Hansen's U.S. History Review
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- 1776
- Declaration of Independence signed
- 1787
- U.S. Constitution written
- 1861-1865
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American Civil War
issues include slavery and states rights - 1898
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Spanish-American War
U.S. became a world power as a result of winning the war - 1914-1918
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World War I
U.S. joined in 1917 - 1929
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Stock market crash
led to the Great Depression - 1939-1945
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World War II
U.S. joined in 1941 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor - George Washington
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Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
First President of the U.S. - Thomas Jefferson
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wrote the Declaration of Independence
3rd U.S. President - Theodore Roosevelt
- President in the early 1900s that led the U.S. into a position as a world power
- W.E.B. DuBois
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Founder of the NAACP
leader of reform movement for African-Americans
Ideas conflicted with Booker T. Washington - Susan B. Anthony
- reform leader for women's rights
- Clarence Darrow
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Defended John Scopes during the 1925 Monkey Trial
Defended the right to teach evolution in school
lost the case - Woodrow Wilson
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President during World War I
Had a role in the peacemaking after WWII
Created the Fourteen Points plan and the League of Nations - William Jennings Bryan
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ran for President three times
Prosecuter in the Scopes Monkey Trial
Won the trial but admitted on the stand that he didn't believe the bible was literal - Henry Ford
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manufacturer of one of the first automobiles
created the assembly line
cars produced inexpensively - Charles Lindbergh
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In 1927, became the first pilot to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean
"Spirit of St. Louis" - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President of the U.S. from 1932-1945.
"New Deal"-provided social programs to help economic recovery
led the U.S. during WWII
Died in office in 1945 - Adolf Hitler
- Fascist dictator of Germany during WWII
- Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII
Coined the phrase "Iron Curtain" - Harry Truman
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VP uder FDR
President 1945-1952
decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
led U.S. through the beginning of the Cold War - Joseph Stalin
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Communist leader of the Soviet Union
Expanded the Soviet Union after WWII - Martin Luther King Jr.
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Civil Rights leader who used non violent techniques
Efforts led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Nullication Crisis
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Souther states declared federal laws null and void
brought up issue of who has ultimate power-state or national government - Spanish-American War
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War between the U.S. and Spain over Cuba
US battleship Maine exploded and blamed on Spain
US won and gained Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines - World War I
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War between Allies (Britain, France, Russia, & U.S) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Ottoman Empire)
Started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
Germany had to take full blame for the war - Stock Market Crash
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Oct. 29th 1929
New York Stock Exchange crashed
Marked the beginning of the Great Depression - World War II
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1939-1945
Began when Hitler invaded Poland
U.S. joined when Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan
U.S. fought a two front war in Europe and the Pacific - Red Scare
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period of anticommunist sentiment and hysteria in the U.S. during the 1920s
Fear of communist ideas spreading
Distrust of immigrants - Prohibition
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18th Amendment
Made the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverage illegal.
Many people ignored the law
led to the rise of the mafia
Repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1932 - New Deal
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Franklin Roosevelt's program for helping the U.S. recover from the Great Depression.
Programs to provide jobs, regulate banks, and other government regulations - Pearl Harbor
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Dec. 7th, 1941
Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii
Brought the U.S. into WWII - Holocaust
- systematic persecution, relocation, and execution of over 10,000,000 people by the Nazi German government
- Battle of Midway
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1942
Turning point in the Allied war effort in the Pacific
Stopped Japanese aggression and began U.S. offensive - D-Day
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June 6th, 1944
turning point of the war in Europe
Allied troops stormed the beaches of Northern France
Beginning of offensive action that led to German surrender in May 1945 - Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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August 6th & 9th, 1945
Japanese cities destroyed by U.S. atomic bombs
Ended World War II
Forced Japan to surrender - Truman Doctrine
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1947
Truman's statement that the U.S. would help countries fight Communist takeover - Marshall Plan
- U.S. plan to give economic aid to European countries to rebuild their economies after WWII
- Korean War
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1950-1953
When North Korea invaded South Korea, the U.S. and the U.N. sent troops to help South Korea resist Communist takeover
Ended in a stalemate - Vietnam War
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U.S. aided South Vietnam to stop Communism takeover
ended in stalemate and the withdrawal of U.S. forces by 1975 - Sputnik
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1957
world's first satalite, lauched by th Soviet Union
led to Space Race between U.S. & Soviet Union - Brown v. Board of Education
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1954
Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896-separate but equal)
ordered the desegregation of public schools - Civil Rights Movement
- 1950s & 1960s organized campaign by individuals and groups to extend basic civil and personal rights to minorites