Must-Know Dates Flashcards by Katrina Paras | Brainscape

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Jamestown colony established

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1607

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African slavery introduced to America

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1619

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Mayflower Compact

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1620

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Salem Witch Trials

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1692

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Great Awakening

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1739

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Stamp Act

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1765

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Boston Tea Party

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1773

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Lexington & Concord

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1775

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US Wins American Revolution

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1783

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US Constitution ratified

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1788

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Cotton Gin invented

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1793

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Thomas Jefferson elected president

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1800

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Louisiana Purchase

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1803

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War of 1812

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1812

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Missouri Compromise

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1820

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Monroe Doctrine

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1823

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Andrew Jackson elected president

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1828

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Trail of Tears

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1838

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Seneca Falls Convention

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1848

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California Gold Rush

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1849

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Compromise of 1850

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1850

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Fort Sumter attacked; Civil War began

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1861

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Appomattox, Civil War ended

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1865

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Compromise of 1877, Reconstruction ended

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1877

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Standard Oil Trust established

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1881

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Pullman Strike

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1894

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Spanish-American War

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1898

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Niagara Movement established by W.E.B. DuBois

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1905

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US entered World War I

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1917

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Scopes “Monkey” Trial

A

1925

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Stock Market crash

A

1929

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FDR Inaugurated; started 100 Days/New Deal

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1933

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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor/US entered World War II

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1941

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US used A-bomb on Hiroshima/WWII ended

A

1945

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Korean War began/McCarthyism started

A

1950

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Brown v. Board of Education decision

A

1954

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

A

1955

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Baby Boom peaked/Sputnik launched

A

1957

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Cuban Missile crisis

A

1962

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MLK “I Have a Dream” speech/JFK assassinated

A

1963

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

A

1964

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Voting Rights Act/LBJ “Great Society”

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1965

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Tet Offensive/MLK Assassinated

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1968

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Nixon resigned over Watergate Scandal

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1974

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Reagan Revolution began

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1981

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Berlin Wall fell/Cold War ended

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1989

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Gulf War I

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1991

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Clinton impeached

A

1998

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Terrorists attacked US

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2001