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Fashion in the late 1700's
Waistcoats extended to mid-thigh to the 1770s and then began to shorten. Waistcoats could be made with or without sleeves. As in the previous period, a loose, T-shaped silk, cotton or linen gown called a banyan was worn at home as a sort of dressing gown over the shirt, waistcoat, and breeches. -
7 Years' War
In the early 1750s, French expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought France into armed conflict with the British colonies. In 1756–the first official year of fighting in the Seven Years War–the British suffered a series of defeats against the French and their broad network of Native American alliances.
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Proclamation Line of 1763
On October 7, 1763, the Proclamation Line of 1763 was issued by King George III. The proclamation prohibited settlers from crossing west over the Appalachian Mountains in order to prevent further conflicts between settlers and Native Americans.
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Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party. Boston Tea Party, (December 16, 1773), incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians.https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Tea-Party -
Fashion in Early 1800's
Men wore knee-length breeches worn over stockings, tail coats cut high over the top of the breeches, collars turned up and ruffled cravats worn at the neck. The hat of choice was usually a top hat and most men carried walking sticks. Cloaks were still worn during this period, but by 1820 this gave way to the more practical and manageable overcoat. Many women wore dresses. This was a similar look to what people wore in the late 1770's.
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First Rowing Race
The first Oxford-Cambridge rowing race was held on the Thames River, London
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Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal Act, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects.
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First Horse Race
The Grand National horse race was first run.
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Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman
The Underground Railroad, led by conductors and was a network of routes that led slaves in the south to freedom in the north. Harriet Tubman, perhaps the most well-known conductor of the Underground Railroad, helped hundreds of runaway slaves escape to freedom. She never lost one of them along the way.
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Abraham Lincoln
The Election Of Abraham Lincoln. ... When the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, Southern fears that the Republicans would abolish slavery reached a new peak. Lincoln was an avowed opponent of the expansion of slavery but said he would not interfere with it where it existed.
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Civil War
The Civil War, also known as “The War Between the States,” was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country in order to protect the institution of slavery.
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Fort Sumter
The First Battle of Fort Sumter began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on the Union garrison.
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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 the 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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Lincoln's 10% Plan
The Ten-Percent Plan. Lincoln's blueprint for Reconstruction included the Ten-Percent Plan,which specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters (from the voter rolls for the election of 1860) swore an oath of allegiance to the Union.
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Ku Klux Klan
Founded in 1866, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for blacks. The organization saw its primary goal–the reestablishment of white supremacy–fulfilled through Democratic victories in state legislatures across the South in the 1870s.
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Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was built crossing the western half of America and it was pieced together between 1863 and 1869. It was 1,776 miles long and served for the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States to be connected by rail for the first time in history. This is significant for the United States because of the reliable transportation it can offer.
http://www.historynet.com/transcontinental-railroad -
Henry Ford and Model T
Henry Ford was an American automobile manufacturer who created the Ford Model T car in 1908 and went on to develop the assembly line mode of production, which revolutionized the industry.
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Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Note, or telegram, was sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann in 1917. He had sent it to his ambassador in Mexico and the goal was to get Mexico to become an ally of Germany. ... It proposed to have Mexico enter the war against the US, on the side of Germany.
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-was-zimmerman-note-significant-wwi-148623 -
Trench Warfare
Trench warfare was important during The First World War. Trench warfare has opened up a new way to fight a war. During World War One, trenches was first used because of the new advances in military warfare. Trenches were used to protect solders from machine guns from the opposing side.
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Fashion in the 1940's
Blouses were worn frequently with skirts. Blouses typically had padded shoulders. Pants (or slacks) first gained popularity for women during the 1940s. By 1947, after WWII was over, the "New Look" began to replace the wartime utility fashions.
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Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' entry into World War II.
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Atomic Bombs
The atomic bomb and nuclear bombs are powerful weapons that use nuclear reactions as their source of explosive energy. Scientists first developed nuclear weapons technology during World War II. Atomic bombs have been used only twice in war—both times by the United States against Japan at the end of World War II
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Cold War
Postwar Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe fueled many Americans’ fears of a Russian plan to control the world. Meanwhile, the USSR came to resent what they perceived as American officials’ bellicose rhetoric, arms buildup and interventionist approach to international relations. In such a hostile atmosphere, no single party was entirely to blame for the Cold War; in fact, some historians believe it was inevitable.
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Korean War
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War
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Fashion in 1970's
Bell Bottom Pants, as well as Flared jeans, were all the rage in the 70s. Also, Big Collars and Leisure Suits were often worn by men.
The JumpSuit was seen at disco parties.
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The Fall of Saigon
On April 30, 1975, Communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, forcing South Vietnam to surrender and bringing about an end to the Vietnam War
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Fashion in the 1980's
Fashion in 1980's included big teased hair or spiral perms for women, mullets or more clean-cut styles for men, baggy and oversized tops, leggings, high-waisted jeans, ripped and acid-washed denim, tight exercise clothing for every day.
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Fashion in the 1990's
Some common items of clothing from the 1990s: black leggings with an oversized sweater, low heel shoes, flannel shirts, denim everything, t-shirts, sweatpants, skirts, Birkenstocks, solid colors, silk shirts, turtlenecks (under cardigans or sweaters), plain white Keds.
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Fashion in the 21st Century
Popular mid-2000s trends for women were embroidered low-rise jeans, yoga pants, cowl-neck tops, tube tops, denim jackets, bell-sleeved shirts, jean shorts, crop tops, whale tails, tracksuits, cargo pants, capri pants, trenchcoats, puffy jackets, longer tank tops worn with a main blouse or shirt. Many men wear button-down shirts and jeans or just a plain t-shirt
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9/11
Al Qaeda terrorists aboard three hijacked passenger planes carried out coordinated suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., killing everyone on board the planes and nearly 3,000 people on the ground
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Patriot Act
USA PATRIOT Act, also called PATRIOT Act, in full Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, U.S. legislation, passed by Congress in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and signed into law by Pres.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/USA-PATRIOT-Act
