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Early American History
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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
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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 & 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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The Gilded Age
1.Rockefeller/Carnegie-Rockefeller creates an interstate pipeline,Two railroad partners, Tom Scott and Andrew Carnegie, attempt to build their own pipeline.
2.Philanthropy-desire to promote the welfare of others,
3.Monopoly-a single company/individual owns all of the market for product or service.
4.Jane Addams-American settlement activist,reformer,social worker, sociologist,public administrator & author.
5.Laissez-Faire-prevents government from interfering in free market. -
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 -
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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The Progressive Era
1.Muckrakers-someone searches for & tries to expose corruption.
2.Initiative,Referendum,Recall-voters can adopt change in law, disapprove law passed by Legislature, remove elected official from office
3.The Great Migration-movement of 6 million African Americans out of rural Southern US to urban areas.
4.NAACP-National Association for Advancement of Colored People
5.Immigration Issues(Assimilation and Nativism)-new culture toward the origin culture are obtained through contact & communication. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
legalized segregation, established “separate but equal” -
Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War
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Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States
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Imperialism
1.Theodore Roosevelt-served as the 26th president of the United States.
2.Rough Riders-First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt.
3.Foreign Policy-avoid becoming emotionally or ideologically involved in the conflict.
4.Immigration Quotas-limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota..
5.Yellow Journalism-journalism that is based upon exaggeration -
Open Door Policy
initiated free trade with China -
Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine. -
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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Dollar Diplomacy
Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America. -
16th Amendment
established the federal income tax -
17th Amendment
direct election of U.S. Senators -
Federal Reserve Act
established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry -
Panama Canal Built
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I
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World War I
1.Alvin York-Sergeant York, was a United States Army soldier of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest,
2.Homefront-the activities of the civilians in a nation at war.
3.M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI)-alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism
4.Sussex Pledge-pledged not to attack a merchant ship without warning.
5.American Expeditionary Forces-formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of World War I. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
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National Parks System created
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The United States enters WWI on the Allied side
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war
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Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the British, warned the U.S. of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany
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Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the war
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Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers
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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 -
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
1.Social Darwinism-theory that individuals,groups, & peoples are subject to the same laws of natural selection.
2.The Red Scare-period of anti-Communist fervor in the US.
3.Assembly Line-series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
4.Return to Normalcy-was US presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan for the election of 1920.
5.Harlem Renaissance-intellectual revival of African American art & literature -
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. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
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Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris
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Stock Market Crash
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Great Depression
1.Hoovervilles-shanty town built by homeless.
2.The New Deal-public work projects, financial reforms, & regulations enacted by Roosevelt.
3.Causes of Great Depression-stock market crash(1929)
Banking panics, monetary contraction,The gold standard,Decreased international lending & tariffs.
4.Court Packing-The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937
5.Eleanor Roosevelt-advocated for expanded roles for women in workplace, civil rights of African Americans, & rights of World War II refugees. -
Dust Bowl
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established
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20th Amendment
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
21st Amendment
repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) established
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Social Security Act
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Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII
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World War II
1Island Hopping-military strategy employed by Allies in Pacific War
2Liberation of Concentration Camps-Soviets liberated Auschwitz
3Dwight Eisenhower-34th president
4Douglas MacArthur-General of the Army
5Chester W. Nimitz-fleet admiral of the US Navy
6Navajo Code Talkers-code based on Navajo language
7Tuskegee Airmen-1st black military aviators
8Flying Tigers-1st AVG of China Air Force
9Manhattan Project-produced 1st nuclear weapons
10Rosie the Riveter-representing women who worked in factories -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
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Bataan Death March
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Executive Order 9066
incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII -
“D-Day” - Invasion of Normandy
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G.I. Bill
gives military veterans financial and educational benefits -
United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
1.Containment-US policy to prevent spread of communism abroad
2.Arms Race/Space Race-competition between USSR & US, to achieve first in spaceflight capability
3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-(USSR) comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation
4.Communism-all property is publicly owned & each person works & is paid according to their abilities and needs
5.Domino Theory-event in 1 country will cause similar events in neighboring countries -
The atomic bomb, “Little Boy” is dropped in Hiroshima, Japan
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The atomic bomb, “Fat Man” is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, ending World War II
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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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22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
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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Interstate Highway Act
authorized the building of a national highway system. -
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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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Contra Affair
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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1990s-21st Century
1.Barack Obama-44th president of US. Part of Democratic Party, first African-American president of US.
2.al-Qaeda- a network of Islamic extremists and Salafist jihadists
3.No Child Left Behind-authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states
4.President Clinton’s Impeachment- impeached by House of Representatives on 12-19-1998, on grounds of perjury to a grand jury
5.Presidential Election of 2000-considered the closest election in US history. -
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