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14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States -
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American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states -
Homestead Act
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13th Amendment
the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude -
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Reconstruction
the United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determining the legal status of African Americans. -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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Industrialization Begins to Boom
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15th Amendment (1870)
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Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
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Telephone Invented
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Reconstruction Ends
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Jim Crow Laws Start in South
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TIMESPAN: Gilded Age
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Light Bulb Invented
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3 rd Wave of Immigration
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Chinese Exclusion Act
U.S. federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10
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Pendleton Act
U.S. federal law requiring federal jobs to be awarded on the basis of merit
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Dawes Act
“Excess” land would be put on the open market, allowing
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Interstate Commerce Act
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Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth
The article was published in the North American Review, an opinion magazine for America's establishment -
Klondike Gold Rush
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices -
Homestead Steel Labor Strike
The Homestead strike, also known as the Homestead steel strike or Homestead massacre -
Pullman Labor Strike
The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States -
Plessy v. Ferguson
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• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914)
-The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August.
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• Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns (1914)
-during the World War I Technology during was reflected a trend toward industrialism bc they really didn't have that much technology and Also The application of mass-production methods to weapons and to the technology of warfare in general. -
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• TIMESPAN: World War I (1914- 1918)
The World war I was often abbreviated as WWI or WW1) was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July -
• Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania was U-boat torpedoed the British-owned steamship Lusitania, killing many people like about 1,195 people including 128 American. -
• Zimmerman Telegram (1917)
- The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 19
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• Russian Revolution
- After taking over, the Bolsheviks promised 'peace, land, and bread' to the Russian people. -It promptly resolved the theory and tradition of private property and used the possession of all properties by the state.
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• U.S. entry into WWI
-The entry of the United States into World War I changed the course of the war, and the war, in turn, changed America.
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• Battle of Argonne Forest
The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front
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Armistice
The Armistice of 11 November 1918, that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their last remaining opponent, Germany -
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
-The Fourteen Points were a proposal made by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in a speech before Congress
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United Nations (UN) Formed
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Germany Divided
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Truman Doctrine
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TIMESPAN: The Cold War
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Marshall Plan
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Berlin Airlift
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NATO Formed
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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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TIMESPAN: Korean War
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution
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Armistice Signed
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Warsaw Pact Formed
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Rosa Parks Arrested
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Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Chicano Mural Movement Begins
The Chicano mural movement began in the 1960s in Mexican-American barrios throughout the Southwest -
Affirmative Action (1961)
Affirmative action law grew out of the civil rights movement. The phrase first appeared in 1961, when President John F. Kennedy created the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. -
George Wallace Blocks University of Alabama Entrance
"segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium -
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique is a book by Betty Friedan that is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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24th Amendment (1964)
Not long ago, citizens in some states had to pay a fee to vote in a national election. This fee was called a poll tax. On January 23, 1964 -
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Malcom X Assassinated
Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement -
United Farm Worker’s California Delano Grape Strike
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Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court (1967)
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Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court (1967)
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 -
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- They use the chemicals and other pollutants -This protection includes threats such as pollution and flooding and more.
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Policy of Détente Begins
-The goal of détente was to continue to resist and deter Soviet
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Title IX (1972)
Title IX is a federal civil rights law in the United States of America that was passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 -
Nixon Visits Communist China
-U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important strategic and diplomatic
-Nixon wanted to ensure world people which meant he wanted to broaden the communication between world superpowers -
Watergate Scandal
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Roe v. Wade (1973)
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States -
Engaged Species Act
-The law requires the protection for critical habitat areas
- it also provides that the designation of critical habitat and prohibits -
United States v. Nixon
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• Ford Pardons Nixon
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• Community Reinvestment Act of
-Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions
-That also includes a lower income
