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Established the Supreme Court
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Federalists oppose it, Anti-Federalists support (U.S. Neutral)
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Hamilton creates Bank of US which Jefferson opposed
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keeps America neutral after France declares war on Britain, Spain, and Holland (example of U.S. foreign policy)
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1st time U.S. Government uses Federal troops to subdue domestic issues (Farmers did not like new excise taxes)
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U.S. cheaply pays 12 Native American tribes for Ohio territory
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John Adams (Federalist) defeats Thomas Jefferson (Republican) in first contested Presidential Election; Jefferson becomes V1796ice President
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French try to extort U.S. for diplomatic meetings – public wants war
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expands Gov’t power, limit dissent and weakening of Gov’t, ruled unconstitutional
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major religious reform movement; helps increase abolition
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Aaron Burr is VP
-Alexander Hamilton suggests U.S. capital moves to Washington, D.C. (move helps gain
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Judiciary Act/Midnight Judges – Adams attempt to secure the Federalist party days before he is to leave office by appointing Federalists into office
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placed by Jefferson on Britain/France; fails – hurts U.S. economy
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William Henry Harrison leads attack on Tecumseh at Battle of Tippecanoe
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(reelected in 1820)
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construction begins (connects Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean)
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ruling confirms Congresses’ right to found the 2nd
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establishes federal control of interstate commerce
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(50th anniversary of Dec. of Independence)
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authorizes forcible westward relocation of Native Americans
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(legal segregation)
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U.S. destiny and duty to expand and conquer the west
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wants immediate emancipation (he was white)
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ends Mexican War, Mexico cedes Texas and all land north of the Rio Grande to U.S. (creates modern border of the U.S. with Gadsden Purchase)
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North gets California as free states, ban of sale of slaves in D.C.
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John Brown leads antislavery massacre at Pottawatomie Creek, fight over slavery in Kansas
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ruling effectively nullifies Missouri Compromise, declares that slaves are property – cannot sue.
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Stephen Douglas wins Illinois Senate seat. Lincoln a household name
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later captured and hanged
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South Carolina secedes the Union = Civil War
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Jefferson Davis– 1st and only President
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confederates attack Union – war starts
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160 acres to each farmer willing to cultivate land in West
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bloodiest battle of the Civil War
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turning point of Civil War; South never recovers
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frees slaves in only Confederate states; foreign diplomacy!
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William Sherman – Atlanta to Savannah – destroys everything!
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abolishes slavery
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at Appomattox Court House to Union Gen. Ulysses Grant
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Andrew Johnson now President
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limits rights of freed blacks
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grants citizenship to all people born in U.S. (14th Amendment)
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used to impeach Andrew Johnson (said he had violated it)
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connects the coasts of the United States; greatest transportation achievement
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grants protection of voting rights to black males
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greatest example of a political machine (NYC)
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authority of state governments over individuals
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corruption in Grants administration & Republican party
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Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse lead Sioux to crushing victory of General George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn
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gets women’s suffrage vote to Congress – leads to 19th Amendment
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bans Chinese immigration for 10 years
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Standard Oil Trust; Andrew Carnegie – Steel
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denies tribal rights, advances forced assimilation, opens lands to whites
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Federal forces massacre 200 Sioux Indians
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outlaws monopolies, price-fixing, other trade restraints
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formed specifically to give farmers a voice in government
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journalism that features unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or individual journalists.
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‘Separate but Equal’ is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education)
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voting rights of blacks challenged with literacy tests and poll taxes
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Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain’s Navy
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U.S. attempt to gain foothold in Chinese markets
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Teddy Roosevelt now 26th President
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increases U.S. presence in Latin America
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writers who expose big business corruption
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Meat Inspection – set food quality standards
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connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opens in 1914)
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assembly lines introduced
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establishment of income tax , 17th Amend.– direct election of senators
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on campaign of keeping U.S. neutral during war
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Americans killed on board
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establishes the draft
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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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by Woodrow Wilson, 14th pt most important – calls for League of Nations
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outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol
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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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women’s suffrage (right to vote)
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exposes massive corruption in Harding Administration
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popularizes debate over teaching evolution in schools – outlawed
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completes world’s first solo flight across Atlantic – seen as a hero
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executed for murder; controversial because the were anarchists, politically motivated and unjustified
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‘Black Tuesday’ – launches Great Depression
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Bonus Army (WWI vets) march on Washington demanding compensation – forced out
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FDR claims Bank Holiday to fix banks
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FDR address public on radio – continues to 1944 – gives public hope
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creation of countless jobs, most productive of any president’s 1st 100 days
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repeals 18th amendment (prohibition)
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shifts presidential inaugurations from March to January
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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 unemployed 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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imprisonment of Japanese in California
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Manhattan Project
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France on D-DAY, June 6, 1944 (largest land/sea invasion)
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begins to break down Axis position on western front
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Harry Truman becomes President; Adolf Hitler commits suicide
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(victory in Europe day)
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U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9) – Japan surrenders
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prosecute Nazi war criminals Baby Boom, Economic Prosperity
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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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alliance system of 26 countries in North America and Europe
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U.S. aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953
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begins rabid anti-communist campaign; hurt when he accuses military of having communists; alcoholic
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for espionage;
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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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temporally divides Vietnam at 17th parallel
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sparks Montgomery Bus Boycott
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creates polio vaccine
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Sputnik
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JFK vs. Nixon (JFK wins); JFK president 1960
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SCLC created by MLK, Jr.
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divides East and West Berlin (East was communist)
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failed invasion of Cuba by U.S. (CIA) trained military
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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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“I have a dream” speech given by MLK – speech for civil rights
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launches “Great Society” program to end poverty and racism
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bans discrimination in education, employment, & public places
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broadens LBJ’s military powers in Vietnam – no declare war
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bans literacy tests for voting
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blamed whites for African American problems; assassinated
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police must read suspects their rights
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first black justice of the Supreme Court
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hurts Civil Rights movement
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launched by North Vietnamese Army – turning point of U.S. in Vietnam
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JFK’s brother; Richard Nixon voted President
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Neil Armstrong first to walk on moon
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U.S. soldiers kill 200 innocent men, women, and children
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7,000 page document outlining U.S. government plan in Vietnam; shows gov’t was not telling truth to public.
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Nixon authorizes break-in and wiretapping of Democratic National Committee headquarters in Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.
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legalizes abortion (up to 3 months)
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fuel shortage in U.S. due to OPEC raising prices
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North Vietnam overtakes South after departure
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to avoid impeachment; Gerald Ford President – pardons Nixon; Ford is only President never voted into office.
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Carter negotiates peace between Egypt and Israel
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nuclear power accident causes concern of nuclear safety
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(a.k.a. STAR WARS) - space based missile defense proposed
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crew killed; space program never the same
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Chinese government crushes pro-democracy revolt in Tiananmen Square
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(Reagan feels its U.S.’s great est accomplishment of the era)
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Saddam Hussein orders invasion of Kuwait; starts Operation Desert Storm
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appoints Janet Reno first female attorney general