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Patriot Act. This act was passed after the events that happened on 9/11. This act increased surveillance on citizens of the US and anybody coming in and out of the country. This also allowed the government to search or wiretap you without you knowing, this violated the 4th amendment.

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My Lai Massacre. One of the most violent attacks on innocent civilians during the Vietnam war by US military.

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Allowed the US president Lyndon Johnson to fight back against any armed attacked by the communist government of North Vietnam.

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Japanese Interment Starts. After the attack on Pearl Harbor performed by Japan, many innocent Japanese-Americans and people from Japanese decent were relocated to internment camps. They were relocated there because of the fear that they were spies for the Japanese government.

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Pearl Harbor. A missile attack on the military base in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor. This attack was performed by the Japanese government.

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Espionage and Sedation Act. This act was passed to silence the written and vocal opposition to US entering WWI.

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US enters WWI. The entering of the US to WWI was because of German submarine attacks on US cargo ships.

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Spanish American War. Conflict between the US and Spain. This conflict resulted in an end to Spanish rule in the Americas. This led to the US taking territories left behind by the Spanish government.

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Juneteenth. This holiday originated in Galveston, Texas. This holiday celebrated the emancipation of African slaves. It also celebrates the African-American culture.

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Emancipation Proclamation. Issued by Abraham Lincoln during the civil war. This liberated many enslaved persons.

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WTO is created. The world trade organization is created to reduce tariffs and other things that reduce the amount of trade that is being done.

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US has the highest inflation rate. The US inflation rate was 13.5% meaning that $1 back then is worth $3.51 today.

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California Gold Rush. Gold was found in California this brought about 300,000 people to that state.

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Annexation of Texas. Texas was admitted into the US as a slave states.

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Cotton becomes the biggest export in the US.

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Missouri Compromise. A compromise to stop people from the north to prohibit slavery. They admitted Missouri as a slave state and main as a free state.

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US government bans international slave trade. No forms of slave trade with a foreign country would be made with the U.S

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Louisiana Purchase. The U.S bought Louisiana and everything above it from the French in 1803.

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Dust Bowl begins. The dust bowl were big dust storms that occurred in the Great Plains. These dust storms destroyed crops and property. It also made children and livestock sick.

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Black Wall St. in Durham Founded. Black Wall St. created middle class African Americans.

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Stagville Founded. This plantation was founded in 1787 by the Bennehan-Cameron family. It was a 71 acre slave plantation that held 900 slaves. This plantation produced wheat, corn, rye and textile.

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. A fire started in a shirtwaist factory that caused the death of 146 workers. This caused a strike that demand for workers rights and safety regulations in factories.

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Anthracite Coal Strike. Miners went on a strike because they were being overworked and paid very little wages. This almost caused a coal famine so the federal government pressured the owners to give the strikers what they wanted. This was one of the first successful strikes.

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Homestead Strike. A conflict between Carnegie Steel and Amalgamated caused workers to be overworked and paid less. So the workers went on a strike.

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Carnegie opens Steel plant. Carnegie would buy the business that distributed the products that were used to make steel. So that he didn't have to buy them from other people.

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Standard Oil is Established. Standard Oil would soon become a monopoly. They would buy out smaller oil companies so that they didn't have competition.

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Transcontinental Railroad Completed.
During the making of the transcontinental railroad many Chinese immigrants went on a strike because they were being overworked with low pay.

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Lowell Mills opens. Women go to work there. Many of the women are overworked and under payed. This caused a strike.

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Great Society Programs. War on poverty. The federal government is gaining power.

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The New Deal. The government created jobs, agencies and programs to help the economy. Federal Government is gaining power.

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The End of The Civil War. States wanted to secede. Federal government gained power.

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Abraham Lincoln Elected. He and his party, the Republicans, were against the extension of slavery to new states, but did not say that slavery should be abolished in the South. Fearing that Lincoln’s government would abolish slavery, South Carolina was seceded from the Union and started the Civil War.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act. The issue of slavery would be decided by Popular Sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories.

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The Compromise of 1850. Slavery in territories from the Mexican Cession (after the Mexican-American War) would be decided by Popular Sovereignty, instead of by the federal gov.

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Nullification Crisis. South Carolina wanted to nullify the Tariff of 1832 (tax). They threatened to secede from the Union. Many Southern leaders feared that if the federal government could enforce this tariff, then they could eventually try to end slavery. A compromise tariff was created and SC remained in the US.

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The Hartford Convention (During the War of 1812). The British Blockade along East Coast hurt the New England trading industry. A group of Federalist representatives in Hartford, Connecticut, suggested that the New England states should secede from the Union

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The Virginia and Kentucky Resolve. These resolutions stated that the Alien and Sedition Acts (laws) were unconstitutional, so Virginia and Kentucky were going to nullify those laws

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Alien & Sedation Acts. During the Quasi-War with France, these laws were passed. The Alien act (law) made it more difficult for immigrants to live in the U.S. The Sedition Act (law) made it a crime for anyone to write or say anything bad or false about the President, Congress, or the government.

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The 10th Amendment. If the Constitution does not give power directly to the federal government, the power goes directly to the states.

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President Trump was charged by a Democrat controlled House for starting a deadly insurrection against the US after the 2020 election

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President Trump was charged by a Democrat controlled House with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for pressuring a foreign government to interfere in the 2020 election

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The Republican Congress claimed that President Bill Clinton committed perjury (lied under oath) and obstructed (stopped) justice during the investigation of the Monica Lewinsky Scandal.

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President Richard Nixon’s administration was found to be involved in covering up a break-in to the Democratic National Headquarters. The House was ready to charge Nixon with obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt (disregard) of Congress.

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President Andrew Johnson held open disagreements with the Republican Congress. They implemented a law called the Tenure of Office Act to limit his power. Johnson openly broke this law.

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26th Amendment: Lowered the voting age to 18

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24th Amendment: Anti Poll Tax

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22nd Amendment: President takes office on January 20th instead of March 4th. No president is allowed to serve more than 2, 4-year terms.

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21st Amendment: Repeal Prohibition of Alcohol

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19th Amendment: Women get the right to vote

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18th Amendment: Prohibition of Alcohol

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17th Amendment: Popular election of U.S senators

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16th Amendment: Income Tax

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15th Amendment: You cannot prevent a person from voting because of their race, color, or creed.

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14th Amendment: If you are born or naturalized in the U.S then you are a citizen of the U.S

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13th Amendment: Prohibited slavery unless if it was for punishment.

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Hilary Clinton had 2.9 million more votes than Donald Trump. Trump won because he has 30 electoral college votes.

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Bush barely won the election while having 47% of votes and 25 electoral votes, his opponent having 48% of the popular vote. Florida was the deciding state.

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One of the most controversial elections in history. No one had a majority vote so the supreme court chose who took office.

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John Quincy Adams was elected to the office even though he only won 32% of the country's votes

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First president to have a different political status was Thomas Jefferson

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George Washington won the first election after the ratification of the constitution.

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Disability Rights Protest. There was a lot of discrimination against disabled people. They didn't like the discrimination so in a way of protest they stayed in federal buildings of the U.S. for over a month

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East Los Angles Walkouts. There was a lot of discrimination against Mexican- American students in public school. The students attending the schools did not like how they were being treated so they organized a walkout where they skipped school and protested fair and equal rights in school. More than 15,000 students participated.

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Ratification of the 19th Amendment. This amendment allowed women to vote. This was a victory for the women's rights movement since it took a lot of protesting and struggle.

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Dorothea Dix founds hospital in Raleigh. Dorothea Dix founded this hospital for the differently able. She was a strong advocate for disabled rights. She founded this hospital in Raleigh, NC.

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Seneca Falls. This was a convention where a lot of women were brought together to fight for their rights. This is the supposed start to the women's right movement.

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Alcatraz Takeover. 89 Indeginous Americans took over Alcatraz (an old federal prison) to protest failed treaties, including issues about land use.

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Dakota 38. Conflict Erupted between the Dakota people and US troops because the Dakota were kept on land that could not sustain them. This led to the largest mass execution in US history.

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Wounded Knee Massacre. Lakota practiced the Ghost Dance to revitalize their culture and land, this "spooked" US troops and approximately 300 Lakota people were slaughtered

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The Harlem Renaissance. A period of time where there was a lot of development happened in the African American community. It took place in Harlem New York. This changed identity because it caused a different part of their identity to develop and grow. A lot of famous musicians and artists came out of this time period.

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The Great Migration. This was a time period where a lot of African Americans migrated away from the south. They migrated towards the north, mid-west and west. This changed African American Identity because it released them from the oppression in the South. This freedom allowed them to develop a new part of their identity like being able to own a house and have an education. Things that they weren't able to do back in the South because of all the oppression.

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Black Panther Party Established. The BBP was centered around the
1. protected neighborhood
2. free medical care/ breakfast programs
3. education

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Shay's Rebellion. Farmers that fought in the revolutionary were not being paid. They were also taxed too high because they weren't able to pay they had their land taken. A former soldier attacked the court in Springfield, Massachusetts. His name was Daniel Shays. After this attack, many people realized that the articles of confederation were too weak so they created the constitution.

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Colonists were being taxed way too high by the British. They took violent action. They also declared independence from the British.

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Civil Rights Movement. African Americans were tired of little to no legal change. They performed sit-ins, freedom rides, and protests. These events lead to the passing of the Civil Rights Act.

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Indigenous Americans have been discovered. Larger population than Europe.

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The murder of George Floyd caused a lot of protests and riots in the U.S. George Floyd was accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill. He was murdered by Dereck Chauvin who knelt on George's neck until he stopped breathing. This is what pushed the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Universalists ideas were being talked about. These ideas were that people of all races, ethnic backgrounds, and religions should come together because we work better as a union instead of apart.

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French and Indian war started. This allowed for the English to expand and formed colonial unity. (creation of American Identity)

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20-30 stolen enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown, Virginia. These Africans were the start of American Slavery.

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Ferguson unrest/riot. The death of 18 yr old Michael Brown caused a lot of unrest in the St. Louis suburb. Michael Brown was unarmed and killed by a police officer who accused him of robbing a convenience store. This caused a lot of protests about police brutality.

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Stone Wall Riots. There was a lot of discrimination against gay people. Police would raid gay bars. The major raid was the raid of the Stonewall Inn., a gay bar. Instead of the people leaving, they hung around the outside of the bar and began to throw objects at the police. This caused a lot of activism for LGBTQ+ rights.

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Wilmington Insurrection/ Massacre. Wilmington was a thriving city where African Americans and Whites lived amongst themselves peacefully. That was until 1896 when the elections occurred and caused a lot of tension to rise. Two days after the election happened violence broke out. A lot of African Americans were killed. This event caused more restrictions on African American voting rights.

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Boston Massacre. Tension was high because British soldiers were in Boston trying to enforce British taxing. British sentries attacked the colonist and 3 people were killed.

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The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president caused the U.S to be very politically divided. This caused the invasion of the U.S. Capitol. Ex-president Donald Trump encouraged the invasion in the hope to overturn the election.

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Covid-19 Pandemic. The pandemic placed the U.S in a very hard time. It has caused an economic change. It has caused millions of deaths. Some of the first cases were in late 2019 and have not stopped since then. This has caused the U.S to go into lockdown. This urged consumers to buy a lot of the necessities.

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After the March on Washington, The Civil Rights Act is passed

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The Civil War begins- North and South fight over slavery

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- US seizes a lot of land from Mexico. This causes a lot of Mexicans to become U.S Citizens. There was a lot of change in culture and legal change.

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The constitution is ratified (passed)- Start of our government.

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Columbus arrived in America, beginning European takeover.