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-1000 A.D. (11th century)
-Leif Erikson discovered America
-Modern day Vineland is located in Canada

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-Signed July 4, 1776
-Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration
-56 delegates signed

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-Held May-Sept. 1787
-Held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
-James Madison was father of the constitution
-George Washington presided over convention

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-Set sail Sept. 1620 and arrived in November
-Landed in Massachusetts
-Pilgrims left to have more land and religious freedoms
-Mayflower Compact

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-1775-1783
-Cause of the war was taxation without representation
-George Washington and Hamilton in US

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-Late 1700-1800s
-It is the belief that the US was destined to expand from East to West coast

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-1803
-Spain originally owned land and then transferred to France
-France owned the land before Louisiana Purchase
-$15 million
-Doubled land

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-1812-1815
-Reasons for war: trade restrictions and impressment of American into British Navy
-Also called the Second War of Independence

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-Written on September 14, 1814
-Francis Scott Key wrote it
-Written during battle at Maryland in War of 1812
-War of 1812 Fort McHenry

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-Went from 1846-1848
-Motivation for war: independence of territory of Texas
-Treaty stipulations: Mexicans living in US were offered citizenship

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-1861-1865
-11 states left union during war
-North (Union) vs. South (Confederate)
-Most Americans died

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-Went into effect January 1, 1863
-Abraham Lincoln was the author
-Hoped to eradicate slavery, reunite the Union, and grant citizenship to ex-slaves
-Only applied to the 8 south rebellious states

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-1898
-United States and Cuba vs Spain
-Cuba wanted independence from Spain
-USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor Feb. 1898

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-1890-1920
-What progressed: Efforts to improve society, woman's rights, working conditions
-National American Woman's Suffrage Association
-Amendments passed: 16-income tax, 17-direct election of senators, 18-prohibition, 19-Women's voting
-Muckrakers

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-1914(1917 for US)-1919
-Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria & wife assassinated
-Treaty of Versailles ended the "Great War"
-Allied Powers: Great Britain, Russia, France, Belgium, etc (US joined later)
-Central Powers: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria
-war to end all wars

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-1920-1946
-Woodrow Wilson proposed the idea
-Purpose: to prevent wars from happening
-Developed after WW1, ended during WW2
-US did not join, fear to get mixed up in international affairs

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-Began in 1820-30
-1848: Seneca Falls Convention
-Declaration of Sentiments: laid out what women's rights should be & compared women's struggles to founding fathers' fight for independence
-19th amendment ratified: 1920
-Notable women: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B Anthony
-NWSA

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-October 24, 1929
-President: Herbert Hoover
-Stock Market crashed in 1929

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-Occurred 1933-1945
-Holocaust means holo- whole and kaustos- burned
-Effects of Holocaust: 6 million Jews murdered, Jews & non Jews suffered starvation, rebuilding homes, emigration, families separated
-Adolf Hitler was appointed German Chancellor of Nazi Party

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-1939-1945 (US: 1941-45)
-Sparked by Hitler's invasion of Poland
-Sides: the Allies and the Axis
-Death Toll: 50-85 million

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-December 7, 1941
-Goal was to destroy US pacific fleet so Japan could take over south pacific
-USS Arizona sank with 1000 men trapped inside
-Franklin D Roosevelt president

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-Built as a result of Pearl Harbor attack
-Franklin D Roosevelt signs executive order 9066 on Feb 19, 1942
-Build camps for over 100,000 Japanese Americans
-2/3 were born in America and given 3 days to move to internment camps
-Camps remained open 3 years. (1944)

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-1942
-Franklin D Roosevelt coined "United Nations" title
-Originally 26 countries allied against axis powers
-193 countries have currently signed carter
-Purpose is to maintain peace, security, rights, etc.

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-March 12, 1947
-Started the Cold War
-Domino Effect

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1947-91
-US and Soviet Union had political tension after WW2
-Arms race and race to the moon
-President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev work to create peace
-Berlin Wall destroyed

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-1850-1953, 2018
-Formal treaty signed in 2018
-Communist north vs non-Communist south
-Neither side beat the other and they split into 2 countries with a neutral line in middle called demilitarized zone

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-1955-75
-Geneva Conference held to split Vietnam- 1954
-Divided America, economy problems, soldier's lives changed

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1954-68
-Brown v Board, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights act, Greensboro sit ins, MLK "I have a dream"
-Bloody Sunday- State troopers attacked protestors using nightsticks and teargas (50 people injured)
-Little Rock 9- Eisenhower sent troops to escort 9 black kids into public school.

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-1954
-Ruling ended legal segregation in public schools
-Plessy v Ferguson was overturned
-Supreme Court Justice Earl Warring helped change ruling

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1972-74
-Nixon had men steal classified documents from democratic party
-He knew impeachment was inevitable so he resigned
-Gerald Ford (vp that became president) pardoned him

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1990-91
-President Saddam Hussein of Iraq proclaimed war
-Invaded Kuwait (wanted oil)
-Operation Desert Storm(42 days of attack)
and Desert Sabre(Troops headed into Kuwait)

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-September 11, 2001
-Targets for attack: Twin Towers, Pentagon, and likely white house or capital
-Osama Bin Laden headed the attacks
-Effects: Higher security, unified the US, memorials erected, cause for rebuilding

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2003-2011?
-Causes of the war: Knowledge of weapons of mass destruction
-End dictatorship of Saddam Hussein
-Declared ended in 2011 but US troops returned back to US in 2021