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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
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14th Amendment
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Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment
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Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age
Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
Philanthropy-Promote the welfare of other
Monopoly-Exclusive possession of a supply or trade
Jane Addams-Second Women to receive the Noble Peace Prize
Laissez-Faire-Policy of letting things take their own course -
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
Muckrakers-Established institutions and leaders were corrupt
Initiative, Referendum, Recall-Can adopt a change in law
The Great Migration-6 million African Americans moved to the Northeast
NAACP-Advance justice for African Americans
Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism)-One giant culture of indigenous people -
Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed business monopolies -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Plessy v. Ferguson
legalized segregation, established “separate but equal” -
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Imperialism
Theodore Roosevelt-26nd President and youngest to be president
Rough Riders-1st United States volunteer cavalry
Foreign Policy-Government strategy in dealing with other nations
Immigration Quotas-Allowed passage through America with national origins quota
Yellow Journalism-Based on crude and exaggeration -
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 -
NAACP Founded
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16th Amendment
established the federal income tax -
17th Amendment
direct election of U.S. Senators -
Federal Reserve Act
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World War I
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National Parks System created
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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World War II
Germany attacks Italy.
Poland is attacked by Germany.
Germany was trying to conquer Europe.
Germany takes over Austria.
Ends the Great Depression.
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Early Cold War
Containment- Stop the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- U.S. and Soviet race to the moon
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic- Official name of Russia
Communism- Government owns everything
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United Nations formed
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Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
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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Rosenberg trial
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First H bomb detonated by America
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Jonas Salk invest in Polio vaccine
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Vietnam War
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Tet Offensive
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Tinker Vs Des Moines
Defined the 1st amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
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End of the Cold War
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Pentagon Papers leak
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26th Amendment
Moved voting age from 21 to 18 -
War Powers Act
law limited Presidents ability to send troops to war without Congressional approval -
Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam war
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1990s-21st Century