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56 Cards in this Set
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1776
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Declaration of Independence signed
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1787
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U.S. Constitution written
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1861-1865
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American Civil War
issues include slavery and states rights |
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1898
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Spanish-American War
U.S. became a world power as a result of winning the war |
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1914-1918
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World War I
U.S. joined in 1917 |
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1929
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Stock market crash
led to the Great Depression |
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1939-1945
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World War II
U.S. joined in 1941 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor |
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George Washington
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Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
First President of the U.S. |
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Thomas Jefferson
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wrote the Declaration of Independence
3rd U.S. President |
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Theodore Roosevelt
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President in the early 1900s that led the U.S. into a position as a world power
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W.E.B. DuBois
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Founder of the NAACP
leader of reform movement for African-Americans Ideas conflicted with Booker T. Washington |
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Susan B. Anthony
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reform leader for women's rights
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Clarence Darrow
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Defended John Scopes during the 1925 Monkey Trial
Defended the right to teach evolution in school lost the case |
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Woodrow Wilson
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President during World War I
Had a role in the peacemaking after WWII Created the Fourteen Points plan and the League of Nations |
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William Jennings Bryan
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ran for President three times
Prosecuter in the Scopes Monkey Trial Won the trial but admitted on the stand that he didn't believe the bible was literal |
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Henry Ford
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manufacturer of one of the first automobiles
created the assembly line cars produced inexpensively |
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Charles Lindbergh
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In 1927, became the first pilot to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean
"Spirit of St. Louis" |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President of the U.S. from 1932-1945.
"New Deal"-provided social programs to help economic recovery led the U.S. during WWII Died in office in 1945 |
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Adolf Hitler
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Fascist dictator of Germany during WWII
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Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII
Coined the phrase "Iron Curtain" |
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Harry Truman
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VP uder FDR
President 1945-1952 decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan led U.S. through the beginning of the Cold War |
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Joseph Stalin
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Communist leader of the Soviet Union
Expanded the Soviet Union after WWII |
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Civil Rights leader who used non violent techniques
Efforts led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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Nullication Crisis
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Souther states declared federal laws null and void
brought up issue of who has ultimate power-state or national government |
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Spanish-American War
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War between the U.S. and Spain over Cuba
US battleship Maine exploded and blamed on Spain US won and gained Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines |
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World War I
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War between Allies (Britain, France, Russia, & U.S) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Ottoman Empire)
Started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated Germany had to take full blame for the war |
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Stock Market Crash
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Oct. 29th 1929
New York Stock Exchange crashed Marked the beginning of the Great Depression |
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World War II
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1939-1945
Began when Hitler invaded Poland U.S. joined when Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan U.S. fought a two front war in Europe and the Pacific |
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Red Scare
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period of anticommunist sentiment and hysteria in the U.S. during the 1920s
Fear of communist ideas spreading Distrust of immigrants |
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Prohibition
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18th Amendment
Made the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverage illegal. Many people ignored the law led to the rise of the mafia Repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1932 |
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New Deal
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Franklin Roosevelt's program for helping the U.S. recover from the Great Depression.
Programs to provide jobs, regulate banks, and other government regulations |
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Pearl Harbor
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Dec. 7th, 1941
Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii Brought the U.S. into WWII |
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Holocaust
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systematic persecution, relocation, and execution of over 10,000,000 people by the Nazi German government
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Battle of Midway
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1942
Turning point in the Allied war effort in the Pacific Stopped Japanese aggression and began U.S. offensive |
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D-Day
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June 6th, 1944
turning point of the war in Europe Allied troops stormed the beaches of Northern France Beginning of offensive action that led to German surrender in May 1945 |
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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August 6th & 9th, 1945
Japanese cities destroyed by U.S. atomic bombs Ended World War II Forced Japan to surrender |
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Truman Doctrine
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1947
Truman's statement that the U.S. would help countries fight Communist takeover |
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Marshall Plan
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U.S. plan to give economic aid to European countries to rebuild their economies after WWII
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Korean War
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1950-1953
When North Korea invaded South Korea, the U.S. and the U.N. sent troops to help South Korea resist Communist takeover Ended in a stalemate |
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Vietnam War
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U.S. aided South Vietnam to stop Communism takeover
ended in stalemate and the withdrawal of U.S. forces by 1975 |
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Sputnik
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1957
world's first satalite, lauched by th Soviet Union led to Space Race between U.S. & Soviet Union |
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Brown v. Board of Education
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1954
Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896-separate but equal) ordered the desegregation of public schools |
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Civil Rights Movement
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1950s & 1960s organized campaign by individuals and groups to extend basic civil and personal rights to minorites
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New Deal
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Franklin Roosevelt's program for helping the U.S. recover from the Great Depression.
Programs to provide jobs, regulate banks, and other government regulations |
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Pearl Harbor
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Dec. 7th, 1941
Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii Brought the U.S. into WWII |
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Holocaust
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systematic persecution, relocation, and execution of over 10,000,000 people by the Nazi German government
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Battle of Midway
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1942
Turning point in the Allied war effort in the Pacific Stopped Japanese aggression and began U.S. offensive |
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D-Day
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June 6th, 1944
turning point of the war in Europe Allied troops stormed the beaches of Northern France Beginning of offensive action that led to German surrender in May 1945 |
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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August 6th & 9th, 1945
Japanese cities destroyed by U.S. atomic bombs Ended World War II Forced Japan to surrender |
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Truman Doctrine
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1947
Truman's statement that the U.S. would help countries fight Communist takeover |
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Marshall Plan
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U.S. plan to give economic aid to European countries to rebuild their economies after WWII
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Korean War
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1950-1953
When North Korea invaded South Korea, the U.S. and the U.N. sent troops to help South Korea resist Communist takeover Ended in a stalemate |
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Vietnam War
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U.S. aided South Vietnam to stop Communism takeover
ended in stalemate and the withdrawal of U.S. forces by 1975 |
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Sputnik
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1957
world's first satalite, lauched by th Soviet Union led to Space Race between U.S. & Soviet Union |
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Brown v. Board of Education
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1954
Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896-separate but equal) ordered the desegregation of public schools |
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Civil Rights Movement
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1950s & 1960s organized campaign by individuals and groups to extend basic civil and personal rights to minorites
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