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Homestead Act
Western migration providing land. -
13th Amendment
To abolish slavery -
14th Amendment
Equal Civil Rights and Legal Rights -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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Industrialization Begins to Boom
where people agriculture to make goods. -
15th Amendment
Right to Vote -
Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
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Telephone Invented
Helped people communicate better around the world. -
Reconstruction Ends
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Gilded Age 1877-1890
Took place in the 19th century. -
Jim Crow Laws in South
Is when state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Light Buld Invented
Helped factories work in late nights -
3rd Wave of Immigration
where many immigrants came to the United States. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Pendleton Act
were goverment employees needed to be selected fairly. -
Dawes Act
Where Native Americans left their traditions to become a U.S. citizen -
Interstate Commerce Act
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Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of wealth
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Chicago's Hull House
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Klondike Gold Rush
where people migrated to north-western Canada -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Influence of Sea Power Upon History
Two-volume work that argued the sea power -
How the Other Half Lives
To describe how people lived in New York in the 1880s. -
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Progressive Era
an era of social and political to make the society better. -
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Imperialism
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Homestead Steel Labor Strike
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Pullman Labor Strike
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Plessy v. Ferguson
A decision of the Supreme Court that stopped segregation laws for public public facilities as long as the facilities were equal. -
Annexation of Hawaii
establish self governance -
Spanish American War
when there was a mystery of the explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Marine. -
Open Door Policy
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Assassination of President Mckinley
was the 25th president oF the U.S. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
Foreign Policies=speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far
political Party= Progressive Party -
Model-T
was a car -
Panama Canal U.S. Construction Begins
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The Jungle
When they describe the harsh conditions of the immigrants in the U.S. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The first series of significant customer service. -
NAACP
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William Howard Taft
Foreign Policies= he made foreign trade
Political Parties= Republican Party -
16th Amendment
A law to collect income taxes -
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Woodrow Wilson
Foreign Policies= Moral democracy
political parties= Democratic PARTY -
17th Amendment
The senate should be composed of two Senators of each state. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
the assassination lead to WWI. -
Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Gas
The weapons used in WWI. -
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World War I
Global war in Europe -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The death of innocent civilians of the Germans. -
National Parks System
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Federal Reserve Act
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U.S. entry into WWI
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Zimmerman Telegram
secret diplomatic communication issued from the German -
Russian Revolution
when Russian defeated Russo-Japanese. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
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Armistice
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Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points 1918
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Treaty of Versailles
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Red Scare
Fear of a potential rise of communism or anarchism by a society or state -
18th Amendment
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18th Amendment
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President Harding's Return to Normalcy
promise to restore the United States -
Harlem Renaissance
"New Negro Movement" -
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Roaring Twenties
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
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Scopes "Monkey" Trial
was a legal trial. -
Charles Lindbergh's Trans-Atlantic Fight
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St. Valentine's Day Massacre
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Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"
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Great Depression
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Hoovervilles
a town built during the Great Depression -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies -
100,000 Banks Have Failed
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Agriculture Adjustment Administration
federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
federal agency insuring deposits in the U.S. -
Public Works Administration
part of new deal in 1933 -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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New Deal Programs
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Social Security Administration
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Dust Bowl
Dusk storm in the 1930s -
GI Bill
Gi Bill helped the returning veterans to have an education -
Unites Nations (UN) Formed
Is a international organization formed in 1945 to maintain international peace and security. -
Germany Divided
When the Allies divided Germany into four military occupation zones. -
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Baby Boom
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22nd Amendment
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Truman Doctrine
When the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance. -
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The Cold War
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Arab-Israeli War Begins
The fighting began with attacks by Palestinian Arabs that attacked Jewish cities, settlements, and armed forces. -
Marshall Plan
A program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of WWII. -
Berlin Airlift
when the united states begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. -
NATO formed
that provided collective security against the Soviet Union. -
Kim-II-sung invades South Korea
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Chinese forces cross Yalu and enter Korean War
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UN forces push North Korea to Yalu River- the border with China
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1950s Prosperity
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Korean War
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Armistice Signed
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution
Both were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh he was one of the most influential communist leaders of the 20th century. -
Polio Vaccine created by Jonas Salk
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Rosa Parks Arrested
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Warsaw Pact Formed
A military alliance established between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. -
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Vietnam War
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Interstate Highway Act
eliminate unsafe roads, inefficient routes, traffic jams and all of the other things that got in the way of “speedy, safe transcontinental travel -
Elvis Presley First Hit Song
Heartbreak Hotel -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African Americans students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. -
Sputnik I
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Leave it to Beaver First Airs on TV
The series had its debut on CBS. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Authorized the prosecution of those who violated the right to vote for United States. -
Chicano Mural Movement Begins
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Kennedy versus Nixon TV Debate
People started to watch the debates on Tv. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Invasion of Cuba at the Bahía de Cochinos, and the invasion was financed and directed by the U.S. government -
Peace Corps Formed
Is an independent agency that helps education and technology for college-aged Americans. -
Affirmative Action
To increase the representation of particular groups based on their gender, race, sexuality, creed or nationality in areas -
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American Civil War
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John F. Kennedy
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Sam Walton Opens First Walmart
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas, -
March on Washington
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George Wallace Blocks University of Alabama Entrance
George Wallace blocked the entry of two African Americans students. -
The Feminine Mystique
A book written by Betty Friedan that is widely credited the beginning of the second-wave feminism in the United States. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Congress passed a law that let President Johnson to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
The Great Society
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Vietnam Independence but Country Split at 17th parallel
Vietnam would be divided at the 17th parallel, pending elections within two years to choose a president and reunite the country. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as,, race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
24th Amendment
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Israeli-Palestine Conflict Begins
The conflict began from the intercommunal violence between Israelis and Arabs. -
Malcom X Assassinated
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
A law signed by President Lyndon to outlawed all discriminatory voting practices after the Civil War, including the literacy test to vote. -
United Farm Worker’s California Delano Grape Strike
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Reconstruction
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Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court
First African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court. -
Six Day War
Fought between 5-10 of Junes between Israel and Jordan, Syria, and Egypt. -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. -
My Lai Massacre
A Vietnam War murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
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Woodstock Music Festival
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Draft Lottery
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Manson Family Murders
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Apollo 11
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Vietnamization
A policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War -
Period: to
Richard Nixon
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Invasion of Cambodia
Cambodian Genocide was an explosion of mass violence that saw between 1.5 and 3 million people killed at the hands of the Khmer Rouge -
Kent State Shootings
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Environmental Protection Agency
A agency in the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matter. -
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers revealed that the United States had expanded its war with the bombing of Cambodia and Laos -
26th Amendment
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Policy of Détente Begins
A foreign policy of President Nixon to avoid nuclear escalation. -
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Jimmy Carter
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Title IX
Federal Civil Rights that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program. -
Watergate Scandal
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Nixon Visits Communist China
It opened a way for China's entry into the United Nations and trade with the United States. -
War Powers Resolution
The U.S. president's can have the power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
OPEC Oil Embargo
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First Cell-Phones
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Engaged Species Act
To provide a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats. -
Roe v. Wade
A law made by the Supreme Court to protect all pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion. -
United States v. Nixon
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Ford Pardons Nixon
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Gerald Ford
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Bill Gates Starts Microsoft
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National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying Begins
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Fall of Saigon
It marked the end of the Vietnam War. -
Steve Jobs Stats Apple
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Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
Requires the Federal Reserve and other federal banks to help meet the credit needs of the communities that do business. -
Camp David Accords
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Period: to
Iran Hostage Crisis
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"Trickle Down Economics"
Economic proposition that taxes on businesses to benefit society at large in a long time. -
War on Drugs
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AIDS Epidemic
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Sandra Day O'Connor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
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Conservative Resurgence
The Southern Baptist Convention experienced an intense struggle for control of the organization. -
Period: to
Ronald Reagan
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Marines in Lebanon
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Iran-Contra Affair
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The Oprah Winfrey Show First Airs
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"Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!"
A speech by the President Ronald in West Berlin. -
End of Cold War
The Soviet Union dissolved into component republics. -
Berlin Walls Falls
Bureaucratic accident but it fell amid a wave of revolutions that left the Soviet-led communist bloc teetering on the brink of collapse -
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George H. W. Bush
Was president of the United States. -
Iraq Invades Kuwait
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Germany Reunification
When the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany -
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Persian Gulf War
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Operation Desert Storm
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Soviet Union Collapses
Communist control and contributed to the collapse -
Rodney King
King was beaten up by LAPD officers during his arrest while driving intoxicated -
Period: to
Bill Clinton
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NAFTA Founded
To established a free-trade zone in North America -
Contract with America
To balanced budget requirements -
O.J Simpson's "Trial of the Century
This trial is called the trial of the century because it was described as the most publicized criminal trial in history -
Bill Clinton’s Impeachment
When all proceedings were delayed due to the bombing of Iraq Clinton was impeached -
USA Patriot Act
Defends terrorist attacks in the United States -
War on Terror
An ongoing military campaign led by the U.S., U.K. and their allies against organizations that are identified by them as terrorist -
Period: to
George W. Bush
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Period: to
War in Afghanistan
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9/11
The terrorist attack against the United States on Tuesday morning -
NASA Mars Rover Mission Begins
Explore the planet Mars -
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Iraq War
A conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition. -
Facebook Launched
Founded by Mark Zuckerberg -
TRACY'S BIRTHDAY
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Hurricane Katrina
Was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that cause over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion damage -
Saddam Hussein Executed
Was executed because he made convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi -
IPhone Released
The released of a new type of technology -
Hilary Clinton Appointed U.S. Secretary of State
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Sonia Sotomayor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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Barack Obama
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Arab Spring
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Osama Bin Laden Killed
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Space X Falcon 9
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Donald Trump Elected President
