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American history Flashcards

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The Mayflower, carrying the first permanent British settlers, arrived in what is now New England.

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1620

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2
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The begginninig of the american revolution

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1775

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3
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Declaration of independance

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4th July 1776

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4
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The british recognized the independance of the USA

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1783

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The American constitution was drouwn up by the Founding Fathers

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1787

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Goerge Washington, first president of the USA, was elected

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1789

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The Louisian Purchase : The USA doubles in size

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1803

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The Lewis and Clark expedition explored the newly-arrived territories

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1804-1806

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9
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The Indian Removal Act
The Trail of Tears

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1830s

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10
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Abraham Lincolm was elected

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1860

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11
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Abolition of Slavery

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1861

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The American Civil War

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1861-1865

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13
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The Frontier was closed

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1890

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14
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Plessy V. Fergusson Supreme Court decision stated that segragation was unconstitutional
Beginning of Jim Crow Era

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1896

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The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl: poverty unemployement and migrations to the west to find work and oppotunities

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1930s

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16
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Of Mice and Men was published

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1937

17
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Consumerism and materialism
Consertism
Pressure to conform

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Post-war year and 1950s

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Birth of the Civil Right movement
Emergence of a distrint teen culture

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Things started to change

19
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First performance of “Death of a Salesman”

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1949

20
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Brown V. Board of Education: The Supreme Court overturned the Plessy V. Fergusson decision of 1896

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1954

21
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott (Alabama) beginning of the Civil Right Movement

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1955

22
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“12 Angry Men” was released
Publication of “On the Road” by John Keravac, a member of the Beat Generation

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1957

23
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American society became more progressive
Birth of counter-culture Movements (The Hippie Movement, opposition to the Vietnam War)
Birth of Liberation Movement (women and Gay)

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1960s
1970s

24
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President Kennedy was elected

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1960

25
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“I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King

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1963

26
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Civil Rights Act : end of Jim Crow Era

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1964

27
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President Johnson ordered the deployment of combat units in Vietnam

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1965

28
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Stonewall Riots : beginning of the Gay Liberation

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1969

29
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Millions of people across the USA took the streets to protest the continued us involvement in Vietnam

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November 15 1969

30
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Ros vs Wade: this Supreme Court decision legalized abortion

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1973

31
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Save Our Children compain

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1977

32
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Harvery Milk became the first openly-gay man to be elected for public office

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1978

33
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Emergence of the American New Right
AIDS epidemic

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1980s

34
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Ronald Reagon was elected

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1981

35
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The “Handmaid’s Tale” was published

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1985

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