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This was an oil producing, refining, and marketing company. At its peak it was the largest oil refiner in the world -
This was when the United States army killed nearly 300 Lakota tribe members -
this was a party formed to give farmers a voice in government -
journalism that features unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or individual journalists. -
'Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education) -
voting rights of blacks challenged with literacy tests and poll taxes -
Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy -
ends the Spanish-American War -
writers who expose big business corruption -
Meat Inspection – set food quality standards -
connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opens in 1914) -
introduces the Model T car, assembly lines introduced -
establishment of income tax, 17th Amend.- direct election of senators -
begins in Europe -
sinks British passenger liner Lusitania, Americans killed on board -
continues unrestricted submarine warfare-gets warning from U.S. -
intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against U.S.; US. Enters WWI -
ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it -
outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol -
women's suffrage (right to vote) -
exposes massive corruption in Harding Administration -
completes world's first solo flight across Atlantic - seen as a hero
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Black Tuesday' - launches Great Depression -
supports union rights, protects collective bargaining -
establishes funds for unemployed and elderly -
provides U.S. loan aid to Britain, USSR & allied powers -
motivate U.S. citizens to support war efforts -
creation of the Atomic Bomb -
U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific -
on V-E-DAY (victory in Europe day) -
on Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9) - Japan surrenders -
describes division of Communist Eastern Europe from Western Europe -
U.S. intent to fight Communism by helping free nations resist it. -
USSR blocks all aid into West Berlin; Berlin Airlift-U.S. drops food and supplies by air to West Berlin -
U.S. aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953 -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for espionage; Alger Hiss convicted of perjury - 1991 Soviet documents confirm their guilt! -
overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional -
for not giving up seat on bus to whites; sparks Montgomery Bus -
divides East and West Berlin (East was communist) -
speech given by MLK - speech for civil rights
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