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American Civil War
a civil war fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America. -
Homestead Act
Law passed by congress in 1862 that granted 160 acres of federal land to any U.S. citizens. -
13th Amendment
the 13th amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime it was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865. -
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Reconstruction
Followed the American civil war it marked a significant chapter in the history of civil rights in the United States. -
14th Amendment
it was ratified on July 9, 1868 and granted citizenship to everyone born in the United States. -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
A train route across the united states finished in 1869. -
Industrialization Begins to Boom
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15th Amendment
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869 it granted African American men the right to vote. -
Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
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Telephone Invented
Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. -
Reconstruction End
The compromise of 1876 effectively ended the reconstruction era. -
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Gilded Age
Occurred during late 19th century it was an Era of rapid economic growth. -
Light Bulb Invented
Edison and his team of researchers in Edison's laboratory in Menlo Park tested more than 3000 designs for bulbs between 1878 and 1880 -
3rd Wave of Immigration
between 1880 and 1914, brought over 20 million Europe immigrants to the United states. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Pendleton Act
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Dawes Act
Authorized the president of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholding. -
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
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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How the Other Half Lives
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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 landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws -
Annexation of Hawaii
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Spanish American War
An armed conflicted between Spain and the United States in 1898. -
Open Door Policy
It called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China and for the support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity. -
Assassination of President McKinley
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Theodore Roosevelt
The Progressive Party was a third party in the United States.
Foreign policies "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." -
Panama Canal U.S. Construction Begins
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The Jungle
A novel that portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities -
Pure Food and Drug Act
it was the first series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. -
Model-T
The Model- T is Fords universal car that put the world on wheels. -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored was established in 1909 and is America's oldest and largest civil rights organization. -
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William Howard Taft
Republican Party
he was more committed to the expansion of the U.S. foreign trade. -
16th Amendment
Allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population -
Federal Reserve Act
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic Party
Include freedom of the seas at all times and free trade all over the world. -
17th Amendment
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns
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World War I
Known as the Great War. When the war ended and the Allied Powers claimed victory more than 16 million people/soldiers where dead. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
A British ocean linear that was sunk om May 7,1915 killing 1,198 passengers and crew. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany. -
National Parks System
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Zimmerman Telegram
A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign office in January 1917 proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. -
Russian Revolution
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U.S. entry into WWI
On April 2,1917 President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. April 4,1917 the U.S. senator voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
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Armistice
Armistice signed at Le Franc port that ended fighting on land. -
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
During Wilson outlined his vision for a stable, long lasting peace in Europe the Americas and the rest of the world following World War I. -
Treaty of Versailles
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18th Amendment
Prohibited of alcohol in the United Sates. -
19th Amendment
Prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. -
President Harding’s Return to Normalcy
Return to the way of life before World War I. -
Harlem Renaissance
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Red Scare
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Roaring Twenties
A decade of economic growth and widespread prosperity, driven by recovery from wartime devastation. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
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Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
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Scopes “Monkey” Trial
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Charles Lindbergh’s Trans-Atlantic Flight
Louis carried Charles Lindbergh's from New York to Paris the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
One of Capones longtime enemies. On February 14 seven members of Moran's operation were gunned down while facing the wall of the garage. -
Stock Market Crashes “Black Tuesday”
Also known as the Great crash a major American stock market crashed that occurred in the fall of 1929. -
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Great Depression
The worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialization world lasting from 1929-1933. -
Hoovervilles
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Smoot-Hawley Tariff
A law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United Sates. The act raised US tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods. -
100, 000 Banks Have Failed
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Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)
A federal law passed in 1933 as part of the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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Public Works Administration (PWA)
Part of the New Deal of 1933 was a large scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. -
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New Deal Programs
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. -
Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl was the name given to the drough-sticken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930's. -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
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GI Bill
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• United Nations (UN) Formed (1945)
An international organization found in 1945 after World War II. -
Germany Divided
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Baby Boom
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Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat. -
22nd Amendment
Limits the number of times a person is eligible for election to the office of President. -
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The Cold War
A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies. -
Marshall Plan
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Berlin Airlift
a military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin. -
Arab-Israeli War Begins
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NATO Formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations. -
Kim Il-sung invades South Korea
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UN forces push North Korea to Yalu River- the border with China
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Chinese forces cross Yalu and enter Korean War
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Korean War
Began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. -
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1950s Prosperity
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution
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Armistice Signed
it formally ended the war in Korean. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Vietnam Independence but Country Split at 17th Parallel
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Vietnam Independence but Country Split at 17th Parallel
The Geneva Agreements was signed on July 1954.Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel. -
Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in North Vietnam
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Warsaw Pact Formed
A collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven others soviet satellites. -
Polio Vaccine created by Jonas Salk
Salk's inactivated polio vaccine was the first vaccine for the disease it came into use in 1955. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Park got arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. -
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Vietnam War
Known as the Second Indochina War. It was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. -
• Interstate Highway Act (1956)
A law authorized the construction of a 41,000 mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. -
Elvis Presley First Hit Song
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Sputnik I
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• Leave it to Beaver First Airs on TV (1957)
Leave it to Beaver ran for six full 39-week season. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
It was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress. -
Kennedy versus Nixon TV Debate
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961. -
Peace Corps Formed
President John F. Kennedy signed congressional legislation creating a permeant Peace Crop on September 22,1961 -
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John F. Kennedy
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Sam Walton Opens First Walmart
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Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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March on Washington
It was also known as The Great March on Washington it was held in August 28, 1963 to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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The Great Society
A set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964-65. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7,1964. President Johnson took any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia -
24th Amendment
Ratified on January 23, 1964 prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Israeli-Palestine Conflict Begins
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
A federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
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Vietnam War
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Six Day War
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Tet Offensive
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My Lai Massacre
The Vietnam War mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops. -
Vietnamization
Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement. -
Woodstock Music Festival
A music festival held on August 15-18,1969. -
Draft Lottery
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Manson Family Murders
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Apollo 11
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Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States. -
Invasion of Cambodia
The Cambodian campaign was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia. -
Kent State Shootings
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
A independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. -
Pentagon Papers
A United States Department of Defense history of the United States political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. -
26th Amendment
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Jimmy Carter
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Title IX
It prohibits discrimination in any school or other education program -
Nixon Visits Communist China
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Watergate Scandal
A major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon that led to Nixon's resignation -
War Powers Resolution
Known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act. A federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States -
Roe v. Wade
a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. -
Engaged Species Act
It is a primary law in the United States for protecting imperiled species. -
OPEC Oil Embargo
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First Cell-Phones
It was the first handheld cellular phone call made on April 3, 1973 by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper. -
United States v. Nixon
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Ford Pardons Nixon
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Gerald Ford
He was a American politician and attorney who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. -
Fall of Saigon
Known as the Liberation of Saigon captured of Saigon the capital of South Vietnam by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975. -
Bill Gates Starts Microsoft
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National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying Begins
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Steve Jobs Starts Apple
On April 1, 1976 Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne established the Apple computer company. -
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
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Camp David Accords
A political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem. -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
A diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran. -
Conservative Resurgence
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“Trickle Down Economics”
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War on Drugs
Combatted drug trafficking and aimed to end the crack cocaine epidemic destroying many lives. -
AIDS Epidemic
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Sandra Day O’Connor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
She promise to appoint the first woman to the highest court in the United States. -
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Ronald Reagan
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Marines in Lebanon
U.S. embassy in Beirut was devastated by a car bomb killed 63 people including 17 Americans. -
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 delivered by United States President Ronald Reagan. Also known as the Berlin Wall Speech. -
End of Cold War
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Berlin Wall Falls
A pivotal event in world history which marked the falling of the Iron Curtain. -
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George H. W. Bush
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Germany Reunification
German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany. -
Iraq Invades Kuwait
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Persian Gulf War
United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait arising from oil pricing and production disputes. -
Soviet Union Collapses (1991)
Was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union. -
Operation Desert Storm
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Rodney King
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Bill Clinton
An American politician from Arkansas he was the 42nd President. He took office at the end of the Cold War. -
NAFTA Founded
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Contract with America
A legislative agenda advocated for by Republican Party during the 1994 congressional election campaign. -
O.J. Simpson’s “Trial of the Century”
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Bill Clinton’s Impeachment
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USA Patriot Act
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9/11 (September 11, 2001)
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War on Terror
It is also known as the Global War on Terrorism and U.S. War on Terror. I t was a ongoing international military campaign launched by the United States government. -
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George W. Bush
An American politician and business man he was the 43rd President. -
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War in Afghanistan
An ongoing war following the Unites States invasion of Afghanistan. Began when the U.S. and its allies successfully drove the Taliban. -
NASA Mars Rover Mission Begins
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Iraq War
A protracted armed conflict began march 20, 2003 ith the invasion of Iraq. -
Facebook Launched
On February 4, 2004 Mark Zuckerberg launched The Facebook a social media website. -
Birthday
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Hurricane Katrina
A large category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 deaths and a lot of damage. -
Saddam Hussein Executed
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Iphone Released
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
A stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by Barack Obama. -
Hilary Clinton Appointed U.S. Secretary of State
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Sonia Sotomayor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
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Barack Obama
An American politician and attorney he was the 44th President of the United States. -
Arab Spring
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Osama Bin Laden Killed
He found al-Qaeda and was the terrorist groups leader when conducted the deadliest attack ever on U.S. -
Space X Falcon 9
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Donald Trump Elected President
