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Rutherford B. Hayes
Rebublican. 19th President -
Compromise of 1877
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James A. Garfield
Rebublican. 20th President. -
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Chester A. Arthur
Rebublican. 21st President. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883
Made goverment jobs hire based on competence instead of political standing. Tests could be administered to determine competence. -
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Grover Cleveland
Democrat. 22nd president. -
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Act that tried to stop the monopoly on the railway system. Pushed for reasonable and fair rates. -
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican. 23rd president. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890
The US government attempts to stop uncompetative practices that vreat monopolies -
McKinley Tariff
Put tax on all goods manufactured by other countries. Goal was to encourage buying of american goods -
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Grover Cleveland
Democrat. 24th president -
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William McKinley
Republican. 25th president. -
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Spanish American War
The US goes to war with spain. Very quick war, with the US taking victory. -
Wilmington Race Riot of 1898
Whites over-threw democraticly elected government and killed african-americans -
Galvestion Hurricane
Category 4 hurricane that hit texas. One of the most devestating natural disasters in America. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
Republican. 26th President -
San Francisco Earthquake
Magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hits San Francisco. Creates fires across the city. -
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William Howard Taft
Republican. 27th President -
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Great Migration
Movement of African-Americans from rural, southern areas, into industrial northern areas. -
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Woodrow Wilson
Democrat. 28th President. -
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World War I
World War I , also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe. Over 30 million casualties. -
Treaty of Versailles 1919
Ended WWI. Required Germany accept blame for war, led to more conflict and WWII -
19th Amendment
Prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. Part of Women Sufferage movement. -
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Warren G. Harding
Republican. 29th President -
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican. 30th President -
Immigration Quota Act Of 1924
Limited the number of immigrants that could move to the US -
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Herbert Hoover
Republican. 31st President -
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Great Depresion
An economic depresion that had an effect on the global economy. Unemployment rates for many countries was 20% or higher. -
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Dust Bowl
Time in America were huge dust storms formed and ravaged america. These dust storms would pick up dirt from the praries and carry it for miles. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat. 32nd President. -
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World War II
World War II , also known as the Second World War, was a global war, though related conflicts began earlier. Over 60 million casualties. -
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Harry S. Truman
Democrat. 33rd President. -
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Cold War
Name for the tensions between the US and the Soviet Union. Both were afraid of the other and were in ans arms race -
GATT
Regulated international trade. Reducing tariffs and other trade barriers. -
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Berlin Blockade
Soviet union blocks off democraticly controled western berlin. Allies respond by sending in airdrops that stand for the entire length of the blockade -
Executive Order 9981
Abolished racial discrimination in the US armed forces -
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Baby Boom
Large increase babies born in US. Many of whom are retiring now. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican. 34th President -
Brown v Board of Education
Supreme court ruling that desegregated schools. Stating that seperate educational facilities were inheritly unequal -
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Vietnam War
Proxy war during the Cold War. Over 2 million casualties. -
Sputnik 1
First Atrificial satelite to orbit earth. A part of the space race during the Cold War. -
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John F. Kennedy
Democrat. 35th President -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed military operation in which the CIA of the US trained and funded groups in cuba that wanted to overthrow their communist government -
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Berlin Wall
Wall that cut of Western Berlin from the Eastern side. -
Limited Nuclear test Ban Treaty
Treay signed by US, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom. Prohibited nuclear test explosions above ground and under water. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Democrat. 36th president. -
Civil RIghts Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or national origin. Including the right to vote and racial segregation in schools -
Immigration Act of 1965
Abolished quota system that had been in place before to restrict immigrants -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Attempted to overcome Jim Crowe laws that prevented African-Americans from voting -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Provided equal houseing oppertunites regardless of race. -
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Richard Nixon
Republican. 37th President -
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Gerald Ford
Republican. 38th President -
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Jimmy Carter
Democrat. 39th President -
Camp David Accords
Help keep peace between Israel and Egypt. President of US invited both leaaders to Camp David to negotiate -
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Ronald Reagan
Republican. 40th president -
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George H. W. Bush
Pepublican. 41st president -
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Persian Gulf War
Sending in troops in response to Iraqs attempt to take over Kuwait -
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Bill Clinton
Democratic. Did not have sexual relations with that woman, also the 42nd president. -
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George W. Bush
Republican. 43rd President. -
9/11 terror attacks
Four coordinated attacks on the US. Hijacked airplanes crashed into multiple government buildings -
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Barack Obama
Democrat. 44th president. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane that hit Florida and then Louisiana. One of the most devastating natural disasters in American history.