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PRAXIS PRES

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On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. With it, he freed all slaves in Confederate or contested areas of the South. ABE LINCOLN
On January 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson gave a speech to Congress in which he presented his Fourteen Points that outlined his program of peace to end World War I. Treaty of Versailles, which ended the war in 1919 W WILSON
On January 5, 1949, public housing programs, raising the minimum wage, and expanding Social Security. FAIR DEAL TRUMAN
January 17, 1991, coalition forces led by the United States launched air strikes against Iraq. These strikes signaled the beginning of the military phase of the Persian Gulf War. BUSH
1968 Tet Offensive failed to deliver a military victory for the North Vietnamese, but it did create a crisis for the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson. LYNDON JOHNSON
On February 2, 1848,Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with the Mexican government. The treaty ended the Mexican War, which began in 1846. Mexico agreed to recognize the Rio Grande as the Texas border and ceded California and New Mexico to the United States. POLK
Spain declared war against the United States, beginning the Spanish-American War,fire in a coal bunker of the battleship Maine MCKINLY
On February 21, 1972, President Richard Nixon arrived in Beijing, China. It was the first time an American President had visited the country. NIXON
On March 1, 1845, President John Tyler signed the Texas annexation bill. The bill called for Texas to enter the United States directly as a state, with its boundaries to be determined after annexation TYLER
On March 6, 1820 The Compromise was made up of three parts: it admitted Maine, part of northern Massachusetts, as a free state; it admitted Missouri as a slave state; and it henceforth restricted slavery to territories south of the latitude 36ยบ30' north MONROE
1947, The United States would thenceforth provide aid to countries fighting the forces of Communism starting with Greece and Turkey, he asked Congress for financial aid to support those nations facing Communist threats. TRUMAN
On August 6, 1965, President signed the Voting Rights Act. Johnson
The American Civil War began at 4:30am on April 12, 1861, when General Pierre G. T. Beauregard's Confederate artillery opened fire on Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina LINCOLN
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany.Zimmermann telegram to the American government. The telegram revealed a German plot to try to entice Mexico into joining against the United States. make the world safe for democracy. WILSON
On April 17, 1961, a brigade of about 1,500 Cuban exiles landed at Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs) on the southern coast of Cuba. Their mission was to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro by inciting revolt among the Cuban people. FAILURE KENNEDY
On April 20, 1871, at the urging of President __ Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Act protecting blacks from the klan GRANT
On April 25, 1997, the United States Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which bans the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons CLINTON
On April 30, 1803, representatives from the United States and France signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty. The terms of the agreement gave all of the Louisiana territory from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains to the United States. JEFFERSON
May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane. the piolet, powers, survived and soviets took him. pres. tried to cover story up saying we were not spying but was caught.reason he did it was to avoid another pearl harbor. ESIENHOWER
On May 7, 1915, the German submarine U-20 torpedoed the British luxury liner Lusitania within sight of the Irish coast. It killed US men and the pres wanted germany to pay for their mistake but they said no b/c they were carrying munition. WILSON
May 13, 1846, Pres ___signed a declaration of war against Mexico,Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war, Mexico recognized the Rio Grande as Texas border and gave California and New Mexico to the US. agreed to pay Mexico $15 million POLK
On May 28, 1830, pres ___ signed the Indian Removal Act, which gave the Pres additional powers in speeding the removal of Am Indian communities in the eastern US to territories west of the Mississippi R. JACKSON
May 30, 1854, Pres _ signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act,designed to solve issue of expanding slavery into the territories. failed miserably; 1 event that led to Civ War. it allowed the 2 states to choose if they want slavery. this went against miss comp. PIERCE
marshall plan provided economic assistance to the devastated nations of Europe after World War II. fostered economic growth and political stability for the peoples of Western Europe. Sec of state MARSHAL under presidence of TRUMAN
On October 2, 1967, Marshall became the ninety-sixth justice of the Supreme Court. He was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court JOHNSON
The treaty granted the United States clear title to present-day Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Montana, and granted Britain the territory above the 49th parallel and full control over Vancouver Island. OREGAN TREATY POLK
On June 19, 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed shortly before sundown after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage which means syping ESIENHOWER
1955, big 4: United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France began their meetings in Geneva, Switzerland. it eased tensions between the Soviets and the United States EISENHOWER
July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled in an 8-0 decision that President Richard Nixon had to turn over sixty-four tapes, which disclosed his knowledge and participation in the cover-up of the Watergate burglary NIXON
"Iron Curtain" THE BERLIN WALL marked the beginning of a de facto agreement between the superpowers. Both the US and the SU allowed the city to remain divided and limited their action to protecting their sphere of Berlin. KENNEDY
On August 14, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, which established a Social Security Board to coordinate the payment of old-age benefits to Americans over the age of 65. ROOSEVELT
August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal opened to trans-oceanic traffic.COSTS $10 million and an annual payment of $250,000. WILSON
Jefferson instructed Lewis and Clark to find a path to the Pacific Ocean, preferably via water, learn the geography of the territory, explore trade with Native Americans JEFFERSON
On October 7, 2001, President George W. Bush announced that the United States had begun military action in Afghanistan. The military operation was code-named Enduring Freedom. BUSH
On October 8, 1888, President Grover Cleveland signed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which restricted Chinese immigration to the United States CLEVLAND
1859, John Brown and twenty-one men attempted to raid the federal armory and arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia BUCHANNAN
1859, John Brown and twenty-one men attempted to raid the federal armory and arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia KENNEDY
Election of 1912, taft, wilson and roosevelt wilson won
Berlin Wall had stood as a symbolic barrier between the East and West, between communism and democracy: its fall reflected changing international relations berlin wall
Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev had worked to change the Soviet Union through the doctrines of perestoika (restructuring) and glasnost (opening). gorbachev
On November 19, 1794, American statesman John Jay signed the Amity, Commerce, and Navigation Treaty with Britain. The treaty, now known as Jay's Treaty, was designed to resolve issues between the United States and Britain. during washington pres
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