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First permanent English colony.
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Beginning of slavery in North America.
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First legislative assembly of Virginina.
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Date the Mayflower Compact was signed, signed by the Pilgrims on board.
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War between France and Indians versus the British troops.
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Treaty signed formally ending the French and Indian War.
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Tried to stabilize relations between North American colonies and Indian tribes.
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Document that taxed all legal documents.
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Boston soldiers, fired into protestors killing five of them.
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Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor in reaction to the taxation of tea.
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Urged colonies to form militias.
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First official battle of the Revolutionary War.
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Established the Continental Army.
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Declared our independence from Britian
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First government of the United States.
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Time America was under the Articles of Confederation.
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Battle wear British surrendered to former colonists.
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Ended Revolutionary War.
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Established plan for surveying western lands.
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Farmers uprising due to high and unfair taxes.
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Called to settle disputes among states over commerce.
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Met to create the Constitution, new basis of government. Also discussed problems with Articles of Confederation.
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Made two houses of government, Senate-two votes each state and House of Representatives-representation based off population for each state.
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Stated that each slave counted as 3/5ths of a person when deciding a states population.
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Process for creation and admission of new states.
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Established the Supreme Court.
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First president of the U.S.
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BIll of Rights were first 10 ammendments of the Constitution.
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The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, and it caused cotton farming to be easier, causing the production of cotton to go up, which then made slavery rates go up.
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Date John Adams became president.
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Date Thomas Jefferson became president.
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Case where judges were not given their asignments after being appointed as judges.
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Land bought from Napoleon by Jefferson that doubled nearly size of the U.S.
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War between England and U.S. We sort of win due to the fact that England has been battling with France.
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Court case that stated states could not tax the federal government. Declared implied powers.
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Prominent role in womens rights
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Split the anti-slavery and pro-slavery factions.
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Overturned the steamboat monopoly.
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Warned against further colonization of western hemisphere by England.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this to show the evils of slavery, gained support for anti-slavery.
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U.S. Supreme Court decided all African Americans were not considered citizens, whether they were free or slaves.
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Lincoln elected as president which led to some southern states seceding.
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First battle of the Civil War.
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Granted people 160 acres of land for free but they had to live there for a period of time.
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"Union victory". Forced Confederate troops out of Union soil.
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"Freed" all slaves, issued after Union "victory" in /battke of Antietam
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Allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River.
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Considered turning point of the war
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Stated that the South never seceded and all would be equal after the war
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Location of the Confederate's surrender.
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Era after the Civil War where Southern states were returning to their homes, finding everything in ruins, and trying to fix it, Also when former slaves began trying to get jobs and get educated.
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Pres. Lincoln was assassinated by John WIlkes Booth while he was at the theater in an attempt to revivr the Confederate's cause.
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Abolished slavery unless used as punishment for a crime
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Set up military control in South to make sure African Americans were treated with equality.
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Indians forced off their lands onto reservations.
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Said all citizens had equal rights and that all citizens should be treated fairly
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Grant was elected after Andrew Johnson was impeached.
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Promoted the workingman
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Said that someone could not be denied the right to vote based on color or race.
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Laws that allowed Racial Segregation
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Came from Northern or Western Europe
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Prohibited all immigration by the Chinese
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First federation of labor unions in the US
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Aftermath of bombing that occured during a labor demonstration.
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Divided land and gave individual plots to individual indians.
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Tried to eliminate corruption in government and tried
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Prohibits certain business practices that seem anticompetition
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Strikers battled against Pinkerton security agents, resulted in major loss for unions.
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One of the first industrial unions, largest of its time.
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Railway strike where nearly 4,000 workers striked against reduction on wages
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Said "Seperate but equal" was ok
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USS Maine explodes in the harbor of Havana, which led to increasing favor for war.
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Cease fire between US and Spain, Spain freed Cuba and US gained Guam Puerto Rico and bought the Philippines for $20 million.
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Stated that nations share trading rights with the US in China so that there would not be a monopoly on trade.
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Rebelling Chinese who did not like foreign countries dominating their trade killed many missionaries and other foreigners before being shut down by international forces.
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US reserves the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, US could buy or lease land for naval bases and refueling stations, Cuba would not go into debt, and Cuba could not make treaties that would limit its independence
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US signed a treaty with Panama stating they could use an area of land across Panama, a canal was built and it was used to decrease travel time.
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Was added to Monroe Doctrine stating that disorder in Latin America might force the US to the exercise of international police power
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Came from Southern or Eastern Europe (Peaked in 1907)
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Congress has the ability to impose an income tax
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Senators are now elected by the people.
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Large scale movement of African Americans from the south to northern cities during the 20th century
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Help protect consumers and promote competition.
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Added to Sherman Anti-Trust Act further saying that any anti-competition type business acts are illegal.
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US enters WW1 on the Allies side after staying neutral in beginning, US joined after the Lusitania was blew up and after intercepting the Zimmerman Note.
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What Wilson believed would help prevent another war.
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Established new nations and barred Germany from maintaining an army and to pay reparations.
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Prohbited the sale of alcohol
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Literary and artistic movement celebrating the African American culture during the 1920s
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Trying to transform the Indians culture into a more American policy. (1790-1920)
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Women have the right to vote
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Limited number of immigrants allowed to enter the U.S. from each country.
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Trial over teaching evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools and in American society.
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Germany invades Czechoslovakia and then later on Poland causing Britain and France to declare war on Germany
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Soviet Union and Germany signed an agreement to not attack each other
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Draft imposed during World War 2 that recruited 10million soldiers
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Surprise Japanese attack on an American naval base.
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US delcares war against Japan after Pearl Harbor and then Germany and Italy declares war against the US
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US stops Japans advance towards Hawaii and begins pushing them back
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Court case that declared the internment of Japanese people by the US government was legal.
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Allied forces stormed Axis held beaches and eventually take control of them.
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A final german offensive push against the Allies
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German leaders that were tried and convicted for committing crimes against humanity,
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US and Soviet Union have war with no direct military conflict , US tried to contain Soviet communist expansion.
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Victory in Europe, Hitler kills himself
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One of two cities nuked by the US to force Japan out of WW2
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Other city that was nuked by the US to force Japan out of WW2
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Communist Mao Zedong took over by gaining a lot of peasant support by improving their lives and teaching them to read.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, US and Western European countries non-communist treaty
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Soveit Union blockaded West Berln from getting supplies so US and Britsh pilots flew supplies in to West Berlin.
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Charged and later executed for giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
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Communist North Korea attacked democratic South Korea with the aid of China and the US helped aid South Korea, war ends in standoff
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US payed large amounts of money to help aid and persuade western European countries stay away from communism
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President at time of H-Bomb porduction, was willing to go to an all out war against Soveit Union if attacked.
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Soviet Unions treaty with other communist/eastern European countries
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Germany is split into 4 pieces controlled by non-communist US Britain and France and communist Soviet Union, combined into two sides, Western non-communist and Eastern communist
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Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite
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US spy plane that was flying over Soviet Union takking pictures is shot down.
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Wall built through middle of Berlin, splitting it into Communist East and Democratic West
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Elected 35th president of the US, stated that the American people need to confront the "iron tyranny" of communism
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Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba and aimed them directly at the US
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JFK is shot and killed while traveling through Dallas
