added to U.S. Constitution
freedom of speech, press, and religion -
The French Revolution Begins
on July 14 when rioters stormed the Bastille fortress in an attempt to secure gunpowder and weapon -
Washington Creates Presidential Cabinet
Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph. -
Washington D.C. Becomes New US Capital
Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia will be the nation's permanent capital. -
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The Second Great Awakening
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Whiskey Rebellion
tax protest and Armed resistance eliminated, -
Alexander Hamilton Gets Congress to Approve National Bank
Hamilton proposed a national bank -
Cotton Gin and Interchangeable Parts Invented by Eli Whitney
Created cotton gin to stop slavery but was the opposite -
Washington’s Farewell Address
where George Washington left a letter where he set 3 rules for the future -
XYZ Affair
involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to the Quasi-War. -
John Adams (Federalist) Elected 2nd President
2nd president -
First Two-Party System Created (Dem-Rep vs Federalist)
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Alien and Sedition Acts
four laws–which remain controversial to this day–restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country and limited freedom of speech and of the press -
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. -
The Market Revolution Begins
changes the economic, due to them factories -
Election of 1800 and the Start of the Jeffersonian Era
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Cult of Domesticity Begins
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Manifest Destiny
where Americans wanted to settle west and expand -
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican) Elected 3rd President
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Steam Locomotive Invented in Great Britain
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Marbury v. Madison
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Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson brought the land from France -
James Madison (Democratic Republican) Elected 4th President
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British Impressment of US Sailors
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War Hawks in Congress Support War Against British
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War of 1812 Begins
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Treaty of Ghent
peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. -
Francis Scott Key Writes the Star Spangled Banner
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Federalist Party Collapses
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Era of Good Feelings
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Tariff of 1816
A tariff on manufactured goods, including war industry products, was deemed essential in the interests of national defense -
James Monroe (Democratic Republican) Elected 5th President
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Adam- Onis Treaty/ Spain Ceded Florida to U.S.
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Compromise of 1820
admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state -
Universal Male Suffrage Begins to Rise
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Monroe Doctrine
forbidding European powers from colonizing additional territories in the Americas. -
Henry Clay’s “American System”
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Erie Canal Built
built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean -
John Quincy Adams (Democratic Republican) Elected 6th President
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Lowell, Massachusetts Textile Mill Employs Women
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Andrew Jackson (Democrat) Elected 7th President
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Second Two-Party System Created (Democrats vs Whigs)
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Abolition Movement Begins
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Mexican American War Begins
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Indian Removal Act
Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands -
Trail of Tears Begins
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William Lloyd Garrison Publishes Abolitionist Newspaper “The Liberator”
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Andrew Jackson Vetos National Bank
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Nullification Crisis
first time tensions between state and federal authority almost led to a civil war. -
Texas Revolution and Independence from Mexico
Where U.S and Mexico over land -
Horace Mann Advocates for Public Schools
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Increased Irish and German Immigration to the North
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Federal Support Given to Samuel Morse to Construct Telegraph Lines
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Dorothea Dix Advocates for Mentally Ill and Prison Reform
wanted to free them from prison -
James K. Polk Elected US President (Democrat)
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Irish Potato Famine Begins
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Frederick Douglass writes autobiography “Narrative of the Life of an American Slave
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Texas Annexation by the United States
Texas was admitted into the United States on December 29 -
Irish Potato Famine Begins
fungus-like organism called Phytophthora infestans (or P. infestans) spread rapidly throughout Ireland -
Frederick Douglass Publishes Autobiography “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave”
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Oregon Territory Divided Between British and U.S.
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Mexican American War Begins
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Wilmot Proviso
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Seneca Falls Convention
first women's rights convention -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Mexican American War Ends
where America won California from Mexico -
Mexican Cession
the land Mexico lost from America -
Free Soil Movement Begins
where northern didn't want slavery up the new land west -
California Gold Rush
where many people went to Cail to find gold -
Fugitive Slave Law Passed in Compromise of 1850
if a slave escapes and goes up north it doesn't matter they will be brought back -
Harriet Tubman Begins Using Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman escapes and comes back to free more slaves -
Compromise of 1850
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Publishes “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
when she wrote a book about the life of a slave -
Gadsden Purchase
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Bleeding Kansas Begins
where anti slavery people fought pro slavery and won with that Kansas will be a free state -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Republican Party Created
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Caning of Senator Sumner
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
where Dred Scott owner went to a free state but denied due that the fact he didn't have rights -
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
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Republican Abraham Lincoln Wins Presidential Election of 1860
where Lincoln was elected to become president -
o Seven Southern States Secede from the Union, Forming the Confederate States of America
Where states didnt like that Lincoln said no slaves in the west so the states left -
Democrat Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederacy
Became the president for Confederacy -
Battle of Fort Sumter
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Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus
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The Civil War
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Homestead Act
was an act if you raise a farm in a land for 5 years you can keep it -
Gettysburg Address
where Lincoln makes a speech in the land where many died -
Battle of Vicksburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
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President Abraham Lincoln Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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President Andrew Johnson Becomes President
After Lincoln dies he takes his place -
13th Amendment
all slaves are free -
Black Codes First Passed in the South
where African Americans were watched by whites -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
all whites to harm African Americans -
Radical Republicans Champion for Black Civil Rights in Congress
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“Scalawags and Carpetbaggers”
white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction or who joined with black freedmen and the so-called carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies -
Sharecropping Begins in the South
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Gen. Lee Surrenders to Gen. Grant at Appomattox Court House
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Johnson Pardons the South
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Freedmens Bureau Created
reconstruction era where they supported people after the war like the slaves -
Period: to
: Reconstruction Era
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14th Amendment
if your born in America you have citizens rights -
Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
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Transcontinental Railroad Completed (
when it was competed -
15th Amendment
African American now can vote -
Industrialization Begins to Boom
where the economic stated to change in a period -
Nativism Spreads
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Standard Oil Company Founded by John D. Rockefeller
owned all oil monopoly -
Jim Crow Laws Begin in South
where whites and black were separated -
Social Darwinism Theory Gains Popularity
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The “New South” wants Industrialization
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Hiram Rhode Revels Becomes First African American in Congress (Senate)
as its says in the title the First African American in Congress (Senate) -
Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
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Telephone Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
made the first phone -
Reconstruction Ends
it ended lasted for 14 years -
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Gilded Age
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Light Bulb Invented by Thomas Edison
was the person to ever make a light bulb -
3rd Wave of Immigration: “New Immigrants”
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Chinese Exclusion Act
where a law was pass for Chinese's workers to work for 10 years -
Pendleton Act
established the civil service commission to make appointments to federal jobs on the basis -
Haymarket Massacre
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Dawes Act
get land from Indians basically steeling them by force -
Interstate Commerce Act
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Andrew Carnegie’s Book “Gospel of Wealth”
foe the government do not enterer with business -
Chicago’s Hull House started by Jane Addams
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Influence of Sea Power Upon History
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How the Other Half Live
The slums in New York -
Boxer Rebellion
uprising against foreigners that occurred in China -
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Progressive Era
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Period: to
Imperialism
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Carnegie Steel Company Founded by Andrew Carnegie
owned all steel monopoly -
Homestead Steel Labor Strike
where the workers had something to to, to change -
Pullman Labor Strike
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Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case
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•Annexation of Hawaii
Hawaiian islands were officially annexed by the United States -
Spanish American War
Spain and the United States -
Open Door Policy
privileges for all countries trading with China -
Roosevelt’s Big Stick Diplomacy/ Roosevelt Corollary
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Period: to
: Theodore Roosevelt
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Panama Canal U.S. Construction
building a canal across a 50-mile stretch of the Panama isthmus -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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• Ford Model-T
a car -
NAACP started by W.E.B. Du Bois
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Period: to
William Howard Taft
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Federal Reserve Act
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16th Amendment
income tax without apportioning -
Period: to
Woodrow Wilson
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Assissination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns
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17th Amendment
gave people the right to vote for their senators -
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World War I
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Sinking of the Lusitania
the sinking of the Cunard -
National Parks System
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Russian Revolution
social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire -
Zimmerman Telegram
a secret diplomatic communication -
U.S. entry into WWI
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Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
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Battle of Argonne Forest
largest operations of the American Expeditionary -
Germany Declares an Armistice
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Treaty of Versailles
surrender of all German colonies as League of Nations mandates -
red scare
widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or anarchism -
Harlem Renaissance
where jazz started to blow up -
19th Amendment
women were able to vote -
18th Amendment
no more alcohol -
Period: to
: Roaring Twenties
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Teapot Dome Scandal
Convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies -
Joseph Stalin Leads Soviet Union
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Scopes “Monkey” Trial
was an American legal case -
Charles Lindbergh’s Trans-Atlantic Flight
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President Harding’s Return to Normalcy
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St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
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Stock Market Crashes “Black Tuesday”
