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Cultural literacy Flashcards

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711

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Moors (Muslims) reached Spain via Morocco

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621

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Islam Began in Mecca

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1066

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Battle of Hastings

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1492

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Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Morris defeated by King Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain

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1588

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Spanish Armada defeated by English, leading to England becoming hegemonic power

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1607

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English settlement at Jamestown, VA

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1619

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1st Slaves Arrive at Virginia

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1620

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Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, VA

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1776

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American colonists declared independence from Britain

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1789

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French Revolution.

First mention of terrorism from the Reign of Terror

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1803

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Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon’s France that effectively doubled the size of US.
Also the world reached its first billion people.
Thomas Jefferson is president.

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1830’s

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Cyrus McCormack invented reaper. Trains made transportation and communion easier and Samuel Morse invented telegraph.

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1840’s

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Irish Potato Famine

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1860’s

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Civil war
(1861-1865)
Lincoln was 16th president of US.
Industrial Revolution

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1869

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Transcontinental Railroad finished. (Golden Spike promontory, Utah) Suez Canal formally opened to traffic. November 17-100 miles long, connecting, by way of 3 natural lakes, the Gulf of Suez and Indian Ocean

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1896

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Plessy v. Ferguson- Supreme Court ruling of “Separate but Equal” declared.

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1898

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Spanish-American war was fought in 3 months. America won and acquired Phillipines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam

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1914-1918

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World War I

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1917

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Bolshevik Revolution led by Lenin to overthrow the Romanov dynasty. Beginning of communism that lasted until 1991

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1920

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Women’s suffrage

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1929

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Ocboer- Called Black Tuesday. Stock Market Crash started worldwide depression.

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1939-1945

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WWII

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1949

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Founding of the People’s Republic of China- communism prevailed.

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1950-1953

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Korean War

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1954

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Brown v. Board of Education- Supreme Court ruling that shot down Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of “separate but equal.” Began integration of U.S

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1957

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Sputnik

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1960’s

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Vietnam War, civil rights in U.S

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1989

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Berlin Wall fell

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1991

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USSR fell. Desert storm, invention of Internet.

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2001

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September 11, US declared war on terrorism

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2008

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Half the world’s population lived in urban settlements

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2011

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World population reached 7 billion

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