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Period: 9999 BCE to
Old Immigrants
Come from Britain, Germany, and Scandinavia -
Declaration of Independence signed
america has been created! -
Constitution signed
America now has self-imposed rules, but also rights, which are very cool. -
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Civil War
South watned slavés not nôrth -
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Abraham Lincoln's Presidency
he was pretty awesome. -
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Reconstruction
America recovers from civil war -
13th amendment passed
Slaves no longer slaves -
14th Amendment Passed
blacks have got rights now. -
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Ulysses S. Grant Presidency
He was cooler than Andrew Johnson, but not as cool as Abraham Lincoln. -
15th amendment passed
every man can vote now. yey -
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Industrial Revolution
getting better at making technology -
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New Immigrants
Come from Italy, Greece, Slavic -
Frontier Considered Closed
Free land was no longer available to settlers moving West -
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Theodore Roosevelt Presidency
∆ -
Period: to
William Taft Presidency
Taftified -
16th Amendment Passed
Allowed for income tax not based on population -
17th Amendment
Senators can now be voted for -
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Woodrow Wilson Presidency
Woodroy Woodpecker -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination
Austrian archduke assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. -
WWI Begins
World War I begins when Germany invades Belgium. -
Fist Tanks Employed
The British use tanks for the first time in Delville Wood. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Germany sends the German Ambassador to Mexico a telegram forming a deal to give its lost territories back from the US if they side with Germany in the war. -
United States Enters WWI
Congress declares war on Germany, entering the US in the war. -
The Allies
were Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. -
The Central Powers
were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. -
WWI Ends (Eastern Front)
Germany and Russia Part 2 sign a peace treaty. -
Armistice Day
WWI ends on the western front when the Treaty of Versailles is signed.