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Sand Creek was a village of approximately 800 Cheyenne Indians in southeast Colorado.The Volunteers' commander, Colonel John Chivington said to "Kill and scalp all, big and little," to his troops and the troops killed about 400 people. Most of the deaths were women and children.
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This is when the United States economy and population starts to increase. There was a lot of corporate corruption and there was a lot of wealthy people living well luxury lives.
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The vast majority of American work was still done on the farm. towards the end of the 20th century the United States economy revolved around the FACTORY.
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Trade with England and France more than tripled between 1914 and 1916. Germany was cut by over ninety percent
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the Lusitania was a major ship used for trade. The Germans felt they had done their part to warn Americans about the danger of overseas travel.
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Was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s
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The Stock Market crash left people with no money and also left people jobless. people became homeless.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor with a surprise attack. This is the start of World War
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USA used island hoping as a stradegy to take over land quickly. The capture of Iwojima and Okinawa cleared for an all out assault on the Japanese.
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The city was divided into four zones of occupation like the rest of Germany. However, the entire city lay within the Soviet zone of occupation.
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Caught by surprise, the communist-backed northern forces reeled in retreat. American led-forces from INCHON and the Pusan Perimeter quickly pushed the northern troops to the 38th Parallel were they are divided now.
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Thousands of Americans who were in the government, the army, the movie industry, or from various walks of life had to answer a question before a congressional panel. the question was "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party?"
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A military showdown took place in Little Rock, Arkansas. Governor Orval Faubus told the Arkansas National Gaurd to prevent the nine students, from entering the school.
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The US has been interested in claiming Hawaii since early 1820s. Americans acquired a true foothold in Hawaii as a result of the Sugar trade. Hawaii remained a territory until granted statehood as the fiftieth state in 1959.
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The nonviolent measures led by Martin Luther King Jr. helped African American win supporters all over country and throughout the world.No one participated in a sit-in of this sort without seriousness of purpose.
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the longest war in United States history.Promises to the people and government of South Vietnam to keep communist forces from overtaking them.
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Reagan proposed a phased 30% tax cut for the first three years of his Presidency. Tax relief for the rich enabled them to spend and invest more. This new spending would stimulate the economy and also increase the employment rate due to the new jobs.
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Technological changes brought dramatic new options to Americans. new forms of entertainment, commerce, research, work, and communication became commonplace in the United States.
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The tearing down of the Berlin Wall and also the shredding of the Iron Curtain helped the Cold War end. The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the cold war ended.
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American scientists had developed nuclear technology, the computer, put human beings on the moon, and were at the vanguard of Immunization techniques.
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