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American Revolution
Began when British leaders sought a strict control over American colonies
Declaration of Independence, 1776
Colonies won independence from Great Britain
Important leaders include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson -
Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress's statement that announced the 13 colonies' independence from Great Britain -
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The New Nation
America begins it's life as a new nation
U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1789
Constitutional Principles:
Separations of Powers, Checks and Balances, Federalism, etc.
Bill of Rights -
U.S. Constitution
The Supreme Law of the United States ratified in 1788 -
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Expansion and Reform
The American people begin their Manifest destiny
California Gold Rush
Abolitionism
Women's Suffrage begins (Major leader- Susan B. Anthony) Temperance Movement
Asylum and Prison Reform -
Manifest Destiny
The American people's idea that westward expansion during the 1800s was a God-given right -
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Civil War
Union (North) vs. Confederacy (South)
Southern states secede from the United States
Emancipation Proclamation
Important leaders include Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee -
Civil War
War between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South) -
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Westward Expansion
Railroad growth throughout the U.S.
Mining, ranching, cattle industry boom
Farming and Agricultural innovation
Conflict between Americans and Native Americans -
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Reconstruction
Period that was spent rebuilding the U.S. after the Civil War
13th, 14th, 15th Amendment
Ku Klux Klan (extremist movement that advocates white supremacy)
Jim Crow Laws (racial segregation) -
Railroad and Industry Growth
Westward Expansion promoted the growth of railroads and industry growth throughout the U.S. -
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The Gilded Age
Major Industrialization and Urbanization
Monopolies
Immigration
Important people include Andrew Carnegie, Grover Cleveland, etc. -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that enforced racial segregation from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s -
Industrialization
Industrialization was a key part of basically all developed countries during the late 1800s -
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U.S. Imperialism
Overseas expansion of the United States
Spanish American War in 1898
Annexation of Hawaii
Important people include Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft -
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Progressive Era
Major democratic reforms
Monopoly regulation post-Gilded Age
Consumer Protection
Environmental Conservation
Women's Suffrage: 19th Amendment
Prohibition -
U.S. expansion overseas
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World War I
Lusitania- British ship sunk by German forces
Zimmerman Telegram- Telegram between Germany and Mexico proposing an alliance
Trench Warfare
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations- Created in 1920 as a result of World War I -
World War I
Trench Warfare -
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Roaring Twenties
The Jazz Age
Flappers
Prohibition- Nation-wide outlaw of alcohol
The "new" KKK
Scopes Trial- Trial following the law about teaching evolution in the 1920s -
Prohibition
Nationwide Outlaw of Alcohol -
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Great Depression
Stock Market Crash caused nationwide depression
High unemployment
Important people include Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal -
The Great Depression
Stock market crash that caused nationwide depression -
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World War II
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Holocaust
Important people include Adolf Hitler, Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Europe and the Pacific sides of the war
Atomic Bomb -
Holocaust
Genocide of Jewish people by the Nazis -
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The Cold War
Soviet Union and Communism
Containment
Arms Race (weapons development) between the U.S.S.R and the U.S.
Space Race (Sputnik in 1957)
Espionage (spies) -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Law case that had a major ruling in the deconstruction of segregation laws during the Civil Rights Movement -
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Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights- The movement for racial equality
Sit ins
Brown vs. Board of Education
"I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Vietnam War
Part of the Cold War (but no direct conflict between U.S. and U.S.S.R)
U.S. supported South Vietnam's plea for democracy against the communist North Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
The draft for soldiers
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Space Race
Race for technological development in space exploration -
Vietnam War
War between North Vietnam and South Vietnam that the U.S. got involved in to keep communism from spreading -
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Late 20th Century
Inflation
Oil Crisis
Conservative Resurgence
End of the Cold War
Technological Revolution -
End of the Cold War
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U.S. in the 21st Century
Globalization
9/11 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center
War on Terror
Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
2008 Economic Recession
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane that caused major damage to New Orleans
