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Discovery of America (11th Century and !492

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Discovery of America (11th Century and !492

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Leif Erickson discovered Vineland, which is known as modern-day Canada

Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas in 1492. His trip was financed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. He was supposed to find a new trade route to the east Indies

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The pilgrims left England because of Religious Discrimination. The Mayflower landed in America in 1620. The first form of government was the Mayflower Compact. Only the men were allowed to sign this document

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Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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The declaration of independence was the document that officially freed the colonists from Britain. Thomas Jefferson was the. main author.

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The Revolutionary was fought between the British and the American Colonies.The American Colonies won the war.

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After the Colonies had officially won their independence, they needed to make a new form of government. They met in Pennsylvania in 1787 to propose a new Government.

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Manifest Destiny is the idea that the United States should stretch from the East Coast to the West Coast. It was believed that it was divine destiny that the United States should grow and expand.

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The Louisiana Purchase was made in 1803. The U.S. Purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. Thomas Jefferson was the president at the time and it was purchased for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States

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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 is also known as "The second war of Independence. The war of 1812 happened because the British navy was capturing American troops and forcing them to be apart of their Navy. The British were also messing with the American's trade with France.

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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 by Francis Scott Key during the war of 1812. Key Wrote a poem during the Battle of Fort McHenry in which the British attacked the American Fort in Baltimore, Maryland

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The United States went to war with Mexico over the territory of Texas. There were disputes over the Rio Grande river which was the border between the U.S. and Mexico. The war ended with the U.S. Being able to buy territories from Mexico for very cheap

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The Civil War was fought between the Northern States (The Union) and the Rebellious Southern States (The confederacy). The war was fought between the North and the South because the south seceded from the North because they wanted to continue practicing slavery. The Union won the war

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Emancipation Proclamation (Jan, 1, 1863)

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Emancipation Proclamation (Jan, 1, 1863)

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Abraham Lincoln was the president during the Civil War. He initiated the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation freed all enslaved people in the Southern States until the end of the war

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The Spanish American War was fought between Spain and then Cuba and the U.S. The United States fought with Cuba. It was detrimental for Cuba because they wanted to be free from Spain but then they were indebted to the U.S.

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The Progressive era was a period time in which many reforms were passed. There was labor reform and child labor reform. Women also were given the right to vote in 1920

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World War 1 was fought between the Allied Powers, (Russia, France,Belgium, and Britain,) and the central powers (Austria and Germany.) The U.S. joined the war in 1917

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The League of Nations was founded in 1920. It was a response to World War 1. The U.S. did not get involved because of their isolationism policy. Its headquarters were in Geneva, Switzerland

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The Women's Suffrage Movement was led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The fight for the right to vote started in the mid 1800's at the Seneca falls convention. The right to vote was not added into the constitution until August 18th, 1920

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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 economy was booming in the 1920s. On Oct 24, 1929, the stock market crashed. This started the Great Depression. The President at the time was Herbert Hoover. He did not do much to help the American people. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the president during the great depression as well. He worked to help improve American life

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The Holocaust was an event in which 6 million Jewish People were killed. Hitler was the leader of Germany at the time and he blamed a lot of Germany's economic problems on the Jewish. Jewish people were moved into crowded neighborhood called ghettos and then to concentration camps where many were killed in Gas chambers

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World war 2 was fought between the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the allied powers (Britain, the U.S., and Russia). The U.S. entered the war in 1941 after Japan banned Pearl Harbor. The war ended in 1945 and the Allies won

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Japan Bombed the U.S. base of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This was the event that pushed the U.S. to go to war

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Because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, There was some fear of Japanese people among Americans. Because of this fear, President Franklin D. Roosevelt put nearly 120,00 Japanse Americans into work camps until after the war

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The united nations was a group of countries that came together after World War 2. The United States Joined the Organization this time. The United Nations still exists today.There are currently 193 countries in the United Nations

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The Truman Doctrine was put into place by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. The Doctrine said that the U.S. would give political, military, and economical help to any democratic nation under authoritative forces

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The Cold war was between the communist Soviet Union and The United States. It Started after World War 2 and it didn't end until the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Mikhail Gorbachev was the president of the soviet union at the time that it was dissolved

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The Korean War was fought between South Korea and the United States against communist North Korea. There was a ceasefire in 1953, but no official treaty was signed until 2018

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The Vietnam war was fought between the U.S. and communists in Vietnam. The Vietnam War really divided Americans. Some were for the war and others didn't think that Americans should get involved. It also affected the U.S. economy. The soldiers who fought in the war and their families were forever affected by the Vietnam War

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The Civil Rights Movement began in 1954 with Brown v. Board of education. It continued with many different events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, The March on Washington, And the passing of the voting rights act which banned unfair voting restrictions on African Americans

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Martin Luther King Jr was a pastor that fought for civil rights. He was inspired by Gandhi and he was a proponent of nonviolence. He won the Nobel peace prize in 1964. He was assassinated in 1968

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Brown Vs. Board of Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson which stated that facilities of white people and people of color could be separate but equal. Brown V. Board of education called for the national desegregation of schools nationwide

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There were nine students that had to be escorted by federal troops into the University of Arkansas. This was in Response to Brown v. Board of Education was ruled 3 years earlier in 1954. The university of Arkansas would not comply with the policies set by Brown v. Board of education and federal troops were sent to escort the students

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President Richard Nixon was found guilty of trying to break into the democratic headquarters at watergate. He knew impeachment was inevitable so he resigned in 1974. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, Pardoned him.

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The Gulf War was fought between the U.S. and Kuwait. The U.S> troops were sent there to remove Saddam Hussein's armies from Kuwait.

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Osama Bin Laden led Al Qaida to attack the twin towers in New York City. Two Planes crashed into the world trade center. Another Plane crashed into the Pentagon, and another plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.

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The Iraq War started because there were weapons of destruction in Iraq. The country was extremely divided on whether or not we should go to war. The war ended in 2011 when Navy Seal Team 6 killed Osama Bin Laden