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Morrill Act provides public land for higher education

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1862

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Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species

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1859

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World’s first subway system opens in London

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1863

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ASPCA created

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1866

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Wyoming Territory grants women right to vote

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1869

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Woodhull and Claflin’s Weekly published

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1871

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Metaphysical Club meets in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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1872

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Comstock Law

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1873

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WCTU organized

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1874

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Chautauqua education movement launched

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1874

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Impressionist artists debut in Paris

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1874

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Johns Hopkins university’s graduate school established

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1876

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Henry George publishes Progress and Poverty

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1879

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Dumbbell tenement introduced

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1879

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Mary Baker Eddy establishes Christian Science

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1879

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Salvation Army begins work in America

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1879

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Booker T. Washington becomes head of Tuskegee Institute

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1881

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American Red Cross founded

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1881

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Barnum and Bailey first join to stage “Greatest Show on Earth”

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1881

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First immigration-restriction laws passed

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1882

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Brooklyn Bridge completed

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1883

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Met Opera House built in New York

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1883

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Mark Twink publishes The Adventures of Fuckleberry Finn

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1884

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Louis Sullivan builds first skyscraper in Chicago

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1885

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Linotype invented

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1885

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25
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Statue of Liberty built

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1886

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APA formed

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1887

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Hatch Act supplements Morrill Act

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1887

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28
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Edward Bellamy publishes Looking backward

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1888

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American All-star baseball team tours world

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1888

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Jane Addams founds Hull House in Chicago

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1889

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NAWSA formed

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1890

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32
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Basketball invented

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1891

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33
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Lillian Wald opens Henry Street Settlement in NY

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1893

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Anti-Saloon League formed

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1893

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World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago

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1893

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36
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New Zealand grants women right to vote

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1893

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37
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Liberty of Congress opens

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1897

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38
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman publishes Women and Economics

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1898

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39
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Kate Chopin publishes The Awakening

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1899

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40
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Theodore Dreiser publishes Sister Carrie

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1900

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41
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Henry Adams privately publishes The Education of Henry Adams

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1907

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42
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored people founded

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1910

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43
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New Indian peoples move onto Great Plains

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ca. 1700-1800

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44
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Pikes Peak gold rush

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1858

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45
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Nevada Comstock Lode discovered

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1859

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46
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Homestead Act

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1862

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47
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Sand Creek massacre

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1864

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48
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Nevada admitted to union

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1864

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49
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National Grange organized

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1867

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50
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Battle or the Little Bighorn

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1876

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51
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Colorado admitted to Union

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1876

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52
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Nez Perce war

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1877

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53
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Helen Hunt Jackson publishes A Century of Dishonor

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1881

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54
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Federal government outlaws Indian Sun Dance

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1884

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Canadian Pacific Railway, first transcontinental rail line, completed across Canada

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1885

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56
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Local chapters of Farmer’s Alliance formed

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1885-1890

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57
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Dawes Severalty Act

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1887

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58
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Oklahoma opened to US citizen settlement

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1889

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North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming admitted to Union

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1889-1890

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Census Bureau declares frontier line ended

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1890

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61
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Emergence of People’s Party (Populists)

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1890

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62
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Battle of Wounded Knee

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1891

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Construction of Trans-Siberian Railroad begins

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1891

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Populist party candidate James B. Weaver polls more than 1 million votes in presidential election

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1892

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Frederick Jackson Turner publishes “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”

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1893

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66
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“Coxey’s Army” marches on Washington

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1894

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67
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Pullman strike

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1894

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68
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Utah admitted to Union

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1896

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69
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McKinley defeats Bryan for presidency

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1896

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70
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Dingley Tariff Act

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1897

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71
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Gold Standard Act

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1900

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72
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Gold Standard Act

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1900

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73
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Oklahoma admitted to Union

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1907

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74
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Indians granted US citizenship

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1924

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75
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Indian Reorganization Act

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1934

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76
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New England missionaries arrive in Hawaii

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1820

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77
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Samoa crisis with Germany

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1889

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78
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Pan-American Conference

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1889

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Mahan publishes The Influence of Sea Power upon History

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1890

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80
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New Orleans crisis with Italy

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1891

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81
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Valparaiso crisis with Chile

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1892

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82
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Prilbilof Islands dispute with Canada

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1893

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83
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White planter revolt in Hawaii

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1893

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84
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Cleveland refuses Hawaii annexation

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1893

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85
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Cubans revolt against Spain

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1895

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86
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Venezuelan boundary crisis with Britain

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1895-1896

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87
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Maine explosion in Havana harbor

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1898

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88
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Spanish-American War

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1898

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89
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Teller Amendment

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1898

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90
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Dewey’s victory at Manila Bay

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1898

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91
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Hawaii annexed

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1898

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92
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Senate ratified treaty acquiring Philippines

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1899

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93
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Aguinaldo launches rebellion against United States in Philippines

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1899

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94
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First American Open Door note

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1899

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95
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Hawaii receives full territorial status

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1900

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96
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Foraker Act for Puerto Rico

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1900

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97
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Boxer Rebellion and US military expedition to China

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1900

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98
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Second Open Door note

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1900

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99
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McKinley defeats Bryan for presidency

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1900

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100
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Supreme Court Insular Cases

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1901

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101
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Platt Amendment

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1901

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102
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McKinley assassinated; Roosevelt becomes president

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1901

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103
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Filipino rebellion suppressed

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1901

104
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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty with Britain gives United States exclusive right to build Panama Canal

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1901

105
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US troops leave Cuba

A

1902

106
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Colombian senate rejects US proposal for canal across Panama

A

1902

107
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Panamanian revolution against Columbia

A

1903

108
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives United States control of a Canal Zone in newly independent Panama

A

1903

109
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Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine

A

1904

110
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Construction or Panama Canal

A

1904-1914

111
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United States takes over Dominican Republic customs service

A

1905

112
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Roosevelt mediated Russo-Japanese peace treaty

A

1905

113
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San Francisco Japanese education crisis

A

1906

114
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Roosevelt arranges Algeciras Conference

A

1906

115
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US marines occupy Cuba

A

1906-1909

116
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Great White Fleet makes world voyage

A

1907

117
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“Gentlemen’s Agreement” with Japan

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1907-1908

118
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Root-Takahira Agreement

A

1908

119
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Puerto Ricans granted US citizenship

A

1917

120
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Sierra Club founded

A

1892

121
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National Consumers League founded

A

1899

122
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Commission system established in Galveston, Texas

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1901

123
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Progressive Robert La Follette elected governor of Wisconsin

A

1901

124
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American Socialist party formed

A

1901

125
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Lincoln Steffens and Aida Tarbell publish muckraking exposes

A

1902

126
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Anthracite coal strike

A

1902

127
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Newlands Act

A

1902

128
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Department of Commerce and labor established

A

1903

129
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Elkins Act

A

1903

130
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Women’s Trade Union League founded

A

1903

131
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Northern Securities case

A

1904

132
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Roosevelt defeats Alton B. Parker for presidency

A

1904

133
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Lochner v. New York

A

1905

134
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Hepburn Act

A

1906

135
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Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle

A

1906

136
Q

Meat Inspection Act

A

1906

137
Q

Pure Food and Drug Act

A

1906

138
Q

Roosevelt Panic

A

1907

139
Q

Muller v. Oregon

A

1908

140
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Taft defeats Bryan for presidency

A

1908

141
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Aldrich-Vreeland Act

A

1908

142
Q

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

A

1909

143
Q

Ballinger-Pinchot affair

A

1910

144
Q

Washington State grants woman suffrage

A

1910

145
Q

Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire

A

1911

146
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Standard Oil anti trust case

A

1911

147
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US Steel corporation antitrust suit

A

1911

148
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California grants woman suffrage

A

1911

149
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Taft wins Republican nomination over Roosevelt

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1912

150
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Arizona, Kansas, and Oregon grant woman suffrage

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1912

151
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Children’s Bureau established in Department of Labor

A

1912

152
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17th amendment passed (direct election of US Senators)

A

1913

153
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Federal Reserve Act

A

1913

154
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San Francisco decides to build Hetch Hetchy Reservior

A

1913

155
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Women’s Bureau established in Department of Labor

A

1920

156
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Wilson defeats Taft and Roosevelt for presidency

A

1912

157
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Underwood Tariff Act

A

1913

158
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16th amendment (income tax)

A

1913

159
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Huerta takes power in Mexico

A

1913

160
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act

A

1914

161
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Federal Trade commission established

A

1914

162
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US seizes port of Veracruz, Mexico

A

1914

163
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World War 1 begins in Europe

A

1914

164
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La Follette Seaman’s Act

A

1915

165
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Lusitania torpedoed and sunk by German u-boat

A

1915

166
Q

US marines sent to Haiti

A

1915

167
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Germany declares submarine war around British Isles

A

1915

168
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Sussex ultimatum and pledge

A

1916

169
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US exports to European belligerents skyrocket

A

1916

170
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Workingmen’s Compensation Act

A

1916

171
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Federal Farm loan act

A

1916

172
Q

Warehouse Act

A

1916

173
Q

Adamson Act

A

1916

174
Q

Pancho Villa raids New Mexico

A

1916

175
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Brandeis appointed to Supreme Court

A

1916

176
Q

Jones Act

A

1916

177
Q

US Marines sent to Dominican Republic

A

1916

178
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Wilson defeats Hughes for presidency

A

1916

179
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United States buys Virgin Islands from Denmark

A

1917

180
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Council of National Defense established

A

1915

181
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Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare

A

1917

182
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Zimmermann note

A

1917

183
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Railroads placed under federal control

A

1917

184
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United States enters WWI

A

1917

185
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Espionage Act of 1917

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186
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Wilson calls for “peace without victory”

A

1917

187
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Bolshevik Revolution

A

1917

188
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Wilson proposes 14 points

A

1918

189
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Sedition Act of 1918

A

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190
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Battle of Château-Thierry

A

1918

191
Q

Second Battle of the Marne

A

1918

192
Q

Meuse-Argonne offensive

A

1918

193
Q

Armistice ends WWI

A

1918-1919

194
Q

Worldwide influenza pandemic

A

1918-1919

195
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Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles

A

1919

196
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Wilson’s pro-League tour and collapse

A

1919

197
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18th amendment (prohibition)

A

1919

198
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First Senate defeat of Versailles Treaty

A

1919

199
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Final Senate defeat of Versailles Treaty after reconsideration

A

1920

200
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19th amendment (woman suffrage)

A

1920

201
Q

Harding defeats Cox for presidency

A

1920

202
Q

Wright Brothers fly first airplane

A

1903

203
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First story sequence motion picture

A

1903

204
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Henry Ford introduces Model T

A

1908

205
Q

Volsted Act

A

1919

206
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Seattle General strike

A

1919

207
Q

Anderson publishes Winesburg, Ohio

A

1919

208
Q

Red Scare

A

1919-1920

209
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Radio broadcasting begins

A

1920

210
Q

Fitzgerald publishes The Side of Paradise

A

1920

211
Q

Lewis publishes Main Street

A

1920

212
Q

Sacco-Vanzetti trial

A

1921

213
Q

Emergency Quota Act

A

1921

214
Q

Bureau of the Budget created

A

1921

215
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Lewis publishes Babbitt

A

1922

216
Q

Eliot publishes “The Waste Land”

A

1922

217
Q

Equal Rights Amendment proposed

A

1923

218
Q

Immigration Act of 1924

A
219
Q

Scopes Trial

A

1925

220
Q

Florida Real Estate boom

A

1925

221
Q

Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby

A

1925

222
Q

Dreiser publishes An American Tragedy

A

1925

223
Q

Hughes publishes The Weary Blues

A

1926

224
Q

Hemingway publishes The Sun Also rises

A

1926

225
Q

Lindbergh flies solo across Atlantic

A

1927

226
Q

First talking motion picture, The Jazz Singer

A

1927

227
Q

Sacco and Vanzetti executed

A

1927

228
Q

Faulkner publishes The Sound and the Fury

A

1929

229
Q

Hemingway publishes A Farewell to Arms

A

1929

230
Q

Al Capone improsoned

A

1932

231
Q

American Legion founded

A

1919

232
Q

Chicago race riot

A

1919

233
Q

Esch-Cummins Transportation act

A

1920

234
Q

Merchant Marine act

A

1920

235
Q

Veterans Bureau created

A

1921

236
Q

Capper-Volstead Act

A

1921

237
Q

5 power naval treaty signed

A

1922

238
Q

4 and 9 power treaties on the Far East

A

1922

239
Q

Fordney-McCumber Tariff law

A

1922

240
Q

Adkins v. Children’s hospital

A

1923

241
Q

Teapot Dome Scandal

A

1923

242
Q

Harding dies; Coolidge assumes presidency

A

1923

243
Q

Adjusted Compensation Act for veterans

A

1924

244
Q

Dawes Plan for international finance

A

1924

245
Q

US troops leave Dominican Republic

A

1924

246
Q

Coolidge wins 3 way presidential election

A

1924

247
Q

US troops occupy Nicaragua

A

1926

248
Q

Kellogg-Briand Pact

A

1928

249
Q

Hoover defeats Smith for presidency

A

1928

250
Q

Hoover makes goodwill tour of Latin America

A

1928

251
Q

Agricultural Marketing Act sets up Federal Farm Board

A

1929

252
Q

Stock Market crash

A

1929

253
Q

Hawley-Smoot tariff

A

1930

254
Q

Japanese invade Manchuria

A

1931

255
Q

Reconstruction Finance Corporation established

A

1932

256
Q

Norris-La Guardia Anri-Injunction Act

A

1932

257
Q

Bonus Army dispersed from Washington DC

A

1932