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Dawes Severalty Act
Dawes Severalty Act-denies tribal rights, advances forced assimilation, opens lands to whites -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education) -
Grandfather Clause
voting rights of blacks challenged with literacy tests and poll taxes -
Spanish-American War
Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy -
Treaty of Paris
Ends the Spanish-American War -
Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection
set food quality standards -
Panama Canal
connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opens in 1914) -
16th Amendment
establishment of income tax, 17th Amend.- direct election of senators -
World War I
It begins in Europe -
18th Amendment
outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol -
Treaty of Versailles
ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it -
19th Amendment
women's suffrage (right to vote) -
Stock Market Crash
Black Tuesday - launches Great Depression -
Bank Holiday
U.S. unemployment rate reaches 25%, FDR claims Bank Holiday to fix banks -
Lend-Lease Act
provides U.S. loan aid to Britain, USSR & allied powers -
Propaganda
motivate U.S. citizens to support war efforts -
Battle of Midway
U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific -
Manhattan Project
creation of the Atomic Bomb -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. intent to fight Communism by helping free nations resist it. -
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
alliance system of 26 countries in North America and Europe -
Korean War
Korean war begins; U.S. aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953 -
Geneva Peace Accords
temporarily divides Vietnam at 17th parallel -
Brown vs. Board of Education
overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up seat on bus to whites; sparks Montgomery Bus Boycott -
USSR
USSR launches first satellite in space -- Sputnik -
1st televised Presidential debate
JFK vs. Nixon (JFK wins); JFK president 1960 -
Lyndon Johnson President
launches "Great Society" program to end poverty and racism -
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
bans discrimination in education, employment, & public places -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
bans literacy tests for voting -
Malcom X (Nation of Islam)
blamed whites for African American problems; assassinated -
Miranda vs. Arizona
police must read suspects their rights -
Thurgood Marshall
first black justice of the Supreme Court -
Apollo 11
lands on the moon, Neil Armstrong first to walk on moon -
Roe vs. Wade
legalizes abortion (up to 3 months) -
Iran releases U.S.
Is embassy hostages released after 444 days in captivity. -
Space Shuttle
Is challenger explodes on takeoff, crew killed; space program never the same -
Chinese government crushes pro
democracy revolt in Tiananmen Square -
Bill Clinton President
appoints Janet Reno first female attorney general -
D-DAY
Allies invade Normandy, France on D-DAY, June 6, 1944 (largest land/sea invasion)
