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Dawes Severalty Act-denies tribal rights, advances forced assimilation, opens lands to whites -
Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education) -
voting rights of blacks challenged with literacy tests and poll taxes -
Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy -
Ends the Spanish-American War -
set food quality standards -
connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opens in 1914) -
establishment of income tax, 17th Amend.- direct election of senators -
It begins in Europe -
outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol -
ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it -
women's suffrage (right to vote) -
Black Tuesday - launches Great Depression -
U.S. unemployment rate reaches 25%, FDR claims Bank Holiday to fix banks -
provides U.S. loan aid to Britain, USSR & allied powers -
motivate U.S. citizens to support war efforts -
U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific -
creation of the Atomic Bomb -
U.S. intent to fight Communism by helping free nations resist it. -
alliance system of 26 countries in North America and Europe -
Korean war begins; U.S. aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953 -
temporarily divides Vietnam at 17th parallel -
overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up seat on bus to whites; sparks Montgomery Bus Boycott -
USSR launches first satellite in space -- Sputnik -
JFK vs. Nixon (JFK wins); JFK president 1960 -
launches "Great Society" program to end poverty and racism -
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bans discrimination in education, employment, & public places -
bans literacy tests for voting -
blamed whites for African American problems; assassinated -
police must read suspects their rights -
first black justice of the Supreme Court -
lands on the moon, Neil Armstrong first to walk on moon -
legalizes abortion (up to 3 months) -
Is embassy hostages released after 444 days in captivity. -
Is challenger explodes on takeoff, crew killed; space program never the same -
democracy revolt in Tiananmen Square -
appoints Janet Reno first female attorney general -
Allies invade Normandy, France on D-DAY, June 6, 1944 (largest land/sea invasion)
