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Early American History
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Declaration of Independence signed
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Constitution written
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Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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Homestead Act
Provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
Citizenship & due process -
Transcontinental Railroad completed
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15th Amendment
Voting for all male citizens -
Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age
1.) Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons): Created great fortunes and wealth support
2.) Philanthropy: Voluntary giving by individuals or groups to promote the common good
3.) Monopoly: Full control of an entire supply of goods in a certain market
4.) Jane Addams: Advocate of immigrants, the poor, women and peace
5.) Laissez-Faire: Economic theory that opposed government intervention in business affairs -
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 -
Interstate Commerce Act
Ensure railroad set "reasonable and just" rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business -
Dawes Act
Gave individual ownership of land to Native Americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively -
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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The Progressive Era
1.) Muckrakers: Reform-minded journalists who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt
2.) Initiative, Referendum, Recall: Allow US citizens to place new legislation on a popular ballot
3.) The Great Migration: The movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northwest, Midwest and West
4.) NAACP: Group that ensures equality of US minorities
5.) Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism): Poor housing, sanitation and health care -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed business monopolies -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Legalized segregation, established "separate but equal" -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Imperialism
1.) Theodore Roosevelt: 26th President, championed the Square Deal
2.) Rough Riders: The First US Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt
3.) Foreign Policy: A government's strategy in dealing with other nations
4.) Immigration Quotas: The limited number of immigrants allowed entry into the US
5.) Yellow Journalism: Newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism and crude exaggeration over facts -
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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Open Door Policy
Initiated free trade with China -
Roosevelt Corollary
An addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
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 -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Dollar Diplomacy
Taft's policy of paying for peace in Latin America -
NAACP founded
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16th Amendment
Established the federal income tax -
17th Amendment
Direct election of US Senators -
Federal Reserve Act
Established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry -
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World War I
1.) Alvin York: A decorated US Army soldier
2.) Homefront: Systemic mobilization of the US population and economy
3.) M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI): Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism
4.) Sussex Pledge: Promise made by Germany to the US
5.) American Expeditionary Forces: Formation of the United States Army on the Western Front -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I
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Panama Canal built
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Sinking of the Lusitania
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National Parks System created
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war
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Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the British, warned the U.S. of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany
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The United States enters WWI on the Allied side
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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 -
Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the war
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18th Amendment
Prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal -
Treaty of Versailles
Peace treaty that ended World War I, required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize -
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Roaring Twenties
1.) Social Darwinism: Theory that humans are subject to the same laws of natural selection as plants/animals
2.) The Red Scare: Promotion of widespread fear of a rise of communism/anarchism by a society/state
3.) Assembly Line: Series of workers & machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled
4.) Return to Normalcy: Return to the way of life pre-WW1 & Spanish flu pandemic
5.) Harlem Renaissance: Intellectual revival of African American art & literature -
19th Amendment
Women are given the right to vote -
Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal
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American Indian Citizenship Act
Granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States -
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
1.) Hoovervilles: Shanty town built by the homeless
2.) The New Deal: Series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations
3.) Causes: Stock market crash, banking panics, gold standard, decreased tariffs & monetary contraction
4.) Court Packing: Roosevelt's attempt to pass a bill that would allow him to appoint new justices
5.) Eleanor Roosevelt: First lady, women's advocate -
Stock Market Crash
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Dust Bowl
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20th Amendment
Adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established
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21st Amendment
Repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends -
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) established
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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
1.) Island Hopping:
2.) Liberation of Concentration Camps:
3.) Dwight Eisenhower: 34th President
4.) Douglas MacArthur: Chief of Staff of the US Army
5.) Chester W. Nimitz: Fleet admiral of the US Navy
6.) Navajo Code Talkers:
7.) Tuskegee Airmen: First Black military aviators
8.) Flying Tigers:
9.) The Manhattan Project: US government research project that produced the first atomic bombs
10.) Rosie the Riveter: Media icon associated with female defense workers during WWII -
Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Executive Order 9066
Incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII -
Bataan Death March
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Battle of Midway
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D'Day - Invasion of Normandy
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G.I. Bill
Gives military veterans financial and educational benefits -
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Early Cold War
1.) Containment: Policy used to prevent the spread of communism
2.) Arms Race/Space Race: Informal competitions between the Soviet Union and the US to achieve firsts in spaceflight capability.
3.) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Consisted of Russia and 14 surrounding countries
4.) Communism: Political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society
5.) Domino Theory: Policy that suggested a spread of communist takeovers -
The atomic bomb, “Little Boy” is dropped in Hiroshima, Japan
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The atomic bomb, “Fat Man” is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, ending World War II
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United Nations formed
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Truman Doctrine
US policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism. -
Marshall Plan
Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II. -
Berlin Airlift
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NATO established
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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22nd Amendment
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again. -
The Rosenberg Trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Interstate Highway Act
Authorized the building of a national highway system -
USSR launches Sputnik
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End of the Cold War
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1990s-21st Century