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Plymouth
Mayflower Compact, first Constitution of the New World -
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English Civil War
Between the monarchy and Parliament. They stopped colonization for this time, so the 13 colonies developed into independent and self-governing entities in their own right! -
Stamp Act
BIG turning point for colonists! -
Boston Tea Party
BIG act of defiance on the colonists' part! -
Common Sense
A revolutionary-era pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that got many colonists to support independence from the British! -
Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress announced and explained separation from Great Britain. -
Republican Motherhood
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Second Great Awakening
Protestant religious revival movement! -
Transcendentalism
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Temperance Movement
Go DRY! -
Seneca Falls Convention
First women's rights convention led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Their demands, as women, for further rights and equality, were laid out in the Declaration of Sentiments. -
Secession of the South
Southern states seceded from the US after the election of Lincoln who was against slavery. It created two distinct identities: the Confederacy and the original Union. -
Civil War
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Citizenship Amendments
13th Amendment: It ended slavery in the US, so African Americans were free, giving them a new identity because they could be Freedmen.
14th Amendment: Every person born or naturalized in
the United States is a citizen, and due process of law must be followed before any citizen's rights or property are taken away.
15th Amendment: A citizen's right to vote cannot be taken away because of race, the color of their skin, or because they used to be slaves. -
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Reconstruction Era
Helping rebuild the South through legislation, policy, aid, etc! -
Hull Houses
Settlement houses, started by Jane Addams, that helped immigrants assimilate into the American culture! -
Urbanization
A widespread shift from rural areas to urban areas; resulted increase in urban centers, such as booming cities in the North -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
"Separate but equal" -
19th Amendment
Women get the right to vote! -
Great Migration
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Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Restricted immigration into the United States. -
Cold War
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Brown vs. Board
Overturned the decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson; made segregation unconstitutional. -
Affirmative Action
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Outsourcing
The US becomes a service-based country -
War on Terrorism