Modern American history timeline: Reconstruction to Vietnam by Kylen Holt

1862 Homestead Act

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Gave 160 acres out west to anyone who would homestead for 5 years

1865-1877 Reconstruction

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Rebuilding the south, ensuring the rights gave to slaves

1865, 1868, 1870: 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

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13th- Abolished slavery

14th- Guaranteed equal protection of the laws and rights

15th- Ensured the right to vote regardless of race or color

1877 Compromise of 1877

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Resolved the tense presidential election of 1876

1887 The Dawes Act

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Broke up tribal lands by splitting them up into plots

1890 Massacre at Wounded Knee

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U.S Army killed 150-300 Lakota Indians in The Wounded Knee area

1896 Plessy Vs Ferguson

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"Separate but Equal" Big court case regarding segregation

1896 Election of 1896

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Most exciting election in U.S history between in which Republican William McKinley defeated Democrat-Populist William Jennings Bryan.

1898 Spanish-American War

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Spain sunk a U.S Ship and started a war, Ended by the treaty of paris.

1909 Founding of NAACP

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Was created to ensure all fairness no matter what subject it was or what race you were

1912 Election of 1912

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Woodrow Wilson beat Roosevelt, Taft and is known as The Election that Changed the Country

1917 U.S Enters WW1

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Joined because of reasons such as sinking the Lusitania and also the Zimmerman Telegraph

June 28, 1919, Treaty of Versailles

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This treaty ended war with Germany and most allied powers.

1919, 1933 18th and 21st Amendments

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18th Amendment- Prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol. Starting Prohibition

21st Amendment-Amendment that repealed the 18th amendment lifting the ban on alcohol

1919 The Red Summer

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Period of violence and riots. At least 25 riots and 97 recorded lynchings. Occurred in at least 3 dozen cities.

August 18th, 1920, 19th Amendment Ratified

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This Amendment gave women the right to vote.

1929 The Stock Market Crash

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This was known as the "Great Crash" and caused the Great Depression.

1933 The New Deal

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Reforms Enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt as a response to the Great Depression.

1939 WW2 Begins

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World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3.

1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Pearl Harbor attack was a surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II.

May 8, 1945, V-E Day

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Short for Victory in Europe Day, is celebrated every year on May 8 to mark the day the Allies formally accepted Germany’s surrender in 1945.

1945 Potsdam Conference

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The leaders of the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, The Big Three Powers who had defeated Nazi Germany met in the city of Potsdam near Berlin.

September 2, 1945, V-J Day

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When Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay.

1950-1953 The Korean War

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Armed conflict between North Korea (supported by China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (backed by the United States and other Western nations).

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

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Leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.

1963 John F Kennedy Assassination

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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. while riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit.

1955-1975 The Vietnam war

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The Vietnam War was the longest military battle in the history of the United States. Active military action was carried out for almost 20 years, from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975. It was between North and South Vietnam

1964-1968 The Great Society

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Series of Domestic programs by Lyndon B Johnson to make America the great society.

1969 Stonewall riots

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The Stonewall Riots, also called the Stonewall Uprising, began in the early hours of June 28, 1969, when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City.

1973 Roe v Wade

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A famous court case to decide whether abortion was going to be legal or illegal.