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Who: Leif Erikson
How: Blown of course
Where: Leif Erikson found Canada, Nova Scotia, New Foundland and named it Vinland.
When: Leif Erikson discovered Vinland in 1001
Why: Leif Erikson was blown off course when bringing Christianity to Greenland.

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Who: Christopher Colombus, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
How: Queen and King of Spain financed Christopher Colombus
Where: Christopher Colombus accidently went to the Bahamas
When: 1492
Why: To find a direct water route west from Europe Asia

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Who: Separists Pilgrims and Virginia Company
How: They were able to go on voyage with the Mayflower because they were paid by the Virginia Company to create a settlement on the East Coast.
Where: Started in England and landed in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Soon later went to Plymouth to set up a village
When: August 1620- November 11, 1620
Why: Separists didn't want to pledge allegiance to the church of England

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Who: American Colonies and Great Britain
How:  First shot was in Massachusetts "shot heard around the world" and Boston Tea Party
Where:  Main places were Boston, Concord, Bunker Hill, and Yorktown
When: April 9th, 1775- September 5th, 1783
Why: Taxation without representation put on American colonies

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Who: Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, John Adams were the most important people. There were 56 delegates.
How: There was a committee that met together to draft the DOI. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams were on this committee.
Where: Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
When: July 4,1776
Why: Stated the reasons for separation and summarized philosophy of liberty

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Who: State representation and some important people were George Washington (president of meeting), Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison (father of the Constitution)
How: They had daily summer meetings and compromised on what should go in the Constitution
Where: Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
When: May 25- September 17, 1787
Why: Intended to revise the Articles of Confederation

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Who: Coined by John O' Sullivan about American citizens
How: Written in newspaper about annexation of Texas
Where: United States
When: Late 1700- early 1800s
Why: Term to describe the belief that Providence would help America eventually reach from the East to West coast for religious issues, money, race, patriotism, and morality

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Who: U.S. and France
How: U.S. gave France $15 million for approximately 827,000 square miles of land
Where: 827,000 square miles west of the Mississippi River
When: 1803
Why: United States wanted more land

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Who: America vs Great Britain
How: Many conflicts with Great Britain and United States won because there were many French troops being lead by Napoleon and the British didn't have enough troops
Where: In America, British invaded Washington D.C. and burnt the city, including the White House
When: 1812-1815
Why: Trade restrictions, impressment of 10,000 American merchants sailors into British navy, and British support of Native Americans fighting American settlers on the Frontier

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Who: Francis Scott Key
How: He wrote it on a paper to describe the events that accured at the Battle of Fort McHenry
Where: Wrote the Star Spangled Banner on the British ship while being detained during Battle of Fort McHenry in Baltimore
When: September 14,1814
Why: Francis Scott Key wanted to write about the American flag that was still flying in the air after the nights of bombings in Battle of Fort McHenry

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Who: Mexico and America
How: America won because Mexico just got done with an 11 year war for their independence from Spain
Where: Started north of Mexico and went to center Mexico
When: 1846-1848
Why: Disagreements in who should get Texas after the independence of Texas

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Who: North and South of USA
How: Conflicts began to rise between both sides. North had factories, railroads, and population. The South had military geniuses.
Where: North and South
When: 1861-1865
Why: Began when states chose to leave the US government and the union troops were still at Fort Sumter in the confederate states. Confederate states wouldn't tolerate that and war began. Disagreements in slavery mainly.

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Who: Abraham Lincoln
How: President's War Power and Confederate lost the Civil War
Where: Washington DC and affected the states in the South
When: January 1, 1863
Why: It set more than 3 million slaves free in the south, granted citizenship to ex-slaves, and reunited the union

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Who: United States Citizens and Muckrakers
How: Muckrakers would expose corruption in business
Where: United States
When: 1890-1920
Why: Efforts to improve society with reforms to working conditions and humanize treatment of the metnally ill and prisoners.

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Who: The United States and Cuba vs Spain
How: U.S. sent the "U.S.S. Maine" to Havanna to aid Americans and in 1898 the ship mysteriously exploded
Where: Cuba
When: 1898
Why: Cuba wanted independence from Spain and there were Americans located in Spain

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Who: Allied (Great Britain, Russia, France,  USA, Belgium, and more) vs Central Powers (Germany, Austria Hungary, and Bulgaria)
How: Began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife of Austria in 1914
Where: All over the world
When: 1914-1919, 1917 USA joined
Why: Assassination of Archduke of Austria and German U-boat sank American passenger and commercial ship

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Who: 48 countries were in the League of Nations, but not USA
How: It came about by Woodrow Wilson's speech in 1918 called, "Fourteen Points"
Where: Switzerland
When: 1920
Why: To try to keep peace in the world

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Who: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott
How: They were not allowed to own land, earn wages, vote, have authority in divorce, college education, or no representation. Met at National Women's Association and women's right movement.
Where: New York City
When: August 18,1920
Why: 19th amendment allowed more rights for women

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Who: Banks and Herbert C. Hoover
How: Stocks were going up and then suddenly went down and many people tried to get there money out of the bank
Where: Stock market on Wall Street
When: Great Depression was 1929-1941, but Black Thursday was October 24, 1929
Why: Banks crashed

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Who: Adolf Hitler and European Jews
How: Adolf Hitler rose to power as a German Chancellor and invaded many parts of Europe. He established concentration camps.
Where: All over Europe
When: 1939-1945
Why: The Aryan race was exalted and Jews were seen as bad. More than 6 million Jews were murdered.

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Who: Germany, Japan, Italy, USA, and many other countries in Europe
How: Germany invaded Poland and Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Where: All over the world, but mostly Eastern and Western fronts
When: September 1, 1939- September 2,1945 and USA 1941-1945
Why: Germany wanted to rule much of Europe and invaded many countries

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Who: Japan and USA Naval
How: Japan surprise attacked the U.S. Naval base near Honolulu Hawaii by plane
Where: Naval Base near Honolulu, Hawaii
When: December 7, 1941
Why: United States put economic sanctions on Japan and to destroy the Pacific Fleet so Americans couldn't move when Japan tried to take over the South Pacific

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Who: Japanese Americans and President Roosevelt
How: President Roosevelt signed and Executive order to remove any expected enemies after bombing of Pearl Harbor
Where: Ten labor camps mostly in western United States
When: 1942-1945
Why: Racial motivation towards Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor

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Who: Over 193 countries and idea coined by Franklin D. Roosevelt
How: Idea was coined by Franklin D. Roosevelt after WW2 and 26 countries at the beginning pledged their governments would continue to work together against axis powers
Where: New York City, New York
When: October 24, 1945
Why: Maintain international peace, security, promote human rights, provide humanitarian aid in case of famine, natural disaster, protect environment, and more

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Who: Harry S. Truman
How: President is allowed to hold sessions in Congress
Where: A joint session of Congress in Washington D.C.
When: 1947
Why: To ask $400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece and led to the Cold War

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Who: United States vs Soviet Union
How: The Soviets resented the Americans for their delayed response to entering WW2
Where: All over, but Germany is a main country
When: 1947-1991
Why: A fight against communism

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Who: Martin Luther King Jr.
How: Became an activist and led many peaceful marches for justice for many different types of people, but especially African Americans. Known for his "I have a dream" speech.
Where: Mainly southern states like Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and also Washington D.C.
When: 1950-60s
Why: For many years African Americans were not given basic rights and mistreated throughout America. Martin Luther King Jr. decided to make a difference!

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Who: China, SK, NK, and USA
How: North Korea invaded South Korea after approval from Soviet Union
Where: North and South Korea
When: 1950-1953, 2018
Why: North Korea wanted to possess all land in South Korea

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Who: President Eisenhower, MLK Jr., Little Rock Nine, Rosa Parks, and many others
How: Many people held peaceful protests and boycotts to gain civil rights for African Americans
Where: All over the south mainly in states Alabama and Arkansas. Also places like Washington D.C.
When: 1954-1968
Why: To gain rights for African Americans

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Who: Supreme Court and Earl Warren
How: Earl Warren was elected a supreme court justice and helped change the ruling of Brown vs. Board of Education
Where: Supreme Court but about case in Topeka, Kansas
When: 1954
Why: To overrule Plessy v. Ferguson and desegregate schools

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Who: Vietnam and United States
How: North and South Vietnam were divided into Communist and non-communist.
Where: Vietnam
When: 1955-1975
Why: North Vietnam wanted South Vietnam to be communist and USA fought. They signed a peace treaty. North Vietnam invaded right after USA left.

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Who: Orval Faubus (governer), National Guard, Little Rock Nine, President Dwight D. Eisenhower
How: The Brown v. The Board of Education allowed no more racial segregation in school. These nine were selected to go to Little Rock Central High School.
Where: Little Rock, Arkansas
When: 1957
Why: The governor of Arkansas wouldn't allow the nine African American students go to school in Little Rock. Then Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the National Guard to take the nine to school.

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Who: President Nixon
How: Nixon had his men steal classified documents and bug lines of the democratic party and they got caught after bugs weren't working.
Where: Washington D.C.
When: June 1972 - August 1974
Why: He wanted to win the next presidential election

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Who: President Saddam Hussein of Iraq and USA
How: President of Iraq ordered invasion and occupation of Kuwait
Where: Middle East
When: 1990-1991
Why: Arab powers called USA and Western Nations to Intervene

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Who: Osama Bin Laden and USA
How: Four west coast bound planes were hijacked four west coast bound planes
Where: Twin towers and Pentagon
When: September 11, 2001
Why: Osama Bin Laden was mad at the United States for many reasons

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Who: Iraq and U.S
How: U.S. forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy Iraq weapons of mass destruction and end the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein
Where: Iraq
When: 2003-2011
Why: To uphold proper government in Iraq