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John D. Rockefeller - Standard Oil Trust; Andrew Carnegie - Steel
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Dawes Severalty Act-denies tribal rights, advances forced assimilation, opens lands to whites
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1896 - **Plessy vs. Ferguson – 'Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsDTqtyiNZk
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Treaty of Paris - ends the Spanish-American War
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Open Door Policy - U.S. attempt to gain foothold in Chinese markets
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President McKinley assassinated, Teddy Roosevelt now 26th President
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Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine - increases U.S. presence in Latin America
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Muckraker – writers who expose big business corruption
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Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection – set food quality standards
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Panama Canal – connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opens in 1914)
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Henry Ford introduces the Model T car, assembly lines introduced
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16th Amendment - establishment of income tax, 17th Amend.- direct election of senators
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World War I begins in Europe
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German U-Boat sinks British passenger liner Lusitania, Americans killed on board
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Germany continues unrestricted submarine warfare-gets warning from U.S.
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Zimmerman Telegram - intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against U.S.; US. Enters WWI
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Selective Service Act - establishes the draft
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Fourteen Points - by Woodrow Wilson, 14th pt most important - calls for League of Nations
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1919 - Treaty of Versailles – ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYhLNQMRro
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18th Amendment-outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol
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19th Amendment - women's suffrage (right to vote)
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Teapot Dome Scandal - exposes massive corruption in Harding Administration
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Dawes Plan - ease war reparations on Germany
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Scopes Monkey Trial - popularizes debate over teaching evolution in schools -outlawed
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Sacco and Vanzetti - executed for murder; controversial because the were anarchists, politically motivated and unjustified
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Charles Lindbergh - completes world's first solo flight across Atlantic - seen as a hero
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1929 - Stock Market Crash -'Black Tuesday' - launches Great Depression https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2iuUzkKu9k
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Bonus Army (wwi vets) march on Washington demanding compensation - forced out
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1932- Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected President
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1933- U.S. unemployment rate reaches 25%, FDR claims Bank Holiday to fix banks
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1933- Fireside Chats - FDR address public on radio - continues to 1944 - gives public hope
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1934 – Huey Long - criticizes FDR, “Share Our Wealth" proposes large tax burden on wealthy
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1935- Social Security Act - establishes funds for unemployed and elderly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVQ7PIl3IDE
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1935 - Wagner Act - supports union rights, protects collective bargaining
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1940 - Lend-Lease Act - provides U.S. loan aid to Britain, USSR & allied powers
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1940 - Atlantic Charter - agreement b/n U.S President FDR and Britain Prime Minister Churchill
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December 7, 1941 - Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters the War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kSnlS4xX8
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1942- Battle of Midway - U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-au50GxIXw
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1944 - Allies invade Normandy, France on D-DAY, June 6, 1944 (largest land/sea invasion)
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1944- Battle of the Bulge - begins to break down Axis position on western front
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1945- FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President; Adolf Hitler commits suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=411MrvRC2-0
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