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The Magna Carta
A very important document that established that everyone was subject to the law INCLUDING the king. Significance: It was published to show that no one was above the law, not even those who write it. -
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The Age of Enlightenment
A mid 1700s era of philosophers pushing for people to think more individually, skepticism and to think with reason. Significance: This led to great discoveries and helped lead humanity to higher levels of knowledge. -
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The Industrial Revolution
A period of time when various machines and inventions happened such as: Cotton jin, the steam boat and the train. Significance: These inventions helped push countries to higher levels of knowledge and make life a little easier. -
The Declaration of Independence
This document was the written document that declared America separate from England. Significance: it was literally what separated the two countries. -
The Treaty of Paris
The treaty signed by King George III that ended the Revolutionary War. Significance: This is what led America to do great things. -
The Articles of Confederation
This document gave the powers to the states and the federal government each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right. Significance: First written constitution -
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The Constitutional Convention
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. Significance: The meeting helped lead to the writing of the constitution because the Articles of Confederation were no longer cutting it. -
The Northwest Ordinance
An act passed by the second continental congress saying that any land North of the Ohio River and west of the Alleghenie would be Union territory. Significance: it laid the basis of the NorthWest unions government. -
"Debate"
The "Federalist" is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution. Significance: This helped lead to the seperation of the Union and the Confederates -
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Federalists VS Anti Federalists
The Federalists felt that this addition wasn't necessary, because they believed that the Constitution as it stood only limited the government not the people. The Anti- Federalists claimed the Constitution gave the central government too much power, and without a Bill of Rights the people would be at risk of oppression. Significance: This eventually led to the cut in half of the USA -
The Passing of The 13th Amendment
This amendment abolished slavery in all states. Significance: This was the day in which all slaves and people of color were free! -
The Passing of The 14th Amendment
This amendment stated that no state is allowed to restrict the basic rights of citizens. Significance: Helped get us a little closer to equal rights. -
The Passing of The 15th Amendment
This amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". Significance: Once again brought us another step closer to equal rights. -
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The Jim Crow Laws
Laws segregating people of color from white people Significance: This was a large part of history before the civil rights movements when people of color were still suffering -
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The Great Railroad Strike
Starting in Ohio and Baltimore large numbers of railroad workers were going on strikes due to the heavy loss of payment due to a economic depression. Significance: This went to show that people weren't going to stand for getting payed under minimum wage. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This act was passed so that no more Chinese laborers could enter the country. Significance: The prevention of the Chinese laborers entering the country made large changes. -
the Haymarket Riot
A labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Significance: This was a pretty important event in the race for more healthy work hours. They were pushing for 8 hour days. -
The American Federation of Labor
The purpose of the AFL was to organize skilled workers into national unions consisting of others in the same trade. -
The Establishment of Ellis Island
Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States' busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years! -
The American Railway Union
The largest union ever filled with American railway workers. Significance: These workers helped to produce transportation and make it easier for us to trade and move. -
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The Pullmans Strike
A nation wide railroad strike to protest the problems between workers and managers Significance: This strike solved long term problems and led to somewhat even pay between workers and management. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A landmark decision deciding that segregation of facilities would still happen however the quality of BOTH facilities would have to be of equal quality Significance: This helped get a couple steps closer to equal rights.
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The Founding of The United States Forest Service
The United States Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres. Significance: Helps keep some of nature protected from being ruined. -
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The Spanish American War
Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence Significance: Led to the treaty of paris. -
The Hepburn Act
This gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction. This led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers. Significance: Loyal shippers had to start paying taxes on their passing through -
The Invention of Fords Assembly Line
On this day Henry Ford installed the first assembly line that decreased the time of how long it took to make a car by almost 10 hours Significance: Made making auto mobiles way quicker. -
The Clayton Antitrust Act
This act prevented anymore discrimination of prices based on peoples riligion/sex/race. Significance: Helped get us closer to equal rights. -
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WORLD WAR ONE
The first world war was fought over the assassination of Arch Duke Franz and caught the attention of many countries. Significance: The second world war and sent Germany into the their worst economic era. -
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The Great Migration
was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West -
The Passing of The Selective Service Act
This act required that all men between the age of 21 and 30 would have to register for the military. Significance: This helped get us prepared for war -
The Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids occurred in the larger context of the Red Scare, the term given to fear of and reaction against communist radicals in the U.S. in the years immediately following World War I. -
The Passing of The 18th Amendment
This amendment banned the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of Alcohol. Significance: Alcohol was BASICALLY banned and people weren't happy... This amendment was quickly appealed. -
The Passing of The 19th Amendment
This amendment granted women the right to vote. Significance: This got women one more stop closer to equal rights. -
The Chicago Race Riot
A major racial conflict of violence committed by ethnic whites Americans against black Americans that began in Chicago, Illinois Death Toll: 38 -
The Harlem Renaissance
this was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s. During the time, it was known as the "New Ne**o Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
The Creation of The League of Nations
founded after the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. The League's goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation diplomacy and improving global welfare. Significance:This was another attempt at preventing another war. -
The Passing of The Kellog-Briand Pact
This pact made the states promise to not start a war no matter what conflict rises of what nature and from where and when. No matter what. Significance: This was an attempt to prevent war and it could have worked too.. -
The Stock Market Crash
The first day of the stock market crash otherwise known as black Thursday where the NewYork stock exchange collapsed Significance: This sent us into the great depression. -
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The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States Significance: This was a good attempt at a rebuild of the USA -
The Passing of The 21st Amendment
This amendment RATIFIED the 18th amendment making the manufacturing, sale and transportation of alcohol legal again Significance: The economy was boosted -
The Passing of The Neutrality Acts
These acts were passed in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 to limit U.S.A involvement in future wars. They were based on the widespread disillusionment with WW1 -
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The Second Red Scare
This was the period of time in which everyone was scared of the U.S becoming Communist. Lots of people were outed and accused of being communist -
The Publishing of The Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued during WW2 which defined the Allied goals for the post-war world -
Pearl Harbor
The surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. Significance: This was the last straw that brought us into the war. -
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Japanese Interment Camps
The relocation of people who were of Japanese ancestry to the west
to be put in internment camps. These were like jails. Significance: -
The Bombing of Hiroshima
The U.S dropped the first ever nuclear bomb onto the city of Hiroshima in Japan killing 90k-164k people. Ruining generations of life. Significance: this is what pushed Japan to finally surrender. -
The Bombing of Nagasaki
The final atomic bombing that happened in Japan that ended WW2 causing Japan to finally give up. This bomb killed roughly 40k people and also ruined generations of lives. Significance: This finally got Japan to surrender. -
The Creation of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
This was the intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries formed to counterweight the Soviet armies in Europe after the second world war. Significance: This went to show the soviets that we weren't scared and we were ready for whatever happened. -
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The Korean War
This war started when communist North Korea invaded the 38th parallel and attacked South Korea causing a large outbreak with over 6 million soldiers fighting from many countries. Communists VS not communists Significance: This war was important because of how large it was. -
The First Hydrogen Bomb Test
This type of bomb is a step farther than an atomic bomb because it is a two step thermonuclear bomb and does more damage. Significance: This went to show that the U.S could get to more power before the Soviet Union -
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The Vietnam War
This war was started because America feared that communism would spread to south Vietnam. An estimated 3 million people died in this war including civilians. Significance: This was Americas attempt at keeping Vietnam from becoming communist -
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
This was the event in the Cold War when the U.S and the USSR came closest to nuclear war. This was the largest nuclear scare yet. Significance: This event was very important because it (Like I said) was the closest the USA has come to nuclear conflict since Nagasaki. -
The March On Washington
This event took place at the lincoln memorial where 250,000 people marched for freedom and jobs and this was also the place in which MLK gave his "I have a dream" speech Significance: This event was a very large part of the civil rights movement and helped get us closer to equal rights for all people of every race. -
The Creation of Medicare
President Lyndon B. Johnson made Medicare law by signing H.R. 6675, former President Truman was issued the very first Medicare card during the event. Signifcance: this was a major step in the right direction for free insurance for the elderly (people over the age of 65) -
The Passing of The Immigration Act of 1965
A new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States. Significance: This changed the old immigration policy.. -
The Attack On The Twin Towers
On the morning of september 11 2001 2 planes struck the world trade centers in New York City killing over 2,000 people.. Significance: This was the largest terrorist attack on the U.S in history. -
The Passing of The Patriot Act
The Act allows federal officials greater authority in tracking and intercepting communications, both for purposes of law enforcement and foreign intelligence gathering. Significance: This is how they got to track Osama Bin Ladan supposedly.
