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23 Cards in this Set
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1607 |
•Jamestown founded •first permanent English settlement in North America |
First... |
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1776 |
•Declaration of Independence •revolutionary war has been going on for one year--Jefferson writes |
War |
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1783 |
•Revolution ends •Treaty of Paris provides recognition for U.S as a new nation |
Something ends Treaty of_______ |
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1788 |
•Constitution •New government established as the Articles of confederation fail |
New gov |
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1791 |
•Bill of Rights •First 10 Amendments to the Constitution guarantee individual liberties |
Guarantee individual liberties... |
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1803 |
•Louisiana Purchase •U.S doubled in size as expansion fever begins |
Doubled in size |
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1846 |
•war with Mexico •Culmination of Manifest Dynasty with southwest land added |
War with_____ Manifest Dynasty |
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1861 |
•Civil war begins •sectional strife finally leads to 4 year war--slavery is just one issue |
A war begins Something leads to 4 year war |
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1868 |
•14th Amendment •Guarantees equal protection of the laws--used frequently today |
** Amendment Equal protection |
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1869 |
•1st Transcontinental railroad •Nations size becomes more practical and Asia becomes more important |
1st... ____Becomes more practical and _____becomes more important |
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1896 |
•Plessy vs Ferguson •supreme court approves of segregation with the "separate but equal" doctrine |
___vs___ segregation |
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1898 |
•Spanish-American War •U.S becomes imperialist power |
*******-American war U.S becomes... |
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1917 |
•U.S enters WWI •War began in 1914 and attempts at neutrality fail- but we weren't really neutral |
•U.S enters .. •neutrality |
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1920 |
•19th Amendment •Women finally gained the right to vote |
__Amendment Right to vote |
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1929 |
•stock market crash •a symptom of the problems leading to the great depression |
Crash Great depression |
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1933 |
•New deal begins •FDR response to the problems of the depression changes country forever |
FDR responds to great depression |
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1941 |
•U.S enters WWII •Attack on Pearl harbor ends U.S isolationism in war that began in 1939 |
Pearl Harbor |
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1945 |
•United Nations formed •U.S central figure in 2nd attempt at world peace-loving organization |
UN Peace keeping |
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1954 |
•Brown v. Board of education •court case sparks the modern civil rights movement |
___v.___ Civil rights |
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1964 |
•Tonkin Gulf Revolution •U.S begins major escalation of involvement in Vietnam |
TGR involvement in Vietnam |
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1974 |
•Nixon Resignation •Watergate affair leads to resignation to avoid impeachment |
Nixon Impeachment |
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1991 |
•cold war ends •"Victory" for the U.S with the collapse of the Soviet Union |
War ends Soviet Union collapse |
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2001 |
•World Trade Center •September 11 terrorist attack leads to security challenges at home and abroad |
9/11 |
