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47,980 BCE
Leaving Africa
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14,980 BCE
Entering North America
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Jan 1, 1400
Prehistory
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Aug 4, 1492
Columbus
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernando Cortes lands in Mexico
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Arrival at Plymouth Rock
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Salem Witch Trials
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French and Indian War
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Boston Massacre
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American Revolution
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Arrival at Valley Forge
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Constitution completed
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Industrial Revolution
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Nathaniel Bowditch Publishes His Book
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Lewis and Clark's Expedition
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War of 1812
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Trail of Tears
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Battle of the Alamo Ended
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United States entered a Depression
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Herman Melville goes to sea
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Nakahama Manjiro is Saved
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Herman Melville Joins Whaling Ship
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Frederick Douglass' First Speech
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Texas becomes an official state
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Gold Rush Started
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Flood of Pioneers Move West
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Compromise of 1850
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Sojourner Truth gave her speech
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American Civil War Started
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Homesteading the plains
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Emancipation Proclamation Goes into Effect
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Reconstruction
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American Civil War Ended
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President Lincoln Assassinated
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Cattle drives in Great Plains
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Alaska Purchase
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First Transcontinental Railroad
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Suez Canal Opens
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Labor Unions Started
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Massive Immigration to America
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Carnegie builds steel mill
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Plains Wars
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First Telephone Conversation-Alexander Graham Bell
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Edison invents electric light bulb
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Immigration to America
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Electricity for cities
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Jim Crow Laws Created
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Mark Twain writes Huckleberry Finn
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Progressive Era
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The Panic of 1893
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Spanish-American War
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U.S. gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific Islands
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Hawaii becomes U.S. possession
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United States has become a world power
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U.S. takes over Panama Canal construction
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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Wright Brothers make first airplane flight
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Henry Ford builds cars on assembly line
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U.S. opens Panama Canal
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World War 1
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Russian Revolution
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World-wide Depression
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The Giant Sandstorm of the 1930s
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Hoover Dam Built
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Joe Louis Vs Max Schmeling
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Joe Louis Vs Max Schmeling (Rematch)
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World War 2
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World War 2 Started
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The Blitz
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D-Day Happens
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
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First atomic bomb exploded
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Nagasaki Bombed
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Beginning of Cold War
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Beginning of Korean War
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Beginning of American Civil Rights Movement
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End of Korean War
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Cuban Revolution
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Assassination of President Kennedy
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End of Civil Rights Movement
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Beginning Vietnam War
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End of Vietnam War
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Whale Oil Banned from Being Used
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Collapse of Communism in Europe
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End of Cold War and Breakup of the Soviet Union
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Formation of the European Union
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Terrorists successfully attack American landmarks
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EU adopts the euro
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Beginning of Iraq War
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Election of President Barack Obama
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End of Iraq War
