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A timeline documenting USA history from 1877-2011. This is for my VHS project.
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Annexed following a military victory over Spain.
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Leased from Panama for $10 million, plus $250,000 annually; ceded to Panama in 1999.
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Congress required the passing of a literacy test to immigrate. This disproportionately affected many groups of people.
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The door was shut to millions of immigrants and was based on the United States population of 1890, therefore designed to favor the previous immigrant groups.