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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 (1862)
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
Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons) -
Philanthropy-
Monopoly-
Jane Addams-
Laissez-Faire- -
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. -
1889: Hull House
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses -
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The Progressive Era
Muckrakers
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
The Great Migration
NAACP
Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism) -
Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed business monopolies -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon -
Plessy v. Ferguson
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Imperialism
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Foreign Policy
Immigration Quotas
Yellow Journalism -
1906: 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 -
1909: NAACP Founded
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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 -
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World War I
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1916: National Parks System created
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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World War II
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Early Cold War
Containment- the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
Arms Race/Space Race- race to the moon and have the most improved weapons
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- alliance
Communism- society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities
Domino Theory- the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, -
1945: United Nations formed
United Nations formed, the United Nations is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, -
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 -
1948: Berlin Airlift
Soviet forces blockaded all road, rail and water routes into Berlin's Allied-controlled areas, stifling the vital flow of food, coal and other supplies -
1949: NATO established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries. -
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 Era
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea -
Rosenbergs trial
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka:
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
the U.S. detonated the first hydrogen bomb, resulting in the first successful full-scale thermonuclear weapon explosion. -
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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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
1955-1956 -
Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio. -
Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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USSR launches Sputnik
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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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Vietnam War
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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24th Amendment:
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Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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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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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
First Man on the Moon
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Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
Tinker v. Des Moines:
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
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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 -
War Powers Act
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Contra Affair
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al-Qaeda
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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1990s-21st Century
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1990's-21st Century
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Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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President Clinton’s Impeachment
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Presidential Election of 2000
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No Child Left Behind
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Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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USA PATRIOT Act
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Hurricane Katrina
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.