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Early American History
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DOI signed
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Constitution written
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Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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Homestead Act
Provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
Citizenship and due process -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment
Voting for all male citizens -
Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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Interstate Commerce Act
Ensure railroad set “reasonable and just” rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business -
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The Gilded Age
1.Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
2.Philanthropy
3.Monopoly
4.Jane Addams
5.Laissez-Faire -
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 -
Dawes Act
Gave individual ownership of land to native americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively. -
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed business monopolies -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness -
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The Progressive Era
1.Muckrakers
2.Initiative, Referendum, Recall
3.The Great Migration
4.NAACP
5.Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism) -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Legalized segregation, established “separate but equal” -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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Imperialism
1.Theodore Roosevelt
2.Rough Riders
3.Foreign Policy
4.Immigration Quotas
5.Yellow Journalism -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Meat Inspection Act
Law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines -
NAACP Founded
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16th Amendment
Established the federal income tax -
17th Amendment
Direct election of US senators -
Federal Reserve Act
Established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry -
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World War I
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National Parks System created
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Roaring Twenties
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The Great Depression
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World War II
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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
1.Containment: US actions to contain the spread of communism
2.Arms Race/Space Race: US and USSR competing in technology matters to see which was the most powerful and advanced nation
3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Federal socialist state in Europe/Asia
4.Communism: Economic/political theory of no social classes and no private means of production
5.Domino Theory: the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries like falling dominos -
22nd Amendment
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Korean War
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Sweatt v. Painter
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
First Man on the Moon
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Kent State University shooting
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End of The Cold War
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old. -
Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
Law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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1990s-21st Century
Barack Obama: First African American that became President (44th) al-Qaeda: multi-national terrorist organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden No Child Left Behind: authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states. President Clinton’s Impeachment: grounds of perjury to a grand jury Presidential Election of 2000: the vote was so close that no winner could be declared. The court stopped the recount, and Florida's electoral votes went to Bush. -
Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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USA PATRIOT Act
tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism -
Hurricane Katrina