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29 Cards in this Set
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1784
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Ben Franklin invents
bifocal eyeglasses |
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1793
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Eli Whitney invents cotton gin
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1803
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Lousiana
Purchase |
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1833
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Santa Anna elected
President of Mexico |
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1836
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Texas
Revolution |
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1845
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Texas
admitted |
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1853
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Gadsden
Purchase |
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1895
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H.G. Wells
The Time Machine |
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1901
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Pres. McKinley
shot by anarchist |
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1903
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Wright Bros.
first airplane |
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1920
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19th Amendment gives
women right to vote |
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1929
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Stock Market
crashes |
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December 8, 1941
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U.S. declares war
against Japan |
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1955
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Supreme Court orders
school desegregation |
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1963
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Kennedy
assassinated |
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1966-69
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Hippie
movement |
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1967
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The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper |
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1975
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South Vietnam surrenders
to North Vietnam |
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1977
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George Lucas
Star Wars |
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1980s
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CD, VCR, & cable
become common |
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1993
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Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List |
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2001
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9/11 terror attack
alerts America |
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2008-2009
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Global financial crisis
and recession |
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2009 - 2013
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Barack Obama
Democrat from Illinois is President |
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2000
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2002
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2004
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2005
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1978
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1964
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1976
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1995
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1846
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1847
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