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denies tribal rights, advances forced assimilation, opens lands to whites (Pres. Grover Cleveland) -
outlaws monopolies, price-fixing, other trade restraints (Pres. Benjamin Harrison) -
formed specifically to give farmers a voice in government (Pres. Benjamin Harrison) -
'Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education) (Pres. Grover Cleveland) -
Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy (Pres. William McKinley) -
ends the Spanish-American War (Pres. William McKinley) -
President McKinley assassinated by American anarchist Leon Czolgosz, Teddy Roosevelt now 26th President -
increases U.S. presence in Latin America (Pres.Theodore Roosevelt)
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connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opens in 1914) (Pres.Theodore Roosevelt) -
assembly lines introduced (Pres.Theodore Roosevelt) -
16th-establishment of income tax (Pres. William Howard Taft), 17th-direct election of senators (Pres. Woodrow Wilson) -
war begins in Europe (Pres. Woodrow Wilson) -
turned international opinion against Germany (Pres. Woodrow Wilson) -
intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against U.S.; US. Enters WWI (Pres. Woodrow Wilson) -
establishes the draft system in the United States (Pres. Woodrow Wilson) -
draft of peace negotiations by Woodrow Wilson, 14th pt most important - calls for League of Nations (Pres. Woodrow Wilson) -
outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol (Pres. Woodrow Wilson) -
ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it (Pres. Woodrow Wilson) -
women's suffrage (white women gain the right to vote) (Pres. Woodrow Wilson) -
exposes massive corruption in Harding Administration (Pres. Warren Harding) -
'Black Tuesday' - launches Great Depression (Pres. Herbert Hoover) -
(WWI vets) march on Washington demanding compensation - forced out (Pres. Herbert Hoover) -
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FDR claims Bank Holiday to fix banks (Pres. FDR) -
FDR address public on radio - continues to 1944 - gives public hope (Pres. FDR) -
shifts presidential inaugurations from March to January (Pres. FDR) -
21st Amendment -repeals 18th amendment (prohibition) (Pres. FDR) -
establishes funds for unemployed and elderly; part of FDR's "New Deal" program (Pres. FDR) -
Germany (led by Adolf Hitler) invades Poland; WWII begins (Pres. FDR) -
FDR elected for unprecedented 3rd Term -
provides U.S. loan aid to Britain, USSR & allied powers (Pres. FDR) -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters the War (Pres. FDR) -
Internment of Japanese Americans - imprisonment of Japanese in California (Pres. FDR) -
creation of the Atomic Bomb (Pres. FDR) -
U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific (Pres. FDR) -
Allies invade Normandy, France (largest land/sea invasion) (Pres. FDR)
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Harry Truman becomes President; Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
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Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9) - Japan surrenders (Pres. Harry Truman) -
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U.S. intent to fight Communism by helping free nations resist it. (Pres. Harry Truman) -
postwar economic recovery to help Western Europe; largest relief aid given by the U.S. in U.S. history (Pres. Truman) -
USSR blocks all aid into West Berlin; Berlin Airlift-U.S. drops food and supplies by air to West Berlin (Pres. Truman) -
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alliance system of 26 countries in North America and Europe (Pres. Truman) -
Joseph McCarthy begins rabid anti-communist campaign; hurt when he accuses military of having communists; alcoholic (Pres. Truman) -
U.S. aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953 (Pres. Truman) -
overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional (Pres. Eisenhower) -
sparks Montgomery Bus Boycott (Pres. Eisenhower) -
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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 (Pres. JFK) -
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bans discrimination in education, employment, & public places (Pres. LBJ) -
broadens LBJ's military powers in Vietnam - no declare war (Pres. LBJ) -
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Tet Offensive launched by North Vietnamese Army-turning point of U.S. in Vietnam (Pres. LBJ) -
hurts Civil Rights movement (Pres. LBJ) -
U.S. soldiers kill 200 innocent men, women, and children (Pres. Nixon) -
Neil Armstrong first to walk on moon (Pres. Nixon) -
7,000 page document outlining U.S. government plan in Vietnam; shows gov't was not telling the truth to the public. (Pres. Nixon) -
Nixon authorizes break-in and wiretapping of Democratic National Committee headquarters in Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. (Pres. Nixon) -
North Vietnam overtakes South after departure (Pres. Nixon) -
President Richard Nixon resigns to avoid impeachment; Gerald Ford President - pardons Nixon; Ford is only President never voted into office. -
Carter negotiates peace between Egypt and Israel (Pres. Jimmy Carter) -
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Reagan feels its U.S.'s greatest accomplishment of the era (Pres. Ronald Reagan) -
targeted bin Laden's al-Qaeda fighters and the Taliban (Pres. George Bush) -
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