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Early American History (1776-1860)
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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 (1860-1877)
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Homestead Act
Provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west -
13th Amendment: abolished slavery
Abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
Citizenship & due process -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment: voting for all male citizens
Voting for all male citizens -
Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age (1877-1900)
Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)~ Robber barons = negative; Captains of industry = positive Philanthropy~ the desire to promote the welfare of others
Monopoly~ having a finger in every pie
Jane Addams~ leader of the woman's suffrage movement
Laissez-Faire~ letting people be free without gov. inter. -
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 founded, first of many settlement houses
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed business monopolies -
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The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
Muckrakers
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
The Great Migration
NAACP
Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism) -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Legalized segregation, established “separate but equal” -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska -
1898: Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States
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1898: USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War
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Imperialism (1898-1910)
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Open Door Policy
initiated free trade with China -
Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
1906: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Meat Inspection Act
law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meal -
Pure Food and Drug Act
regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines -
1909: NAACP Founded
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Dollar Diplomacy
Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America -
17th Amendment
direct election of U.S. Senators -
16th Amendment
established the federal income tax -
Federal Reserve Act
established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry -
1904-1914: Panama Canal Built
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1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I
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World War I (1914-1918)
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1915: Sinking of the Lusitania
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1916: National Parks System created
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1917: The United States enters WWI on the Allied side
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1917: Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war
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1917; Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the British, warned the U.S. of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany
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1918: Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the war
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President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
statement of principles for peace after World War I, included no colonialism, freedom of the seas, and a League of Nations -
1918: Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers
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Treaty of Versailles
peace treaty that ended World War I, required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize -
18th Amendment
prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal -
19th Amendment
women are given the right to vote -
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Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
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1922: Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal
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American Indian Citizenship Act
granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States -
1925: Scopes Monkey Trial
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1927: Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris
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1929: Stock Market Crash
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Great Depression (1929-1939)
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1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
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1932: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established
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20th Amendmen
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
21st Amendment
repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends -
1933: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established
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1934: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established
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1935: Works Progress Administration (WPA) established
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Social Security Act
established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families -
1930-1936: Dust Bowl
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1939: Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII
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World War II (1939-1945)
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1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
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1942: Battle of Midway
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1942: Bataan Death March
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Executive Order 9066
incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII -
1944: “D-Day” - Invasion of Normandy
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G.I. Bill
gives military veterans financial and educational benefits -
1945: The atomic bomb, “Little Boy” is dropped in Hiroshima, Japan (August 6)
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1945: The atomic bomb, “Fat Man” is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, ending World War II (August 9)
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1945: United Nations formed
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Early Cold War (1945-1960)
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Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
1948: Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
1949: NATO established
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Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)
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1951: Rosenbergs trial
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22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
1952: First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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1950-1953: Korean War
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Vietnam War (1954-1976)
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1955: Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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1955-1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
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Interstate Highway Act (1956):
authorized the building of a national highway system -
1957: USSR launches Sputnik
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1957: Little Rock Nine integrated in/to an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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1961: Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
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1963: Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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1963: John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
1965: Medicare and Medicaid established
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1968: Tet Offensive
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1968: Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Tinker v. Des Moines
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
1969: First Man on the Moon
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1970: Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War (1970-1991)
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1971: 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 -
1974: Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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1975: Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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1978: Camp David Accords
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1979-1981: Iran Hostage Crisis
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1979: Three Mile Island Disaster
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1985-1987: Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)