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American Revolution
13 American colonies achieve independence from Great Britian -
Bunker Hill
British capture Charlestown Peninsula in the American Revolution -
Declaration of Independence
America gained independence from British colonies. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas jefferson bought some 828,000 square miles of land from the French. -
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War of 1812
Britan refused to stop seizing American ships that traded with France. The second war of Independence -
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Mexican American War
an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States -
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Spanish American War
U.S. declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Maine -
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Panama Canal
canal made to ease access from atlantic to the pacific -
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WWI
Serbian nationalist assassinated Franz Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria. Austria- Hungary declared war on Serbia -
Zimmerman Telegram
A secret communication issued from the German Foreign Office that told Mexico to ally with Germany -
Kellogg Briand Pact
Signed in order to prevent war by peacefully settling disputes -
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Great Depression
severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s -
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WWII
Germany invades Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
US naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese -
Doolittle Raid
Aka Tokyo raid, air raid by the US on Japan´s capital, Tokyo, 1st US attack on Japanese homeland -
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Battle of Midway
Naval battle in the Pacidic Theater of WWII -
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Invasion of Normandy
Allies attacked Germany in Normandy, France. First day landings aka D-Day -
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Battle of the Bulge
Last major German offensive campaign of the Western Front, 4th most lethal American battle -
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Battle of Iwa Jima
US Marine Corps landed and captured this Japanese island which had 3 Japanese controlled airfields. -
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Battle of Okinawa
major battle of Pacific War with US Marines and Army against Imperial Japanese Army. -
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Dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1st atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the Americans -
United Nations
created to encourage international cooperation and order -
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Cold War
state of tension after WWII. -
Rio Pact
Agreement binging the republics of the Western Hemisphere. -
Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid western europe, in which america gave over money to assist economies -
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Berlin Blockade
attempt by Soviet Union to restrict France, Great Britain, and the United states to travel to Berlin. -
NATO
military alliance between europe and the us -
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Korean War
began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border -
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Vietnam War
US allies South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam -
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Bay of Pigs
failed military invasion of Cuba by the CIA. -
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Berlin Wall (Rise and Fall)
German Democratic Republic built wall to kept Western “fascists” out. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Russia has missiles in Cuba, America is worried. -
Détente (Nixon)
Nixon and Ford called for this during the Cold War to avoid nuclear risks. -
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SALT I&II
treaties involving the US and Soviets, Cold War superpowers, on the issues of arm control -
Camp David Accord
Permanent peace agreement between Egypt and Israel. -
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Persian Gulf War
International conflict that was created by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. -
NAFTA
agreement between canada, us, and mexico to remove tariff barriers between countries -
9/11
Islamic extremists hijacked 4 airplanes. -
War on Terror
Bush declared a Worldwide ¨War on Terror¨ involving open military operations, new security legislation, efforts to block the financing of terrorism -
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Iraq War
began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein
