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Homestead Act
The Homestead Act grands free land to people who moved West -
13th amendment
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Reconstruction
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14th amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. The transcontinental railroad had long been a dream for people living in the American West. -
Industrialization Begins to Boom
New industries were opened in urban areas. The industries had job opportunities -
15th amendment
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote -
Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall gain a lot of power in New York -
Telephone Invented
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1876 -
Reconstruction Ends
In 1877, Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the south, and the bayonet-backed Republican governments collapsed, thereby ending Reconstruction. -
Jim Crow Laws Start in South
any of the laws that enforced racial segregation in the South -
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Gilded Age
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Light Bulb Invented
Thomas Edison invented the first light bulb in 1878 -
Third Wave of Immigration
The third wave, between 1880 and 1914, brought over 20 million European immigrants to the United States -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Law that prohibits Chinese to work for 10 years -
Pendleton Act
positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act of 1887, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Interstate Commerce Act
was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices -
Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth
Carnegie's book shows the act of being a philanthropist -
Chicago's Hull House
Hull House was a settlement house in the United States that was founded in 1889 by Jane Addams -
Klondike Gold Rush
Klondike Gold Rush happened in Klondike, located in the Yukon Territory -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Wanted to get rid of the monopolies (trust) -
How the Other Half Lives
How the Other Half Lives studies among the Tenements of New York by Jacob Riis. Shows the hardships of the tenements in NY -
Influence of Sea Power Upon History
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660–1783 is a history of naval warfare published in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan. -
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Progressive Era
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Imperialism
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Homestead Steel Labor Strike
Homestead strike, in U.S. history, a bitterly fought labor dispute. On June 29, 1892, workers belonging to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers struck the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead, Pa. -
Pullman Labor Strike
The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States on May 11, 1894, and a turning point for US labor law. It pitted the American Railway Union against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States -
Plessy v. Ferguson
separate but equal doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws -
Annexation of Hawaii
In 1893 the last monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani, was overthrown by party of businessmen, who then imposed a provisional government. Soon after, President Benjamin Harrison submitted a treaty to annex the Hawaiian islands to the U.S. Senate for ratification. -
Spanish American War
The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898 in Cuba -
Open Door Policy
The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century. -
Assassination of President McKinley
William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was shot in Buffalo, New York. Made a deal with monopolies -
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Theodore Roosevelt
Political Party: Progressive(Bull Moose) Party/ Republican Party
Domestic Policies: The Square Deal (3C's), Trust Busting, Consumers, Conservation (nature)
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Wright Brother’s Airplane
The Wright Flyer was the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft. It was designed and built by the Wright brothers -
Panama Canal U.S. Construction Begins
In 1903, Colombia (which controlled Panama) refused to allow the United States to build the canal. The people of Panama overthrew their Colombian government and became independent (which made construction of the canal possible). -
The Jungle
The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
Model-T
Henry Ford made Model T in order to make cars affordable. -
National Association for the Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP)
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by W. E. B. Du Bois -
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William Howard Taft
Political Party: Republican Party
Domestic Policy: 3C's :( , 16/17 amendments
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16th Amendment
Congress has power to collect taxes -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes (now commonly known as the U.S. Dollar) and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. The Act was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. -
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Woodrow Wilson
Political Party: Democrat
Domestic Policy: Clayton Anti-Trust Act, National Parks Service, Federal Reserve Act, 18th/19th amendments -
17th Amendment
People directly elect senators -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip. -
Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns
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World War I
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Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. -
National Park System
President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service, protecting the 35 national parks and monuments then managed by the department and those yet to be established. -
Zimmerman Telegram
was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union -
U.S entry into WWI
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. ... The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917 -
Battle of Argonne Forest
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also known as the Maas-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from 26 September 1918 until the Armistice of 11 November 1918, a total of 47 days -
Armistice
An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, since it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. -
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. In this January 8, 1918, speech on War Aims and Peace Terms, President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers -
19th Amendment
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18th Amendment
Prohibition/ Temperance -
President Harding’s Return to Normalcy
a return to the way of life before World War I -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920's. During the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement" -
Red Scare
A "Red Scare" is promotion, real and imagined, of widespread fear and government paranoia by a society or state, about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. -
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Roaring Twenties
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Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922 -
Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian-born Soviet revolutionary and political leader. Governing the Soviet Union as its dictator from the mid-1920's until his death ..... In December 1918, Stalin was sent to Perm to lead an inquiry into how the Red Army force -
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes -
Mein Kampf published
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler -
Charles Lindbergh’s Trans-Atlantic Flight
Charles Lindbergh Flies Solo Across the Atlantic. Library of Congress Charles Lindbergh posed in front of the Spirit of St. Louis on May 31, 1927, just 10 days after his trans-Atlantic flight. -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder in Chicago of seven men of the North Side gang during the Prohibition Era. -
Stock Market Crashes “Black Tuesday”
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday (October 29) the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929 ("Black Thursday"), and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States (acting as the most significant predicting indicator of the Great Depression), when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its after effects. -
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Great Depression
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Hoovervilles
A "Hooverville" was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States of America. -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
otherwise known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff, was an act implementing protectionist trade policies sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley and signed into law on June 17, 1930. -
100,000 Banks Have Failed
As the economic depression deepened in the early 30's, and as farmers had less and less money to spend in town, banks began to fail at alarming rates. -
Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The Government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant part of their land. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States government corporation providing deposit insurance to depositors in US banks. -
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Public Works Administration, 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 -
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg had already appointed Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933 -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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New Deal Programs
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The Holocaust
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Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930's -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
The United States Social Security Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits -
Rape of Nanjing
The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing -
Kristallnacht
was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler had already issued orders to prepare for a possible "solution of the Polish problem by military means" through the Case White scenario. In May 1939, in a statement to his generals while they were in the midst of planning the invasion of Poland -
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German Blitzkrieg attacks
Blitzkrieg is a method of warfare whereby an attacking force, spearheaded by a dense concentration -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941 -
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II. -
Navajo Code Talkers
The name code talkers is strongly associated with bilingual Navajo speakers specially recruited during World War II by the Marines -
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American -
Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
The following major units were landed on D-Day (6 June 1944). A more detailed order of battle for D-Day itself can be found at Normandy landings and List of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign. -
GI Bill
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans. -
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
During the final stage of World War II, the United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively -
Victory over Japan/Pacific (VJ/VP) Day
Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps throughout the territories it controlled before and during the Second World War. -
Victory in Europe (VE) Day
mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
United Nations (UN) Formed
Roosevelt also sought to convince the public that an international organization was the best means to prevent future wars. -
Germany Divided
Germany was cut between the two global blocs in the East and West, a period known as the division of Germany. -
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Harry S. Truman
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Nuremberg Trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war after World War II. -
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Baby Boom
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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
Mao Zedong Established Communist Rule in China
Following the Chinese Civil War and the victory of Mao Zedong's Communist forces over the Kuomintang forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, who fled to Taiwan, Mao declared the founding of the People's Republic of China -
22nd Amendment
limits the number of times one can be elected to the office of President of the United States -
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Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Arab-Israeli War Begins
conflict between the Arabs and the Jew -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. In response, the Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift -
NATO Formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. -
Kim Il-sung invades South Korea
North Korea's decision to invade South Korea was Kim's initiative, not a Soviet one. -
UN forces push North Korea to Yalu River- the border with China
UN counter-offensive cut off many North Korean troops. Those who escaped envelopment and capture were forced back north. UN forces rapidly approached the Yalu River -
Chinese forces cross Yalu and enter Korean War
China's intervention in the war came as a surprise to many, and vastly expanded the scope of the conflict. -
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Korean War
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1950's Prosperity
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in New York. -
Armistice Signed
The armistice ended America’s first experiment with the Cold War concept of “limited war.” -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Warren Court
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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in Vietnam
establishing the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 -
Hernandez v. Texas
Hernandez v. Texas was a landmark case, "the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period.' -
Warsaw Pact Formed
The Warsaw Pact, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama -
Polio Vaccine
The first polio vaccine was the inactivated polio vaccine. It was developed by Jonas Salk and came into use in 1955. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama -
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Vietnam War
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Interstate Highway Act
was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. -
Elvis Presley First Hit Song
Elvis a nationwide breakthrough. His reputation as a performer on stage was already growing in the same dimensions. -
Sputnik I
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. -
Leave it to Beaver First Airs on TV
So in the early 1980's the show was airing in most large, major, and medium TV markets -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 -
Kennedy versus Nixon TV Debate
The 1960 presidential election was the closest election since 1916, and this closeness can be explained by a number of factors. -
Chicano Mural Movement Begins
The Chicano mural movement began in the 1960's in Mexican-American barrios throughout the Southwest. Artists began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture -
Peace Corps Formed
The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. -
Mapp v. Ohio
was a landmark case in criminal procedure, in which the United States Supreme Court decided that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 -
Affirmative Action
action favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination; positive discrimination -
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John F. Kennedy
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The confrontation is often considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. -
Sam Walton Opens First Walmart
Sam Walton opens the first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas. The Walton family owns 24 stores, ringing up $12.7 million in sales. The company officially incorporates as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. -
Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on 1963, in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was riding with his wife Jacqueline -
Gideon v. Wainwright
landmark case in United States Supreme Court history. In it, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states are required under the Sixth Amendment -
George Wallace Blocks University of Alabama Entrance
in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two African American students -
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique is a book written by Betty Friedan which is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States -
March on Washington
The purpose of the march was 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
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson the main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois was a United States Supreme Court case holding that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
24th Amendment
prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials -
Israeli-Palestine Conflict Begins
This conflict came from the inter communal violence in Mandatory Palestine between Israelis and Arabs -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
Malcolm X was shot before he was about to deliver a speech about his new organization called the Organization of Afro-American Unity. -
United Farm Worker’s California Delano Grape Strike
The boycott connected middle-class families in big cities with poor farm worker families in the California vineyards. -
Miranda v. Arizona
The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination requires law enforcement officials to advise a suspect interrogated in custody of his or her rights to remain silent and to obtain an attorney. Supreme Court of Arizona reversed and remanded. -
Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Four years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Marshall as the United States Solicitor General -
Six Day War
An Egyptian plot in 1967 to destroy Israel backfired when Israel struck first, destroying the forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, and taking possession of new territory. The Six-Day War also cemented Israeli, pan-Arab, and Palestinian nationalism. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in South Vietnam -
Tet Offensive
The name of the offensive comes from the Tet holiday, the Vietnamese New Year, when the first major attacks took place -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
A confirmed racist and small-time criminal, Ray began plotting the assassination of revered civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in early 1968. He shot and killed King in Memphis on April 4, 1968, confessing to the crime the following March. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Tinker v. Des Moines was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that defined the constitutional rights of students in U.S. public schools. -
Draft Lottery
Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944 to 1950. -
Manson Family Murders
They gained national notoriety after the murder of actress Sharon Tate and four others -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC -
Vietnamization
Vietnamization was a strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam. -
Woodstock Music Festival
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock— was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000 -
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Richard Nixon
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Invasion of Cambodia
a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during 1970 by the United States and the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. -
Kent State Shootings
The Kent State shootings were the shootings on May 4, 1970 of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard during a mass protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. -
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment -
26th Amendment
prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old -
Policy of Détente Begins
Détente (a French word meaning release from tension) is the name given to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union that began tentatively in 1971 -
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. -
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Jimmy Carter
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Title IX
that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. -
Nixon Visits China
was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and China. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States during the early 1970's, following a break-in by five men and President Richard Nixon's administration's subsequent attempt to cover up its involvement. -
War Powers Resolution
a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
Roe v. Wade
landmark decision issued in 1973 by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of the constitutionality of laws that criminalized or restricted access to abortions. -
Endangered Species Act
provides for the conservation of species that are endangered or threatened -
First Cell-Phones
Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone -
OPEC Oil Embargo
imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military and to gain leverage in the post-war peace negotiations. -
Ford Pardons Nixon
which granted his predecessor Richard Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he might have committed against the United States while president. -
United States v. Nixon
a landmark United States Supreme Court case which resulted in a unanimous decision against President Richard Nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials to a federal district court. -
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Gerald Ford
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Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam,by North Vietnam 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period to the formal reunification of Vietnam -
Bill Gates Starts Microsoft
Bill Gates (born October 28, 1955) and his partner Paul Allen founded and built the world's largest software business, Microsoft, through technological innovation, keen business strategy and aggressive business tactics. -
National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying Begins
the lobbying branch of the NRA, was established in 1975. -
Steve Jobs Starts Apple
In 1975, the 20-year-old Jobs and Wozniak set up shop in Jobs' parents' garage, dubbed the venture Apple, and began working on the prototype of the Apple I. -
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President and Israeli Prime Minister begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. -
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
The Egypt–Israel treaty was signed by Egyptian president and Israeli prime minister witnessed by United States president Jimmy Carter. Contents. -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Conservative Resurgence
It was launched with the charge that the seminaries and denominational agencies were dominated by liberals -
“Trickle Down Economics”
is an economic theory that advocates reducing taxes on businesses and the wealthy in society as a means to stimulate business investment in the short term and benefit society at large in the long term. -
AIDS Epidemic
AIDS is a global pandemic. -
Sandra Day O’Connor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from her appointment in 1981 by Ronald Reagan to 2006. -
War on Drugs
The presidency of Ronald Reagan marked the start of a long period of skyrocketing rates of incarceration, largely thanks to his unprecedented expansion of the drug war. The number of people behind bars for nonviolent drug law offenses increased from 50,000 in 1980 to over 400,000 by 1997. -
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Ronald Reagan
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Marines in Lebanon
US service personnel -- including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel -- are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon. -
Iran-Contra Affair
was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration. -
The Oprah Winfrey Show First Airs
is an American syndicated talk show that aired nationally for 25 seasons from September 8, 1986 to May 25, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. -
“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!”
"Tear down this wall!" is a line from a speech made by US President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on June 12, 1987, calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier -
End of Cold War
During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. -
Berlin Wall Falls
as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. -
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George H. W. Bush
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Germany Reunification
The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany -
Iraq Invades Kuwait
was a 2-day operation conducted by Iraq against the neighboring state of Kuwait, which resulted in the seven-month-long Iraqi occupation of the country -
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Persian Gulf War
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Soviet Union Collapses
The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union. It was a result of the declaration number 142-Н of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. -
Rodney King
as an African-American taxi driver who became known internationally as the victim of Los Angeles Police Department brutality -
Operation Desert Storm
The Gulf War, code named Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition -
Ms. Adcox Born
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Bill Clinton
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NAFTA Founded
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and entered into force on 1 January 1994 in order to establish a trilateral trade bloc in North America. -
Contract with America
The Contract with America was a document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign -
O.J. Simpson’s “Trial of the Century”
The “trial of the century” continues to fascinate and infuriate the masses, more than two decades after O.J. Simpson was acquitted in the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman -
Bill Clinton’s Impeachment
President Bill Clinton was impeached on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice -
USA Patriot Act
With its ten-letter abbreviation (USA PATRIOT) expanded, the full title is “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 -
War on Terror
is an international military campaign that was launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in the U.S. in 2001 -
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War in Afghanistan
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9/11 (September 11, 2001)
were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States -
I was born
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NASA Mars Rover Mission Begins
NASA launched its second Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, aboard a Delta II launch vehicle. -
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Iraq War
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Facebook Launched
Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly tropical cyclone -
Saddam Hussein Executed
Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for the murder of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in the town of Dujail in 1982 -
Iphone Released
The history of iPhone began with a request from Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs to the company's engineers, asking them to investigate the use of touchscreen devices and tablet computers -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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Hilary Clinton Appointed U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton served as the 67th United States Secretary of State, under President Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2013, overseeing the department that conducted the Foreign policy of Barack Obama -
Sonia Sotomayor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
President Barack Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States -
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Arab Spring
was a revolutionary wave of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, protests, riots, coups, foreign interventions, and civil wars in North Africa and the Middle East -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist group Al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011 by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group. -
Space X Falcon 9
Falcon 9 is a family of two-stage-to-orbit medium lift launch vehicles, named for its use of nine Merlin first-stage engines, designed and manufactured by SpaceX -
Donald Trump Elected President
Donald J. Trump is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality
