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law stating U.S citizens could occupy 160 acres of government land if the settler improved the land after 5 yrs.
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Free
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a golden spike driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the 1st transcontinental railroad in the U.S.
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Industrialization marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production
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Vote ( all men )
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by Alexander Graham Bell when he made his 1st call to his assistant Thomas Watson, "Mr.Watson-come here-I want to see you."
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with compromise, republicans quietly given up their fight for racial equality and blacks' rights on the south
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laws that enforced racial segregation in the South
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Joseph Swan was an English Physicist and chemist who produced an early electric light bulb
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U.S. federal law which established that positions within government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation
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U.S federal legislation aimed to assimilate American-Indians by granting an allotment of land to farm on
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U.S. federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry and railroad rates be "reasonable and just"
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was co-founded by Jane Addams and was used to open its doors to recently arrived European immigrants.
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Region of the Yukon territory that experience a rush of thousands of gold seekers in the 1890's
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1st federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices
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a publication b photojournalist Jacob Riis documenting the filthy living conditions in tenements
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naval warfare book published by Alfred Thayer Mahan
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Homestead,PA pitted one of the most powerful steel corporations, Carnegie Steel Company, against the nation's strongest trade, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and steel workers.
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a nationwide railroad strike in the U.S that pitted the American Railroad Union (ARU) against Pullman Company, the ,main railroads, and government
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separate-but-equal
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Queen Kili'uokalani was overthrown spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War
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conflict between the U.S. and Spain; ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
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He dies, putting Theodore Roosevelt as president getting rid of trusts
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Political Party: Republican + Progressive "Blue Moon" Party
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written by American novelist, Upton Sinclair who portrayed the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the U.S. in Chicago and similar industrialized cities
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laws enacted by the Congress for the main purpose to ban foreign food and drugs
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On October 1, 1908, the first production Model T Ford is completed at the company's Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit
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formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by W. E. B. ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Political Party; Republican
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Congress can collect a federal income tax from the people
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Responsible for the great depression
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Political Party: Democrat
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Establishes the popular election of United States by the people of the states
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Him and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip
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all causes of WW1
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Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom
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agency of the United States federal government that manages all conservation and historical properties
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a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German to Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War 1
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the Tsarist autocracy that led to the rise of the Soviet Union
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Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany
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Prohibition/ Temperence
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Women's Suffrage
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a return to the way of life before World War I
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a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s
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A "Red Scare" is promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism
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a bribery incident that took place in the United States during he administration of President Warren G. Harding.
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the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower
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The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes; a case based on the biblical education in schools
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July 18, 1925
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The Spirit of St. Louis touches down at Paris, France. Charles Lindbergh had not slept in 55 hours.
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name given to the 1929 murder in Chicago of seven men of the North Side gang during the Prohibition Era
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the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States began on October 24, 1929
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marked a crucial turning point for Germany, embraced by much of the German population
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was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany
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bring Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people
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overran much of Europe and
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a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base
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African-American military pilots
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languages to transmit coded/secret messages during WW2
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United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II
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the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war
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the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy
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to help veterans buy homes and pay for a higher education
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U.S. dropped the first ever nuclear weapons on causing Imperial Japan to surrender in 1945
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the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II
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they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other killing centers where they released every single person in them
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the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II
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A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations
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Divided into 2 during the Cold war - East and west Germany
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trials that took place in the Allied powers which was the hearing of 22 major Nazi criminals; 12 Nazis were sentenced to death.
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an american policy which purpose was to counter soviet expansion
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Communist Party of China (CPC), leading the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927
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President only allowed to serve 2 terms ( 4 years )
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an american initiative to aid western Europe
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to not cause a ww3, Truman ordered a massive airlift supply into west Berlin
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The North Atlantic Organization which a military alliance between several North American and European countries
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the UN pushes NK towards china causing conflict with them
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the chinese entered the korean war fighting on on the side of NK going against the American army and SK
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Kim's invasion of the south in 1950 triggered the Korean war
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both convicted and executed of conspiring U.S atomic secrets to the Soviets
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an agreement to stop fighting and instead talk it out during the !st ww
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the first and only mexican-american civil rights case during the post -wW2 period about lamdmark
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was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case which declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students
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established the communist -ruled democratic republic i 1954 after defeating the French Union
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was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw among the S.U.
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law that authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway
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Heartbreak Hotel- I was the One which gave Elvis his major breakthrough
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an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing
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October 4, 1957 was the 1st episode of the american sitcom "Leave It To Beaver"
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the right to vote without being discriminated
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was the 1st artificial earth satellite
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a closely contested election, democrat John F. Kennedy defeated VP Nixon
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U.S. volunteer program where american citizens aid to other developing countries
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was a landmark case in criminal procedure which violated the 4th amendment
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intended to overthrow the increasingly communist government of Fidel Castro
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confrontation between the U.S. and the S.U. concerning Soviet ballistic missile development in Cuba
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July 2, 1962; opens the 1st Walmart in Rogers, Arkansas
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was charged having broken into and entered a poolroom with the intent to commit a misdemeanor offense
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while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza with his wife Jacqueline was fatally shot
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LBJ's domestic programs aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice
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case holding the criminal suspects a right to counsel police interrogations under the 6th amendment
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gave LBJ the power to use military force in southeast Asia w/o congress
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March 15,1948
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violence between Israelis and Arabs from 1920 which resulted in major hostilities in the 1947
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the U.S. labor that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion,etc.
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By President L.B.J. who prevented african-americans from exercising their right to vote
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guilty of 2 convictions of rape and kidnapping and crime robbery
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Fought between June 5 and 10 of 1967 by Israel and neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, & Syria
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!st african-american to be on the U.S. supreme court
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One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War
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Mass murder of between 347 to 504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. Army soldiers
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was a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that defined the constitutional rights of students in U.S. public schools.
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Policy to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War by equipping /training Vietnam War
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was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of over 400,000
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366 blue plastic capsules contained the birthdays that would be chosen in the first Vietnam draft lottery
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Charles Manson and his members gained national notoriety after the murder of actress Sharon Tate and four others on August 9, 1969 by Tex Watson
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was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during the Vietnam War
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unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard during a mass protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio
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created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment in the U.S.
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was the name given to a top-secret e study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam
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Must be 18 years of age to vote
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releasing tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
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Nixon goes to China to have a meeting with President to make a relation ( allies )
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a scandal involving the President Richard Nixon and 5 men breaking in the D.N.C. headquarters
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A federal law intended to check the President's power w/o the consent of Congress
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imposed an embargo against the U.S. for re-supplying Israel military
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Created by Martin Cooper when he made the handheld phone on April 3, 1973
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U.S. environmental laws to enact to protect endangered species
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U.S. supreme court decision against President Richard Nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings
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Mao became a founding member of the communist Party of China
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Capture by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces; ended the Vietnam War
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Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975
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November 17, 1871
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In 1976, Steve started Apple Computer in the Jobs' family garage
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to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities
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signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister
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after having fought four wars they decided to call it truce formal peace treaty
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launched with the charge that the seminaries and denominational agencies were dominated by liberals.
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an economic theory that advocates reducing taxes on businesses and the wealthy
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American term usually applied to the U.S. federal government's campaign to ban drugs and other illegal activities
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a global pandemic
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a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. serving from 1981-2006 by Ronald Reagan
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acts of terrorism that occurred during the Lebanese Civil War
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a political scandal that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration
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September 8, 1986
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a line from a speech made by US President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin
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1991
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November 9, 1989
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the process in 1990 which the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany
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a 2-day operation conducted by Iraq against the neighboring state of Kuwait
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officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Uniion
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the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase
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The most favorited teacher of Jones-Futures Academy who teaches U.S. History making it fun and interesting
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an African-American taxi driver who became known as the victim of L.A.P.D. brutality, showing a video of several police officers beating during his arrest
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January 1, 1994
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was a document released by the U.S. Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign
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Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson was tried on two counts of murder for the June 12, 1994, deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown
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initiated by the House of Representatives against Bill Clinton on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice
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born at memorial hermann's women center, grew up until an intelligent young lady even though her father died when she was young. Dreams on becoming one of the best actresses, dancer, singer, and model.
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an Act of Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001
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military campaign that was launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in the U.S.
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a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States
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2003 the MSL was the testing of how it would be to land on Mars
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February 2004, Cambridge, MA
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an extremely destructive and deadly tropical cyclone that is tied with Hurricane Harvey of 2017
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took place on December 30,2006, where Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity
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June 29, 2007
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was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama
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She became the first former First Lady to serve in the United States Cabinet
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In May 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor to the Supreme Court by a vote of 68-31
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a revolutionary wave of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, protests,etc.
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first leader of the Islamist group Al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan
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a family of two-stage-to-orbit medium lift launch vehicles, named for its use of nine Merlin first-stage manufactured by SpaceX
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he 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017
