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columbus sailed across the sea and found the land we now know as the americas. but he didnt land near north america he was more in the carribean.

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hornando cortez along with a few native tribes went to the grand aztec city of tenochtitlan and took the city over.

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the roanoke settlement was one of the first settlements set up in the new world and in america it was set up on the coast of north carolina and one day all the people in the settlement just up and disappeared.

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a war that pitted native Americans against the English colonists with the help of the Indians that were on the English side of the fighting.

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a war between the french teaming with the native americans against the british that ended with a british victory but the war was costly and caused the british to tax the colonies and set up a proclamation line to come back from the war.

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the first form of communication among mulitple states to discuss the unjust case of the british taxing the americans they devise a plan to get back at the british and to get their freedom.

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a writen document to the king of england declaring that the colonies were no longer under british rule and they they wanted freedom from all unjustnesses that the british put upon them

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a revolutionary veteran got mad that he wasnt paid for the fighting he did for the country. Becuse the country was so new they couldnt pay him so he decided to revolt agaisnt what he belives was a unjust economic policy and corrupt government

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lawmakers and political leaders met to discuss the weak and crumbling government that has taken place under the articles of confederation and in the birth of this meeting the constitution is writen and put into action making it so a stronger central government is born and george washington becomes president.

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washington's farewell address says that he wants a nation that isnt bent on being the strongest and should focus on being a nation bent on helping people and shouldn't let violence rule over us, he also states that owning slaves is considered unjust and unruly as the slaves are no different then us and yet we aren't owning each other.

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U.S. acquisition of the North American territory from France in 1803 for $15 million

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Based on the 36°30' parallel, this states above this line were free states while states below were slave states.

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Wanted to join the Union as a slave state, throwing off the balance of slave and free states

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Added as a free state to balance another slave state joining the Union

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Considered a marvel of the modern world at the time, allowed western farmers to ship surplus crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West

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Sparked by a dispute over the annexation of Texas by the United States and a long-standing dispute over the southern border

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Since slaves are property of their masters, a slave is not automatically granted his freedom when his master moves him to a free state or territory

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Where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee To Ulysses S. Grant took place on April 9, 1865

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Issued by Lincoln to free all of the slaves in the Confederate states. The slaves in border states loyal to the Union, however, remained enslaved, it only applied to Confederate states in rebellion.

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John Wilkes Booth shot this leader in the head at Ford Theater, just days after the Civil War ended

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Period after the Civil War during which Northern political leaders created plans for the governance of the South and a procedure for former Southern states to rejoin the Union

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A labor protest rally in Chicago turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Despite a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing

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A nonviolent strike that brought down the railway system in most of the West over wages. President Cleveland shut it down because it was interfering with mail delivery

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A violent strike in Pittsburgh over a decision to cut wages by nearly 20%. This strike ended with the destruction of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel workers, one of the largest unions at the time

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U.S. Supreme Court decision supporting the legality of Jim Crow laws that permitted or required separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites

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A novel by Upton Sinclair that revealed gruesome details about the meat packing industry in Chicago

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War over the European control of Cuba, America won and gained: Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and an alliance with Cuba

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A U.S. battleship exploded and sank in Havana Harbor; 260 Americans died. Although it was later concluded that it was an internal explosion caused by a fire in the coal bunker, the sinking provided an excuse for those eager for war with Spain

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An uprising in China directed against foreign influence. It was suppressed by an international force of some eighteen thousand soldiers, including Americans. It paved the way for the revolution of 1911, which led to the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912.

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A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat during WWI. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.

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The first, modern global war, started by the shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war is remembered for its violence and destruction, costing over 20 million lives and billions of dollars.

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One of the most significant decades in US History because of the great changes that came about in American society, including the rise of consumerism, technology, and social and creative expression.

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The economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in 1929 and approximately ending with the start of the next war.

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President FDR's precursor of the modern welfare state. His programs were meant to combat economic depression and it enacted a number of social insurance measures and used government spending to stimulate the economy.

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The second, modern global war, starting less than 2 decades after the last. A significant portion of the world was involved, divided into Axis and Allied powers.

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a 14-year-old African American, was brutally murdered in 1955 in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman, an event that played a significant role in the civil rights movement in the United States.

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a series of nonviolent protests initiated by African American college students in 1960 at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, challenging racial segregation and inspiring similar actions across the Southern United States during the civil rights movement.

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over 200,000 participants, including Martin Luther King Jr., gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., advocating for equal rights and economic opportunities for African Americans.

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assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, when he was fatally shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, an event that had a profound impact on the civil rights movement in the United States.

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assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, when he was shot and killed while riding in a motorcade, sparking a wave of investigations and conspiracy theories.

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enacted to address housing discrimination by prohibiting the refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person based on race, color, religion, or national origin, aiming to ensure equal housing opportunities for all.

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marked the end of direct American involvement in the Vietnam War, following the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. South Vietnam would later lose the war and Vietnam is communist to the day.

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involving the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office complex, leading to revelations of widespread abuses of power and subsequent resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974.