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spanish-american war
teddy roosevelt leads rough riders, u.s. crushes spains navy -
treaty of paris
ends the spanish-american war -
pure food and drug act, meat inspection
set food quality standards -
sixteenth amendment
establishment of income tax -
world war one
bloodiest war in history to date, aka "the great war", "the war to end all wars" -
woodrow wilson
wins re election on campaign of keeping u.s. neutral during the war -
eighteenth amendment
outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol -
treaty of versailles
ends world war one, calls for heavy reparations on germany, disarmament, and creation of league of nations, u.s. senate rejects it -
nineteenth amendment
womans sufferage (right to vote) -
stock market crash
black tuesday, lanches great depression -
franklin roosevelt
franklin d. roosevelt was elected president -
twenty first amendment
repeals eighteenth amendment (prohibition) -
twentieth amendment
shifts presidential inaugurations from march to january -
japan bombs pearl harbor
u.s. enters the war -
truman doctrine
u.s. intent to fight communism by helping free nations resists it -
marshal plan
postwar economic recovery to help western europe; largest relief aid given by the u.s in u.s history -
harry truman orders desegregation of military
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polio vaccine
jonas sulk creates polio vaccine -
brown v. board of education
overturns plessy v. ferguson; says seperate but equal is unconstituational -
sputnik
ussr launches first satellite in space -
berlin wall
divides east and west berlin (east was communist) -
i hve a dream
speech given by mlk -
jfk assassinated
lee harvey oswald assassintes john f. kennedy -
voting acts rights of 1965
bans literacy tests for voting -
miranda v. arizona
police must read suspects their rights -
mlk jr. assassinated
james earl ray assassinates martin luther king jr