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Purchase of Alaska
The United States agreed to buy Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
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End of Reconstruction
The Reconstruction was a period in U.S. history after the Civil War that would help the Southern states get back into the Union.
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History Timeline
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Chinese Exclusion Act
The U.S. passed a federal law that was signed by President Arthur. This law prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers.
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Plessy v Ferguson
This case started because an African American train passenger, Homer Plessy, refused to sit in a segregated train car, breaking a Louisiana law. This court case was under the separate but equal doctrine. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson -
Imperialism
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. An example of Imperialism is the Spanish American War. http://alphahistory.com/worldwar1/imperialism/ -
Hawaiian Annexation
Also known as Newlines Resolution. The military stormed the island without Presidential approval and dethroned Queen Liliuokalani. http://www.ushistory.org/us/44b.asp -
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World War I
Caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was killed in Sarajevo on June 28,1914. The war lasted for 4 years. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history -
First Car
The first car, the "Model T" was sold for $490 in 1914. http://www.ushistory.org/us/46a.asp -
Containment
The act of keeping something harmful under control. Another definition is the action or policy of preventing the spread of a hostile country or influence. This policy was used to keep the spread of communism under control. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history -
Treaty of Versailles
One of the peace treaties that ended World War I. This treaty also ended the state war between Germany and the Allied Powers. The treaty was signed on June 28, 1919. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles -
Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market crashed because about half of the banks in America failed and there were nearly 15 million unemployed people. This caused the Great Depression. http://www.history.com/topics/1929-stock-market-crash -
New Deal
President Franklin D. Roosevelt established government programs in the 1930's to help improve conditions for people during the Great Depression. http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Apartheid
Apartheid was racial segregation and white supremacy in South Africa. It was a countrywide separation. http://www.history.com/topics/apartheid -
Non-Violence
The use of peaceful means, not force, to bring political or social change. Martin Luther King Jr used this tactic. http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_nonviolent_resistance/ -
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The Vietnam War
This was the longest war in the United States history. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the war. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks reused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery Alabama. This act of defiance got Parks arrested and she was fined $10. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks -
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is an information space where documents and other web sources are identified by URL's, interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet. The WWW was created by Tim Berners Lee. http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/web.html -
The First iPhone
The cost of the iPhone was $499-$599. These prices weren't unheard of at the time, as early Motorola RAZR flip phones were very expensive as well. http://www.imore.com/history-iphone-original -
President Obama
Obama was elected in 2008 to become the President of the United States. He served to consecutive terms. He is also the first African American to be President. http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/barack-obama
