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History Timeline Flashcards

1
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Christopher Columbus comes to the Americas when?

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1492

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2
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Who were the king and queen of spain in 1492

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ferdinand, isabella

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3
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what were the names of columbus’ ships

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nina, pinta, santa maria

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4
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when was the colonial period

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1607-1776

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5
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when and where was jamestown founded

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1607, virginia

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6
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who lead the settlers

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john smith

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7
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who married pocahontas

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john rolfe

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8
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the pilgrims came to plymouth when?
- they were also called?
- they wanted to purify what?
- who lead the puritans?
- how many died out of 102

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1620, puritans, the church of england, william bradford, 45

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9
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the age of __ happened in 1700-1789 and was about?

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enlightenment, logic and reason + the height of the slave trade

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10
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the boston tea party happened in __ and was about?

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1773 and the colonists protested against the English tea tax

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11
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what happened on july 4, 1776
- who signed it
- what war started

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declaration, thomas jeff, revolutionary war

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12
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what ended in 1781

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american rev war

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13
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whi was elected in 1789

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george wash

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14
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who was elected in 1797 (second pres)

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john adams

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15
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the romantic period started when?

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1789-1840

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16
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what war happened in 1789
- what prison was liberated

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french revolution, bastille

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17
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who was beheaded
- france is now made a __ government

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king louis 16 and marie antoinette/republic (no king)

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18
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what was purchased in 1803 by thomas jeff

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louisana purchase

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19
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what happened in 1812

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war of 1812 (britain vs us)/LA is now a stae

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20
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what war happened in 1815/who was the hero

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battle of nola at chalmette/hero = andrew jackson

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21
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what happended in 1830s

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underground railroad/lead by hariet tubman`

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22
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victorian age when

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1840-1900

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23
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irish potato famine

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1840s

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24
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war with mexico/who opposed it

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1846/henry thoreau

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25
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gold rush

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1849

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26
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civel war began

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1861

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27
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the north/presient/general

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union/lincoln/us grant

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28
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the south/president/general

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confederacy/jeef davis/ robert e lee

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29
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battle of gettsburg/gettsburg address

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1863 (win iver confederates)

30
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civil war ends/reconstruction begins/13 amendment ratified

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1865/aa get right to vote

31
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gilded age

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1870-1914

32
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tur of the centurayr

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edwarfian era (1900-1920)

33
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ww1

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1914-1918/germany vs france, england, us, russia

34
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russian revolution/still ruled by who/who later takes advantage

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1917/czards/bolsheviks

35
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who lead the bolsheviks/what is russia now called

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lenin/ussr

36
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whi is the new leader of russiqa after 1918 after lenin

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stalin

37
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the roaring 20s

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jazz age. harmlem rensaissance, 1920 women vote. time of great prosperity of us, grwat deprivation for germany

38
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who is na indian lawyer who wants to get rid of england control and preached nonviolence + hero of mlk

A

gandhi

39
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whe did india get free/when was gendhi assassinated

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1978/1948

40
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stock market crahs/began the great depression

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1929 (gd lasted for 10 years)

41
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who led germnay /invaded poland in 1939 and started ww2`

A

hitler

42
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what is facism

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militaeristic, nationalistc, martial, capialitsic

43
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hitlers fascits friends

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italy-mussolini/japan-tojo

44
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the axis powers

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germ,italy, japan

45
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allied powers

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elgmadn-chrichhill/france-degaulle/us-fd roosevelt/ussr-stalin

46
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attacknoj pearl harbor

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1941

47
Q

hiroshima/baby boom

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1945

48
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germnay is solut

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eaast germ-ussr/west germ-us

49
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cold war

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1945-1989

50
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end of cold war

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berlin wall

51
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korean war

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1950

52
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1950-60s

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prosperity in us

53
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bay of pig in cuba

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1961 (wanted to get cuba bak from dictator castro)+ JFK stopped djuclear wae

54
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wietnam war

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1960s (try to keep north viet from south viet)(lose)

55
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jfk assassinatio in dallas

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1963/lee harvey oswald/lb johnson is now pres

56
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viet war ended unde rlb johnson

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1965

57
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march on wash

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1963 (jobs/freedom)

58
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malcom x killed

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1965

59
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mlk died`

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1968 in memphis james ray

60
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robert kenedy waskilled

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1968

61
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moon laning

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1969

62
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nixon elected

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1970

63
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veut war ebds and is till communist

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1973

64
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watergate/ford pardons nixon

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1974

65
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jimmyc arter elected

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1976(infaltion/recession)

66
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iranian histage (ffed up with shah and hold amrican hostages)

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1979 )reagan vs carter) (carer loses)

67
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gulkf war

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1991 try tobget hussein out of power

68
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bill clinton pres

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1991-2001

69
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9/11 (bush 2 pres)

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2001

70
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war started gearige bush

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2003 (2003-11)

71
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2008 financial crisis (banks taking risks + recession)

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2008

72
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r

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