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40 Cards in this Set
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1981
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US launches the space shuttle-first reusable space vehicle
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1861-1865
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Civil War
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1973
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Roe v. Wade--gives women right to have an abortion
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1920
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19th Amendment passes
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1990
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Americans with Disabilities Act passed
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1898
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Spanish American War
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1989
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Break up of the Soviet Union --Cold War ends (??)
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1793
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Invention of the Cotton Gin
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1963
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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1812-1814
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War of 1812
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1950-1953
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Korean War
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1838
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Trail of Tears
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1964
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Tonkin Gulf incident allows US to send soldiers to Vietnam
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1863
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Emancipation Proclamation took effect
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1991
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Gulf War- US defends Kuwait
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1868
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14th Amendment passes
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1987
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Iran-contra hearings begin-Reagan is investigated
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1882
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Chinese Exclusion Act passed
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1969
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US lands first man on the moon
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1917
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Russian Revolution
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1964
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Civil Rights Act Passed
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1846-1848
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U.S. War with Mexico
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1973
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Cease-fire agreement ends Vietnam War
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1803
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Louisiana Purchase
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1945
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US drops atom bomb on Hiroshima--WWII ends
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1787
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Constitution is approved
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1977
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Energy Crisis
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1783
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Treaty of Paris Signed
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1954
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Brown v. the Board of Education
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1776
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Declaration of Independence is signed.
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1971
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26th Amendment passes lowering the voting age to 18
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1823
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Monroe Doctrine
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1942
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FDR signs Executive Order 9006
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1896
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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1941
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and WWII begins for the US
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1917
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U.S, enters WWI and declares war on Germany
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1966
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Caesar Chavez calls for a boycott of California Grapes
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1935
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Social security Act passed
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1974
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Nixon becomes the first president to resign from office
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1929
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Stock Market Crashes--Depression begins
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