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Major Turning Points in American History
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1763 |
Treaty of Paris - Ends the French and Indian War -British policy of Salutary neglect in North America ends |
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1776
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The Declaration of Independence -America gains independence
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1789 |
George Washington becomes the first president under the new Constitution |
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1800 |
Revolution of 1800 -Peaceful exchange of power |
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1803
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The Louisiana Purchase -The size of America is doubled
Marbury v. Madison -Challenges constitutional rights of laws |
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1814 |
Treaty of Ghent -Ends War of 1812 |
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1848 |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -US gains land from Mexico |
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1861 |
Start of Civil War at Fort Sumter -Confederates attack |
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1862-1865 |
Emancipation Proclamation End of Civil War at Appomattox Courthouse Assassination of Lincoln |
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1877 |
End of Reconstruction |
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1914-1916 |
World War I begins Zimmerman Telegram |
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1919 |
Wilson's 14 Points Treaty of Versailles Prohibition |
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1929
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Great Depression -Stock market crash -Rise of FDR |
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1941 |
Pearl Harbor |
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1945 |
Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki - V-J Day Beginning of Cold War
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1954 |
Brown v. Board of Education Overturns Plessey v. Ferguson Start of direct US involvement in Vietnam |
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1960 |
Greensborough and Nashville counter sit-ins -Revival of Civil Rights Movement by SNCC |
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1964 |
Civil Rights Act |
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1968 |
Tet Offensive LBJ does not run for president Martin Luther King assassinated Robert Kennedy ssassinated Richard Nixon wins the presidency |
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1973 |
Roe v. Wade Vietnamization Watergate Scandal War Powers Act |
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1989 |
Fall of Berlin Wall Beginning of the collapse and breakup of Soviet Union |
