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Colonial America
13 colonies: Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia -
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French-Indian War
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American Revolution
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Decloration of Independence
authors: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston; 3 rights: EQUAL RIGHTS, UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, UNDERMINING THE LEGAL CONSENSUS -
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Constitutional Convention
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Louisiana Purchase
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Women's right movement
Leaders: Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Abby Kelley Foster, and Sojourner Truth; what they wanted: Women rights, treated equally -
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Civil War
slavery
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Emancipation Proclamation
All slaves shall be free -
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Spanish-American War
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WWI
Pres. Woodrow Wilson -
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Great Depression
Pres: Herbert Hoover -
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World War II
Germany, Japan, Italy; Pres: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Generals: Eisenhower, Ford, Truman, Patton. -
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Cold War
The geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR -
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Civil Rights movement
Leaders: Bayard Rustin, Andrew Young, . William Ryan, James Farmer, and John Lewis
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9/11/01
Terrorist attack the US
