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Leif Erickson was the one who initially discovered America. Lief Erickson was a Viking.
They initially landed in Vineland, which today is Canada, Nova Scotia, New Foundland.

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Claimed to discover America in 1492.
King Fernidad and Queen Isabella (Spain). He was told to find the spice trade route. Also to find a direct route to England to Asia. He failed the mission and landed in America.

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The mayflower meant to land in Virginia but landed in Massachusetts. The reason why The mayflower left England was for the Pilgrams to find religous freedoms, and some for the land of opportunity. We celebrate thanksgiving because of the Pilgrams first successful harvest.

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Declaration of Independence (July 4th 1776)

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Declaration of Independence (July 4th 1776)

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The main author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence was officially adopted on July 4th 1776. The Declaration of Independence were reasons for seperating from British rule. As well as, summarizing their philosophy of liberty.

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The cause of the war was due to taxation without representation. The years of the war were from 1775-1783. This was the war that America separated from British rule.
Treaty of Paris

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The constitutional convention was placed in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The Father of the Constitution was James Madison.

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Manifest Destiny is the belief that the United States of America was destined to expand from the East to the West Coast. The war against Mexico was an outcome of Manifest Destiny.

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The Louisiana Purchase was in 1803, and we bought it from France. We bought 827,000 square miles west of the mississippi river for 15 million dollars.

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Access Google Sites with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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The war of 1812 was from 1812-1815.
The war of 1812 was the second war of independence.
The reasons for the war of 1812 were: Impressment of Americans into the British Navy (kidnapped) and trade restrictions with France from Britain

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Star Spangled Banner (September 14, 1814)

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Star Spangled Banner (September 14, 1814)

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The Star Spangled Banner was written in Baltimore during the battle of Fort McHenry.
Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner during the war of 1812.

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The Mexican-American war was from 1846-1848
America's motivation for the war was the independence of the territory of Texas.
The treaty of Hildago allowed Mexicans that were now living in the US to be offered citizenship

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The years of the civil war were 1861-1865
The emancipation proclamation was put into effect on January 1st, 1863.
President Lincoln wrote the emancipation proclamation.
Central conflicts were about Economics over slavery and who should have political control.

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Emancipation Proclamation (Jan, 1, 1863)

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Emancipation Proclamation (Jan, 1, 1863)

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The Emancipation Proclamation was proclaimed on January 1st, 1863.
The author of the proclamation was President Abraham Lincoln.
The document stopped Foreign Countries from aiding the south. It also proclaimed slaves to be free.

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The 3 nations that were mainly involved in the Spanish American war are: America, Spain, and Cuba.
he U.S. navy ship that was blown up in the Havana harbor was the U.S.S Maine.
The rough riders were College athletes, coyboys, police, minors, Native Americans, etc with Theodore Roosevelt as their leader.

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Changes during the progressive era:
Efforts to improve society, Women's rights, and improved working conditions.
The official name for the organization supporting women's right to vote was the National American Woman's Suffrage Association.
The 16-21 first amendment was implemented, and the 18th amendment was then overturned. The 19th amendment allowed women to vote.
Musketeers exposed corruption in businesses. They helped expose the terrible working conditions people were forced to be in.

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria sparked the beginning of World War I.
The Treaty of Versailles  officially ended “The Great War"
Allies: Great Britain, Russia, France, Belgium, and more.
Central Powers: Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Bulgaria.
The USA join in 1917 because Germans sunk a U.S.A ship.

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President Woodrow Wilson proposed the idea for the League of Nations.
The League of Nations started in the 1920's
The League of Nations was to prevent wars from happening.

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The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States.
The Declaration of Sentiments laid out what women's rights should be.

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Great Depression & Black Thursday Oct 24, 1929 and 1930s 

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Great Depression & Black Thursday Oct 24, 1929 and 1930s 

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The stock market crashed in 1929.
Herbert C. Hoover was the president on Black Thursday.

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Adolf Hitler was the key to the Holocaust.
Effects of the Holocaust:
Six million European Jews were murdered.
Jews and Non Jews suffered from starvation and disease
Rebuilding of homes and cities.
Families were separated.

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Hitlers invasion of Poland sparked WW II.
WW II was from 1939-1945.
The US joined in 1941.

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Pearl Harbor took place December 7, 1941 - Near Honolulu
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor To destroy the American fleet and expand their territory by taking control of South Pacific countries.

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Japanese internment camps were built as a result of Pearl Harbor.
President Roosevelt issued an order that permitted Japanese internment camps.
Japanese Internment March 18, 1942-1945

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Franklin D. Roosevelt coined the “United Nations” Phrase.
There are currently 193 countries in the United Nations today.
The purpose of the United Nations is to maintain internations peace, security, promote human rights, provide aid to other countries,etc.

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In 1947 President Truman gave his speech to Congress.
President Trumans speak started the Cold war.

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The Cold War was between the US and the USSR.
The Cold War lasted for over 40 years.
The Cold war created two superpowers which lead to the brink of nuclear disaster.

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The Korean war was from 1950-1953/2018.
In 2018 the formal treaty was signed.
After ww2 Korea was slit into two different countries. North being a communist country and the south being anti-communist.

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The Vietnam war took place during 1955-1975.
The Gevena conference was where they decided to split Vietnam into half communist and half capitalist.
The effects of the war:
Devided America
Economy
The soldiers and their lives changed forever.

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The civil rights movement was about justice and equality for African Americans.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist who played a vital role in the American civil rights movement. He believed in peaceful protest. His contribution led to the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
I have a dream speech was in 1963.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

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Brown vs. Board of Education resulted the banning of segregated schools. Plessy vs. Ferguson court case was overturned in the Brown vs. Board of Education court case.
Supreme court justice Earl Warren helped change the ruling in the Brown Vs. Board of Education.

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The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.  The students were initially prevented from entering the school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. President Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the nine African American students to class.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration

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President Nixon sent in men to bug an opposing politician fighting to become president.
He was Pardoned by President Gerald Ford after former President Nixon resigned from being President.

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Saddam Hussein of Iraq ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. Operation Desert Storm began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive. After 42 days of relentless attacks, U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared a cease-fire. https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/persian-gulf-war

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On September 11, 2001, four airplanes carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks

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The Iraq war was from 2003 to 2011. U.S. President George W. Bush announced in a televised address, “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.
”No weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq. The U.S. declared an end to the war in Iraq on December 15, 2011, nearly ten years after the fighting began. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/war-in-iraq-begins.