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Early American History
July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence signed.
September 17, 1787: Constitution written.
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Civil War/Reconstruction
1869: Transcontinental Railroad Completed
1876:Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
13th: Abolished Slavery
14th: Citizenship & due process
15th: Voting for all male citizens
Plessy v. Ferguson: Legalized segregation, established "separate but equal"
Homestead Act (1862): Provided 160 acres to anyone to settle on land in the west.
Sherman Antitrust Act (1890): Outlawed business monopolies. -
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The Gilded Age
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The Progressive Era
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Imperialism
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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World War 2
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Early Cold War
-Containment: American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world.
-Arms Race/Space Race:The rivalry of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. of seeing who is better than the other.
-The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:Was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
-Communism:A system of government where all property is owned by the state.
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Civil Rights Era
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Vietnam War
1962Cuban Missile Crisis
1965Medicare and Medicaid Established
1968Tet Offensive
1971Pentagon Papers leaked
1975Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
26 Amendment:Moved to voting age from 21 to 18 and was ratified in July 1, 1971
Tinker v.Des Moines:Defined the first Amendments rights for students in the United States Public Schools on February 24, 1969
GulfofTonkinResolution1964:Begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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End of the Cold War
1970:Kent State University shooting
1974:Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon's Resignation
1978:Camp David Accords
1978:1981-Iran Hostage Crisis
1979:Three Mile Island Disaster
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1990's-21st Century
-Barack Obama
-Al-Qaeda
-No child left behind
-President Clinton's Impeachment
-Presidential Election of 2000
-1990-1991:Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
-1991:Fall of the USSR
-1994:NAFTA created free trade between North America
-2001:Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
-2005 Hurricane Katrina
-USA PATRIOT Act (2001):Tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism.