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Mayflower Compact
was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony -
Poor Richard’s Almanack
yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, -
Sugar Act
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Boston Tea Party
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Marbury v. Madison
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Missouri Compromise
agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress -
1st Women’s Rights convention
The local women, primarily members of a radical Quaker group, organized the meeting along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, -
Thirteenth Amendment
United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime -
Battle of Little Bighorn
was an armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho people against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Chief Spotted Elk of the Miniconjou Lakota nation and 350 of his followers were intercepted by a 7th Cavalry detachment under Major Samuel M. Whitsid -
Theodore Roosevelt
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Eighteenth Amendment
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Harlem Renaissance
was known as the "New Negro Movement", -
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Dust Bowl
The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Woodrow Wilson in 1913 -
Normandy landings
The landings were conducted in two phases: an airborne assault landing of 24,000 British, American, Canadian and Free French airborne troops shortly after midnight -
GI Bill
provided college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans -
Marshall Plan
American program to aid Europe -
Brown v. Board of Education
establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
saw the Middle East as being influential for future foreign policy -
Earth Day
Earth Day was allegedly pioneered by John McConnell in 1969