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US History Dates Flashcards

1
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Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas

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1492

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Slave trade begins as millions of Africans are shipped to America

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1580

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3
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English build a settlement in Jamestown, VA

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1607

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The Mayflower arrives in MA

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1620

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5
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French and Indian War

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1754

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British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, taxing the colonists

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1765

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7
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Boston Tea Party

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1773

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8
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American Revolution

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1775-1783

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9
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Declaration of Independence

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July 1776

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10
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US Constitution Written

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1787

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11
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US buys 800,000 square miles from Napoleon for $15 mill in what?

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Louisiana Purchase, 1803

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12
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Battle of the Alamo

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1836

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13
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Trail of Tears

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1838-1839

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14
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Gold Rush

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1848

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15
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Civil War starts

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1861

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16
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Battle of Gettysburg

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1863

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17
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Emancipation Proclamation

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1865

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18
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Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone

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1876

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19
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Wright Brothers invent the airplane

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1903

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20
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World War I

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1914

21
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US joins WW1

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1917

22
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WW1 ends with this treaty

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Treaty of Versailles, 1918

23
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Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic

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1927

24
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New Deal

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1933

25
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WW2 Begins

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September 3, 1939

26
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Pearl Harbor

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December 7, 1941

27
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Japanese to internment camps

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1942

28
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D-Day

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June 6, 1944

29
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Germany surrenders

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May 7, 1945

30
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

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Aug 6, 1945

31
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Japan surrenders, ending WW2

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Aug 14, 1945

32
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UN established

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1945

33
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Jackie Robinson plays in his first MLB game

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1947

34
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Israel is created

A

1948

35
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Germany divided to West and East

A

1949

36
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NATO is formed with twelve charter nations

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1949

37
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Korean War begins

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1950

38
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Supreme court orders desegregation

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1954

39
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Rosa Parks

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1955

40
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Soviets launch Sputnik 1

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1957

41
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Yuri Gagarin first man in space

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1961

42
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Cuban Missile Crisis

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1962

43
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MLK Jr Assassinated

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1968

44
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Apolo 11 reaches the moon, Buzz Aldrin + Neil Armstrong first men on the phone

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July 20, 1969

45
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Space shuttle Challenger explodes

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1986

46
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Cold War ends

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1989

47
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First gulf war

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1991

48
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Columbine shooting

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1999

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