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Early American History
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Declaration of Independence Signed
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Constitution Signed
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Bill of Rights Ratified
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Civil War/Reconstruction
Emancipation Proclamation -
Homestead Act
provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
citizenship and due process -
Transcontinental Railroad Built
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15th Amendment
voting for all male citizens -
Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age
Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
Philanthropy
Monopoly
Jane Addams
Laissez-Faire: government doesn't interfere with private businesses -
Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first US national immigration act -
Pendleton Civil Service Act
awarded government jobs based on merit -
Dawes Act
gave individual ownership of land to native americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively -
Interstate Commerce Act
ensure railroad set “reasonable and just” rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business -
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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Sherman Anti-trust act
outlawed business monopolies -
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The Progressive Age
Muckrakers
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
The Great Migration
NAACP
Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism) -
Plessy v Ferguson
legalized segregation, established(separate but still equal) -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War
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Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States
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Imperialism
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Foreign Policy
Immigration Quotas
Yellow Journalism -
Open Door Policy
initiated free trade with China -
Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
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Panama Canal Built
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Meat Inspection Act
law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat -
Pure Food and Drug Act
regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines -
NCAAP founded
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Dollar Diplomacy
Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America -
16th Amendment
established the federal income tax -
17th amendment
direct election of U.S. Senators -
Federal Reserve Act
established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I
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World War I
Sinking of Lusitania, Treaty of Versailles
Alvin York: U.S war hero who killed 25 Germans and captured 132 others
Homefront- people who are working in the home country while soldiers are fighting somewhere else
M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI)- militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
Sussex Pledge- Germany's promise not to sink non-military ships, which they broke
American Expeditionary Forces- American military force in France, -
Sinking of Lusitania
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National Parks System Created
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Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the British
warned the U.S. of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany -
The United States enters WWI on the Allied side
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins
causes Russian troops to exit the war -
Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the war
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Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers
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President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
statement of principles for peace after World War I, included no colonialism, freedom of the seas, and a League of Nations -
Treaty of Versailles
peace treaty that ended World War I, required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize -
18th Amendment
prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal -
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Roaring Twenties
Social Darwinism- ''survival of the fittest", the wealthy will thrive.
The Red Scare: Fear of communism in the U.S
Assembly Line: parts of a product are assemble together in a specific order.
Return to Normalcy: to going back to our old life.
Harlem Renaissance: Era of new music, art, fashion, and literature. -
Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal
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Scopes Monkey Trial
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Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris
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Great Depression
Hoovervilles- poor settlements of people outside big cities
The New Deal- FDR's plan to end Great Depression
Causes of the Great Depression (5)-over speculation, over use of credits, overuse of farmland, over spending, overproduction
Court Packing- FDR trying yo appoint his own judges in the Supreme Court.
Eleanor Roosevelt- wife of FDR, helped provide during Great Depression -
Social Security Act
established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families -
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World War II
Island Hopping- U.S capturing one island then going to another
Liberation of Concentration Camps- freeing the Jews and POW's from concentration camps after WW2
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Navajo Code Talkers- Navajo native Americans using their native language to confuse Germans
Tuskegee Airmen- first group of African American pilots
Flying Tigers- first volunteer group of U.S pilots
The Manhattan Project- U.S development of atomic bombs
Rosie the Riveter -
United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War
Containment: stopping spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race: creation of biggest bombs, race to the moon
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: communist country conflicting with the U.S in the Cold War
Communism: form of government that limits freedom
Domino Theory: one country would become communist then another. -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO Established
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Korean War
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Sweatt v Painter
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
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Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X -
22nd Amendment
22nd Amendment: prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Rosenberg Trials
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Hernandez V Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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JFK is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights act of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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Tinker vs. Des Moines
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
MLK is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
First man walks on the moon
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Kent State University Shooting
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End of the Cold War
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Pentagon Papers Leaked
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26th Amendment
Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal
Leads to Richard Nixon's resignation -
Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century
Barack Obama - 44th president, first black president
al-Qaeda- middle eastern terrorist group, responsible for 9/11
No Child Left Behind - act that authorizes education programs, tests students in grades 3-8 on reading and math
President Clinton’s Impeachment- Clinton was impeached for two different charges
Presidential Election of 2000- one of the closest elections ever, Al Gore had votes in Florida recounted -
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Persian Gulf War
Operation Desert Storm -
Fall of USSR, End of Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the U.S, and Canada
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USA PATRIOT Act
tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism -
Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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Hurricane Katrina