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American civil war
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homestead act
if us citizen occupies 160 acres of land and keep it good for 5 years it would be their property -
13th amendment
slavery is abolished FREE -
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Reconstruction
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14th amendment
everyone is considered a citizen with rights -
• Transcontinental Railroad Completed (1869)
railroad that goes from the east and west of the U.S. -
industrialization begins to boom
manufacturing factories take over agriculture -
15th amendment
black men can VOTE -
Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
the states most corrupt politician -
Pullman Labor Strike
widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest -
telephone invented
alexander graham bell invented the telephone -
reconstruction ends
an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election -
Jim crow laws start in the south
it was enforced for people to be segregated -
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gilded age
america made it seem as if okay when they where politically corrupt. -
light-bulb invented
thomas edision created the lighbulb -
3rd wave of immigration
many Europeans came to the U.S -
Chinese exclusion act
prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers -
Pendleton Act
was passed to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States -
dawes act
native americans being transformed into white americans -
Interstate Commerce Act
to control railroads and their unfair business practices. -
Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth
article written by Andrew Carnegie and argued that very wealthy men like him had a responsibility to use their wealth for the greater good of society. -
Chicago's hull house
Jane Addams cofounded and led Hull House, for provided child care, practical and cultural training and education, and other services to the largely immigrant population -
Klondike gold rush
gold found in canada -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
antitrust law that regulates competition among enterprises that was passed by Congress under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. -
how the other half lives
a photograph by Jacob Riis exposing the slums to New York City's upper and middle class. -
Influence of Sea Power Upon History
novel by Alfred Thayer Mahan, that argued that sea power was the key to military and economic expansion. -
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Progressive Era
social and political reform to make the U.S. a better society -
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imperialism
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. -
Homestead Steel Labor Strike
a violent labor dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers -
Plessy v Ferguson
A decision made by supreme court to lead with segregation with the term -sperate but equal- -
annexation of Hawaii
after Spanish American war U.S. wanted to acquire islands for advantage -
Spanish American War
U.S against Spain in Cuba that resulted in U.S. gaining temporary control of Cuba and ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines -
Open Door Policy
a term to allow a system of trade in China open to all countries equally. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
square deal -to fair honest, and just society in which everyone had an equal chance to succeed. Republican -
Assassination of President McKinley
He was shaking hands with the public when anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen. -
Panama Canal U.S. Construction Begins
The U.S. wanted this canal to make better transportation for ships. -
The jungle
a book written by Upton Sinclair that exposed the living conditions of incoming immigrant homes -
pure food and drug act
prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce -
model-t
-first affordable car -
NAACP
created to advance justice for African American -
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William Howard Taft
progressive goals of democracy, social welfare, and economic reform. republican party -
16th amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, -
Federal Reserve Act
signed by Woodrow, intended to reform the country's banking system and help secure economic stability. -
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Woodrow Wilson
argued that high tariffs created monopolies and hurt consumers, died in bathtub, democratic party -
17th amendment
allows the governor or executive authority of each state -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
-how ww1 started
-the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. -
Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns
-were used during the ww1 and were very lethal
-trenches provided protection -
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World War I
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Sinking of the Lusitania
death of so many innocent civilians at the hands of the Germans -
National Parks System
Theodore Roosevelt created to dedicated to conserving unimpaired the natural and cultural resources , -
Zimmerman Telegram
-reasons on why U.S joined ww1
-Germany wanted Mexico as an alliance -
Russian Revolution
- abolition of the monarchy -led by Vladimir Lenin
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U.S. entry into WWI
-Zimmerman's telegram
-sinking of Lusitania
-Germany is hiding in the ocean with their submarines and are secretly attacking -
Armistice
formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting.-a truce -
Battle of Argonne Forest
-the last battle of World War I
-47 days -
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I -
Treaty of Versailles
ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers -
18th amendment
prohibited the sale of alcohol -
19th amendment
woman are allowed to vote -
President Harding’s Return to Normalcy
-plan for U.S to become better and neutral -
Harlem Renaissance
- known as the "New Negro Movement" -The Great Migration drew to Harlem
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red scare
-is the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or anarchism by a society or state.
- name refers to the red flags that the communists use -
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Roaring Twenties
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Teapot Dome Scandal
-secret leasing of federal oil reserves -
Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
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Charles Lindbergh’s Trans-Atlantic Flight
the first pilot to solo a nonstop trans-Atlantic flight. -
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
-John T. Scopes, charged with violating state law by teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day. -
Stock Market Crashes “Black Tuesday”
a major American stock market crash -
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Great Depression
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Hooverville
-poorly built homes for the unemployed -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
a higher tariff on importation -
100, 000 Banks Have Failed
people tried getting all their money at the same time leaving banks broke and not having everybody else's money -
Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)
- designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
responsible incase another stock market crash -
Public Works Administration (PWA)
-part of the new deal
-budgeted several billion dollars to be spent on the construction of public works as a means of providing employment -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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New Deal Programs
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Dust Bowl
-dust storms that ruined agriculture -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
-retirement program -
G.I. bill
help veterans pay for college, graduate school, and training program -
United Nations formed
an organization where all country leaders come together to discuss -
Germany divided
After WW2 Germany was split up between the allied powers -
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Baby boom
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Truman doctrine
a policy to contain communism -
22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again. -
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The Cold War
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Marshall plan
The U.S. decided to aid western Europe -
Belin airlift
since soviet union blocked roads the only way to send resources to berlin was through airplanes -
Arab-Israeli War Begin
Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement of the independence of the state of Israel -
NATO formed
military alliance between 30 European and North American countries -
Kim ||-sung invades South Korea
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Chinese forces cross Yalu and enter Korean War
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UN forces push North Korea to Yalu river-the border with china
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Korean War
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1950's prosperity
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Ethel and Julius Rosenburg execution
American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. -
Armistice signed
formally ended the war in Korea. North and South Korea remain separate -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Vietnam Independence but Country Split at 17th Parallel
Vietnam freed from France and Vietnam would be temporarily divided -
Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in North Vietnam
Communist North Vietnam -
Brown v Board of education
a supreme court case that ruled ,racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional -
Warsaw Pact formed
the primary purpose of the pact was to reinforce communist dominance in Eastern Europe. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, -
Montgomery bus boycott
After the rosa parks resisting to refuse her seat on the bus people decided to not get in the bus no more. -
March on Washington
purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans (I HAVE A DREAM) -
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Vietnam War (1955- 1975
fight between communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam -
Interstate highway act
roads that would go all over the country -
Elvis Presley first hit song
a singer who is the king rock and roll-That's all right -
Sputnik |
the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it -
Leave it to the beaver first airs on TV
sitcom defines the "golly gee" wholesomeness of 1950s and `60s TV -
polio vaccine created by Jonas Salk
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Civil rights act of 1957
the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. It was to better enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments -
Little Rock Nine
9 black students attended a school were white people tried to prevent them to come inside -
Chicano mural movement begins
Mexican-American barrios throughout the Southwest. Artists began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture -
Kennedy versus Nixon TV Debate
first televised presidential debate -
Bay of Pigs
failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro out of power -
Affirmative action
a set of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to increase the representation of particular groups based on their gender, race, sexuality, creed or nationality -
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John F. Kennedy
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Peace Corps Formed
to provide educational and technological support to developing countries -
Cuban Missile Crisis
installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores -
Sam Walton opens first Walmart
first walmart -
George Wallace blocking entry to university of Alabama
stood at the door of the auditorium as if to block the entry of two African American students -
Feminine Mystique
a book by Betty Friedan that is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism -
Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
JFK was killed -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
36th president of the United States -
The Great Society
LBJ goal was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice -
Civil rights act of 1964
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
24th Amendment
prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Israeli-Palestine Conflict Begins
began with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
excuse for U.S to be at war in Vietnam war -
Voting rights act of 1965
outlawed the discriminatory voting practices (literacy test and prerequisite) -
united farm workers California Delano grape strike
protest years of poor pay and working conditions. -
Malcom x assassinated
human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement -
Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court
civil rights lawyer-Thurgood Marshall-the first African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States -
Six day War
was fought between 5 and 10 June 1967.Israel defeated the combined armies -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnams attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population -
My Lai Massacre
mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops -
MLK assassinated
spokesperson and leader in the American civil rights movement -
Vietnamization
U.S. troops would slowly leaving Vietnam. Training South Vietnam to fight against the North -
Woodstock Music Festival
concert that showed 3 Days of Peace & Music -
Draft Lottery
drawing lottery numbers to determine who would and would not be drafted. -
Manson Family Murders
cult leader Charles Manson, Manson family murder 9 people -
Apollo 11
the first successful launch to the moon -
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Richard Nixon
37th president of the United States, -
Invasion of Cambodia
a brief series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia -
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
agency in US that protects environmental issues -
Kent State Shootings
Massacre in Kent State University, students were shot and injured by the Ohio National Guard -
Pentagon Papers
Government papers were found were it showed the president and the govt. was lying -
26th Amendment
18th year old are able to vote -
Policy of détente begins
policy of relaxing tensions between the Soviet Union and the West -
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Jimmy Carter
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Title IX
A law that prohibits discrimination against the gender of a person -
Nixon visits communist China
key step in normalizing relations between the U.S. and PRC. -
Watergate scandal
political scandal where Nixon broke in to the democratic party to spy on them -
War Powers Resolution
a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
Roe v Wade
a landmark decision to protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction -
Endangered species act
created to protect animals and plants that were in danger of becoming extinct -
OPEC Oil Embargo
an event where the 12 countries that made up OPEC stopped selling oil to the United States. -
first cell-phones
Motorola with first cell-phone -
United states v. Nixon
a landmark United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a unanimous decision against President Richard Nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings -
Ford pardons Nixon
he pardons Nixon for his crimes -
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Gerald Ford
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Bill gates starts Microsoft
Bill Gates founded the software company Microsoft -
National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying Begins
promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis, (rights to bear arms) -
Fall of Saigon
South Vietnam was fleeing and their leader was killed leading to Vietnam being led by communist -
Steve Jobs starts Apple
he creates the company Apple -
Community Reinvestment act of 1977
federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers -
Camp David Accords
political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem, a peace treaty -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
Iranian students held Americans hostage -
Conservative Resurgence
religion goes into politics -
"Trickle down economics"
proposition that taxes on businesses and the wealthy in society should be reduced as a means to stimulate business investment -
War on Drugs
aim of reducing the illegal drug trade in the United States -
AIDS epidemic
AIDS epidemic began in illness, fear and death as the world faced a new and unknown virus. -
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Ronald Reagan
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Sandra Day O’Connor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
campaign promise to appoint the first woman to the highest court in the United States. -
Marines in Lebanon
Israel- two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members -
Iran-Contra Affair
secret operation in which the US government secretly sent weapons to a known enemy and sent financial aid to a rebel force. -
The Oprah Winfrey Show First Airs
The Oprah Winfrey Show was broadcast nationally for the first time -
“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!”
Berlin wall speech -
end of cold war
tension between the Soviet Union and the United States is coming to an end -
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George H. W. Bush
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Belin wall falls
the start of the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe -
Germany Reunification
the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany -
Iraq invades Kuwait
a two-day-long operation conducted by Iraq starting on 2 August 1990, whereby it invaded the neighboring State of Kuwait, consequently resulting in a seven-month-long Iraqi military occupation of the country. -
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Persian Gulf War
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Soviet Union Collapses
Soviet Union began a slow process of democratization that eventually destabilized Communist control and contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. -
Operation Desert storm
coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion -
Rodney King
Rodney Glen King was an American activist. On March 3, 1991, King was beaten by LAPD officers during his arrest, after a high-speed chase, for driving while intoxicated on I-210. -
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Bill Clinton
42nd US president -
NAFTA founded
The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade -
Contract with America
a document signed by members of the Republican minority before the Republican Party gained control of Congress -
O.J. Simpson's "Trial of the century "
O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted in 1995 of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. It was one of the most notorious criminal trials in American history. -
Selena is killed
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Bill Clinton's Impeachment
impeached because of perjury and obstruction of justice (Monica Lewinsky) -
USA patriot Act
deters and punishes terrorist attacks in the United States and abroad through enhanced law enforcement and strengthened money laundering prevention. -
War on Terror
an ongoing international military campaign followed by 9/11 attack -
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George W Bush
43rd US president -
9/11 attack
the terrorist attack that destroyed the world trade center towers -
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War in Afghanistan
2001 invasion of Afghanistan. Its public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power. -
NASA mars rover mission begins
a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity exploring the planet Mars -
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Iraq War
protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein. -
Facebook Launched
social networking site -
My BIRTHDAY
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Hurricane Katrina
tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in late August 2005. The hurricane and its aftermath claimed more than 1,800 lives, and it ranked as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. -
Saddam Hussein Executed
executed by hanging -
Iphone released
Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone -
Hilary Clinton Appointed US secretary of State
appointed by Obama -
American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
an unprecedented action to stimulate the economy. -
Sonia Sotomayor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor to the Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice David Souter. -
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Barack Obama
44th US president -
Arab spring
a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs at his compound in Pakistan -
Space X falcon 9
a partially reusable two-stage-to-orbit medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX -
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donald trump
25th us president,
