| Term | Definition |
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1526 |
African Slaves first settlers in America |
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1565 |
Spanish establish a fort on St. Augustine, Florida |
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1607 |
James Town founded |
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1619 |
First slave ship arrives in America |
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1754-1763 |
French and Indian War (Seven Years War 1756) |
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1776 |
Decleration of Independance |
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1787 |
US Constitution Proposed |
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1791 |
Bill of Rights |
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1846-1848 |
War with Mexico |
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1861-1865 |
Civil War |
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1865-1877 |
First Reconstruction |
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1882 |
Chinese exclusionary act |
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1896 |
Plessy vs. Ferguson |
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1898 |
Spanish American War |
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1914 |
WWI |
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1917 |
Russian Rev. |
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1920 |
19th amendment ratified |
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1929 |
Great Depression |
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Dec. 7, 1941 |
US enters WWII |
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1954 |
Brown vs. Board |
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1964 |
Freedom Summer/ 2nd Reconstruction |
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1964-1972 |
Gulf of Toakin Res./ Vietnam War |
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1965 |
Cesar Chavez UFW |
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1986 |
Iran / Contragate Scandal |
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