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Jamestown Settled
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Mayflower Compact Signed
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American Revolutionary War
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Declaration of Independence Declared
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Shay's Rebellion
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Northwest Ordinance Adopted
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Constitution Adopted
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Louisiana Purchase
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Missouri Compromise Passed
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Monroe Doctrine Issued
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Nullification Crisis
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Trail of Tears
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Annexation of Texas into the Union
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Seneca Falls Convention
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Kansas Nebraska Act Passed
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford Decicion
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Abraham Lincoln Elected President
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Battle of Fort Sumter
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Emancipation Proclomation Signed
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Reconstruction
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Interstate Commerce Act Approved
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Plessy vs. Ferguson Decision
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Spanish American War
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WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment
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Ratification of the 19th Amendment
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Harlem Renaissance
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Stock Market Crash
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Ratification of the 21st Amendment
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Neutrality Act Signed
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Food & Drug Act Passed
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Truman Doctrine Passed
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Korean War
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Brown vs. Board of Education Decision
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Vietnam War
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Civil Rights Act Enacted
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Enacted
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Tet Offensive
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Watergate Scandal
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Roe vs. Wade Decision
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Fall of the Soviet Union
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NAFTA Signed into Law
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President Bill Clinton Impeached from Office
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George W. Bush Elected President
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9/11 Attacks
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No Child Left Behind Signed
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Barack Obama Elected President
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