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French Indian War
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American Revolution
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Declaration of Independence
Authors- Thomas Jefferson , Benjamin Franklin , Roger Sherman, John Adams , Robert R. Livingston Purpose-To announce and explain separation from Great Britain -
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Constitutional Convention
In September 1786, at the Annapolis Convention, delegates from five states called for a constitutional convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. The Constitutional convention took place in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787. Oldest Member- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN -
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Louisiana Purchase
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Civil War
President- Abraham Lincoln Reason- differences between northern and southern states on the idea of slavery, as well as trade, tariffs, and states rights. -
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Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
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Spanish-American War
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World War I
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I (1914-1918). -
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Great Depression
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), America's 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. economy plummeted into the Great Depression. -
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World War 2
President- Franklin D. Roosevelt
General-George Patton, Eisenhower
Fighters- Germany, Italy and Japan. On the other side were the Allies. They included Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America. -
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Civil Rights Movement
Leaders- Martin Luther King Jr. Reasons- campaign of African Americans -
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9/11/
Islamist extremist group, that occurred on the morning of September 11, 2001. hijacked plane, Flight 93, fought back, and the plane was crashed into an empty field in western Pennsylvania about 20 minutes by air from Washington, DC. York, 184 people were killed at the Pentagon and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.