Dates- American Cultural Literacy

Question 0

711

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Moors (Muslims) reached Spain via Morocco

Question 1

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”…Moors defeated by King Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain

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1588

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

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1607

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English settlement in 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, MA

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1776

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English colonists declared independence from Britain (revolutionary war/independence day)

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1789

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French Revolution (first mention of “terrorism” from the Region of Terror)

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1803

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Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon’s France that effectively doubled the size of the 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 the reaper, trains made transportation and communication easier and Samuel Morse invented the 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 the 16th president of the 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 Mexico and the 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 the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

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1914-1918

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•World War 1

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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 in America receive 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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•World War 2

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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 in US

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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 the US

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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 (9/11), US declared war on Terrorism

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2008

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•half of the world’s population lives in urban settlements

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2011

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•the world’s population reached 7 billion people