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Early American History
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Deceleration of Independence Signed
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Constitution written
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Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil war/Reconstruction
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Homestead act
Provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west. -
13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery -
14th Amendment
Citizenship and due process -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment
voting for all male citizens -
Telephone Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age
Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
Philanthropy
Monopoly
Jane Addams
Laissez-Faire -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first US national immigration act. -
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Awarded government jobs based on merit. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Ensure railroad set “reasonable and just” rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business -
Dawes Act
Gave individual ownership of land to native Americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively. -
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed business monopolies. -
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The Progressive Era
Muckrakers,
Initiative, Referendum, Recall,
The Great Migration,
NAACP,
Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism), -
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Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Plessy v Ferguson
legalized segregation, established “separate but equal” -
USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War
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Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States
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Imperialism
Theodore Roosevelt,
Rough Riders,
Foreign Policy,
Immigration Quotas,
Yellow Journalism -
Open Door Policy
Initiated free trade with China. -
Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
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Panama Canal Built
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Meat Inspection Act
Law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines. -
NAACP Founded
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Dollar Diplomacy
Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America. -
16th Amendment
Established the federal income tax. -
17th Amendment
Direct election of U.S. Senators. -
Federal Reserve Act
Established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I
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WW1
Alvin York,
Homefront,
M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI),
Sussex Pledge,
American Expeditionary Forces -
Sinking of the Lusitania
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National Park System created
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Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the British, warned the U.S. of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany
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The United States enters WWI on the Allied side
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war
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Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the war
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Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers
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President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
statement of principles for peace after World War I, included no colonialism, freedom of the seas, and a League of Nations -
Treaty of Versailles
peace treaty that ended World War I, required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize -
18th Amendment
prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal -
19th Amendment
Women are given the right to vote. -
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Roaring Twnties
Social Darwinism,
The Red Scare,
Assembly Line,
Return to Normalcy,
Harlem Renaissance -
Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal
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American Indian Citizenship act
granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States -
Scopes Monkey Trail
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Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris
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Stock market crash
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Great Depression
Hoovervilles,
The New Deal,
Causes of the Great Depression (5),
Court Packing,
Eleanor Roosevelt -
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Dust bowl
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Franklin D Roosevelt elected
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Citizen Conservation Corps (CCC) established
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established
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20th Amendment
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
21st Amendment
repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends -
Securities and exchange commission (SEC) established
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) established
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Social Security Act
established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families -
Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII
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WW2
Island Hopping,
Liberation of Concentration Camps,
Dwight Eisenhower,
Douglas MacArthur,
Chester W. Nimitz,
Navajo Code Talkers,
Tuskegee Airmen,
Flying Tigers,
The Manhattan Project,
Rosie the Riveter -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
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Bataan Death March
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Executive Order 9066
incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII -
"D-Day" - Invasion of Normandy
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G.I. bill
gives military veterans financial and educational benefits -
United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War
Containment,
Arms Race/Space Race,
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
Communism,
Domino Theory -
The atomic bomb, “Little Boy” is dropped in Hiroshima, Japan
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The atomic bomb, “Fat Man” is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, ending World War II
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Trumine Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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Rosenbergs Trail
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam war
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Interstate Highway Act
authorized the building of a national highway system -
USSR launches SPUTNIK
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Tet Offensive
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Tinker v Des Moines
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
Kent State University shooting
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End of Cold war
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Pentagon Papers Leaked
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26th Amendment
moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
War Powers Act
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon's Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st century