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Standard Oil Trust; Andrew Carnegie - Steel
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Federal forces massacre 200 Sioux Indians
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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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Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy
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ends the Spanish-American War
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President McKinley was assassinated, Teddy Roosevelt now the 26th president
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writers who expose big business corruption
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World War 1 started in Europe
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the war started
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world war 1 lasted about 5 years
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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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woman have to right to vote (women suffrage)
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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 they were anarchists, politically motivated, and unjustified
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'Black Tuesday' - launches Great Depression 10/24/1929 -November 11th 1929
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected President
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stock market crash and it lasted 10 years august 1929 to March 1933
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creation of countless jobs, most productive of any president's 1st 100 days
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supports union rights protect collective bargaining
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establishes funds for unemployed and elderly still here today
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motivate U.S. citizens to support war efforts
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters the War
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The U.S. defeats Japan, seen as a turning point in the war in the Pacific
June 4- June 7th -
V-E-DAY (victory in Europe day)
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describes the 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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postwar economic recovery to help Western Europe; largest relief aid given by the U.S. in U.S. history
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(Truman) must stop the 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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overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional
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JFK vs. Nixon (JFK wins); JFK president 1960
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the speech was given by MLK - speech for civil rights
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bans discrimination in education, employment, & public places
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blamed whites for African American problems; assassinated
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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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Ronald Reagan
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Libya is supporting Palestinians
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appoints Janet Reno first female attorney general