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American Civil War
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Homestead Act
A law passed in the 1860s that offered up to 160 acres of public land to any head of the family who paid a registration fee, lived on the land for five years,and cultivated it or built on it. -
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Reconstruction
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14th Amendment
Citizens rights -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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Industrialization Begins to Boom
As I.B.T.B. Durkheim believed people were more susceptible to anomie. -
15th Amendment
Right to vote -
Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
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Light Bulb Invented
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Reconstitution Ends
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Jim Crow laws
Racial Segregation -
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Gilded Age
The Gilded Age is defined as the time between the Civil War and WW1 during which the U.S. population and economy grew quick, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misdealings and many wealthy people lived very fancy lives -
3rd Wave of Immigration
1/3 came from Ireland, which experienced a massive famine in the mid 19th century. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The C.E.A. was a U.S. federal law signed by Pres. Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers -
Pendleton Act
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Dawes Act
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Interstate Commerce Act
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Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth
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Chicago's Hull House
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Klondike Gold Rush
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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How the Other Half Lives
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Influence of Sea Power
A revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire -
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Progressive Era
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Imperialism
A policy of extending a countries power through diplomacy or military force. -
Homestead Steel Labor Strike
The H.S., in Homestead,Pennsylvania, pitted one of the most powerful new corporations, Carnegie Steel Company, against the nations strongest trade union, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. -
Pullman Labor Strike
The P.S. was a nationwide railroad strike in the U.S on May 11,1894, and a turning point for U.S. labor law -
Plessy v. Ferguson
S.Court case from 1896 -
Annexation of Hawaii
The overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii against Queen Liliuokalani. -
Spanish-American War
A war between Spain and the U.S. -
Open Door Policy
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Theodore Rosevelt
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Wright Bros. Airplane
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Panama Canal U.S. Construction Begins
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The Jungle
A 1906 novel written by Upton Sinclair -
Pure Food and Drug Act
For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of transportation of adulteredated or misbranded of food and drugs -
Model-T
The first affordable automobile. -
NAACP
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Period: to
William Howard Taft
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16th Amendmant
The power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived. -
Federal Reserve Act
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Period: to
Woodrow Wilson
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17th Amendment
The Senate of the U.S. shall e composed of 2 Senators from each State -
The Assassination of Archduke F. Ferdinand
The assassination occurred on June 28, 1914 -
Trench Warfare,Poison Gas and Machine Guns
Tanks crossed trenches, moved through gunfire, and terrified German soldiers. -
Period: to
World War 1
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Sinking of the Lusitania
Occurred on May 7, 1915 -
National Parks System
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Zimmerman Telegram
A secret diplomatic message from the German Foreign Office. -
Russian Revolution
Dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. -
U.S. entry into WW1
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Battle of the Argonne Forest
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Armistice
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Woodrow Wilson's 14 pts.
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Treaty of Versailles
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18th Amendment
Alcohol is prohibited -
19th Amendment
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Pres. Harding's return to Normalcy
The campaign slogan for the election of 1920. -
Red Scare
A potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. -
Period: to
Roaring 20s
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
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Mien Kampf published
Publish in 1925 -
Scopes Trial
Originally known as the Monkey Trial. -
Charles Lindbergh's Trans-Atlantic Flight
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St. Valentines Day Massacre
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Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
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Period: to
Great Depression
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Hoovervilles
A run down shanty house -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
An act that implemented protect trade policies. -
100,000 Banks Have Failed
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Agriculture Adjustment Administrtion
A federal law designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Provides deposit insurance to depositors in U.S. banks -
Public Works Administration
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Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
Appointed on January 30, 1933 -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Period: to
New Deal Progams
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The Holocaust
Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale. -
Social Security Administration
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Dust Bowl
A dangerous dust storm that destroyed homes, killed people and animals. -
Rape of Nanjing
Formally known as the Nanjing Massacre -
Kristallnacht
Formally known as the night of Broken Glass. -
Hitler invades Poland
Known as the September campaign -
Period: to
WWII
The second World War that lasted from 1935-1945 -
German Blitzkrieg attacks
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Pearl Harbor
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Tuskegee Airmen
The popular name of a group of African-American military pilots -
Navajo Code Talkers
Used to communicate units and strategies. -
Executive Order 9906
A U.S. presidential executive order signed and issued by Franklin D. Rosevelt. -
Bataan Death March
76,000 captured Allied soldiers were forced to march 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula. -
Invasion of Normandy
The American and British invasion of France in WWII -
GI Bill
Provided education benefits -
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki and hiroshima
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Victory over Japan/Pacific Day
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
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Victory in Europe Day
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Germany Divided
A republic in central Europe. -
U.N.formed
An intergovernmental organization -
Period: to
Harry S. Truman
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Nuremberg Trials
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Period: to
Baby Boom
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Mao Zedong Com.rule in China
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22th Amendment
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Truman Doctrine
Giving support to countries -
Period: to
The Cold War
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Marshall Plan
Gave large economic aid European countries. -
Berlin Airlift
A military needs operation. -
Arab-Israeli War
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NATO Formed
An organization formed in Washington -
Chinese forces cross Yalu and enters the Korean War
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Kim II-sung invades S. Korea
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UN forces push N. Korea to China
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Period: to
1950 Prosperity
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Period: to
1950's Prosperity
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Period: to
Korean War
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Armistice
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Armistice signed
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Ethel and Julius
Convicted o conspiracy. -
Period: to
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Period: to
Warren Court
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Hernandez v. TX
A landmark case in 1954 -
Communist rule in Vietnam
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Warsaw Pact Formed
An alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe -
Polio Vaccine
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Rosa Parks Arrested
Arrested in 1973 -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political protest -
Period: to
Vietnam War
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Interstate Highway Act
Known as the Defence Highway act -
Elvis Presley First Hit Song
A 20th century rock-n-roll singer. -
Sputnik
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Leave it to Beaver
A 1957 sitcom -
LR9
Prevented from entering school -
Civil Rights Act
Voting rights bill -
Kennedy vs Nixon TV debate
The 1st first Pres. debate -
Chicano Movement
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Bay of Pigs
Inlet of the gulf cozones -
Affirmative Action
? -
Peace Corps
A volunteer program. -
Mapp vs Ohio
A landmark case in 1961 -
Period: to
John F. Kennedy
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First Walmart
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Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. vs S.U. -
Gideon vs. Wainwright
The 6th Amendment right to counsel. -
G. Wallace blocks entrance
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Feminine Mystique
written by Betty Friedan -
March on Washington
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Kennedy Killed in Dallas,TX
Killed in 1963 -
Period: to
Lyndon B. Johnson
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The Great Society
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Escobedo v. Illinois
Has a right to counsel -
Gulf of Tunkin
Known as the S.A.Resolution -
Civil Right Act
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24th Amendment
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I-P Conflict
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Voting Right Act
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Malcom X
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Grape Strike
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Miranda vs. Arizona
Must be mirandized...? -
Thurgood Marshall Appointed to S.Court
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6 day war
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Tet offensive
A series of major attacks. -
My Lai Massacre
A mass killing. -
MLK Assassinated
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Tinker vs Des Moines
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Woodstock Festival
Music festival -
Manson Family Murders
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Apollo 11
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Veitnamization
Withdrawing policy -
Draft Lottery
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Cambodia Invasion
Series of military operations. -
EPA
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Kent State Shootings
murder of unarmed students -
Pentagon Papers
A study of the Viet. war -
26th Amendmant
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Policy of Detente
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Period: to
Jimmy Carter
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Title IX
No exclution -
Nixon visits China
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Watergate Scandal
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Roe v. Wade
Protected an abortion right. -
ESA
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O.O.E.
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1st cell phones
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War powers Resolution
Known as the War Powers act -
Ford pardons Nixon
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US vs Nixon
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Period: to
Gerald Ford
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Fall of Saigon
Saigon captured. -
Microsoft
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NRA
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Steve starts Apple
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CRA
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Camp David
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Egypt-Israeli Peace
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Period: to
Iran Hostage Crisis
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Conservative RESURGANCE
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T.R.E.
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War on Drugs
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AIDS Epidemic
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Sandra Appointed to S.Court
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Period: to
Ronald Reagan
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Iran-Contra Affair
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Marines in Lebanon
Skilled marines fought in Lebanon -
The Oprah W. Show
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Tear down this wall
Protest on the wall -
End of Cold War
The cold war comes to a close -
Berlin Wall Falls
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Period: to
George H. W. Bush
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Germany Reunification
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Iraq Invades Kuwait
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Period: to
Persian Gulf War
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S.U. Collapses
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O.D.S.
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Ms Adcox born
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Rodney King
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Period: to
Bill Clinton
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NAFTA Founded
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Contract with American
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O.J. Simpson
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B. Clinton's Impeachment
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USA Patriot Act
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9/11
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War on Terror
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1-16-2001
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Period: to
George W. Bush
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Period: to
War in Afghanistan
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NASA Rover Mission
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Facebook
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H. Katrina
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Saddam H. Executed
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I-Phone
First Touch-screen phone -
ARS
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H. Clinton appointed U.S. Secretary
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S.Sotomayer appointed to U.S. S.Court
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Period: to
Barack Obama
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Arab Spring
Anti-government uprisings -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
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Space X Falcon 9
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D.T. elected
