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Dates to Remember
Miscellaneous
Question | Answer |
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1846 | War with Mexico. Culmination of Manifest Destiny with southwest lands added. |
1920 | 19th Amendment added. Women get the right to vote. |
1776 | Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson |
1803 | Louisiana Purchase under Jefferson administration. Originally planed to purchase just new orleans, but Napolean sold the entire frech western lands at a cheap price. US is doubled in size as expansion fever begins. |
1783 | The revolution ends with the Treaty of Paris which provided the recognition of the United States as a new nation. |
1619 | First African Americans in the colonies. Begining of the Slave trade and sectional problems for the country. |
1788 | The constitution is established. New government established as the Articles of Confederation fails. |
1868 | 14th amendment gurantees equal protection of the laws |
1869 | 1st Transcontinental Railroad. Nations size becomes more practical and asian becomes more important. |
1945 | United Nations is formed. US central figure in teh 2nd attempt at a world peace keeping organization |
1945 | Brown vs Board of Education. Court case sparks the modern civil rights movement |
1898 | Spanish-American War. US becomes an imperilist power. |
1939 | WWII begins |
1933 | FDR's New Deal begins. FDR';s response to the depression changes the country forever |
1964 | Tonkin Gulf Resolution. US begins major escalation of involvement in Vietnam. |
1929 | Stock market crashes. A symtom of the problems leading to the Great Depression. |
1791 | Bill of Rights is added to the constitution. The first 10 amendments to the constitution gurantee individual liberties. |
1607 | Jamestown founded. First permanent english settlement in North America. |
1914 | WWI begins. The war to end all wars |
1941 | US enters WWII because of the japaense attack on Pearl Harbor. |
1917 | US enters WWI as attempts at neautrality fail |
1861 | Civil war begins. sectional strife finally leads to a 4 year war, slavery is just on issue |