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Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493
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Reign of King Henry VIII (England), 1509-1547
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Birth of Edward VI (England), October 12, 1537
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Death of Queen Jane Seymour (England), October 24, 1573
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The Battle of Glenlivet (Scotland), October 3, 1594
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Signing of the Mayflower Compact, U.S., November 11, 1620
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Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641
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Roger Williams' Letter to the People of Providence, RI, 1648
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Maryland Toleration Act, 1649
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Father Marquette, The First White Man to Visit LaSalle, Illinois, 1673
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Salem Witch Trials, 1692
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Witchcraft Trials of Robert Calef, 1697, 1700
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John Wise, A Vindication of the Government of New England Churches, 1717
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Benjamin Banneker, 1731-1806
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Trial of John Peter Zenger, U.S., 1735
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Céloron de Blainville, possession of the Ohio Valley, 1749
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Braddock's Expedition, 1755
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Establishment of Pittsburgh, Novermber 27, 1758.
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James Otis, speech against Writs of Assistance, 1761
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Battle of Bushy Run, August, 1763
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French and Indian War, 1754-1763
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Starved Rock Massacre, Massacre of the Illini Indian Tribe, Illinois, 1764
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James Otis, The Rights of British Colonists Asserted and Proved, 1764
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Patrick Henry, The Virginia Resolves, May 29-30, 1765
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Colonel Isaac Barre, Sons of Liberty Speech, March 1765
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Benjamin Franklin's Testimony Before the House of Commons, 1766
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Stamp Act, 1765-1766
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Boston Massacre, MA, March 5, 1770
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Townshend Acts, 1767-1770
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Boston Tea Party, MA, December 16, 1773
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Battle of Point Pleasant, WV, October 10, 1774
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Intolerable Acts, 1774
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American Colonial Period (pre-1775)
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Patrick Henry, Second Virginia Convention of Delegates, 1775
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Nomination of Washington as Commander-in-Chief, June 14th, 1775
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Battle of Bunker Hill, MA, June 17, 1775
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Development of American Democracy 1776-1820s
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Thomas Paine, Common Sense pamphlet, January 1776
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Battle of Trenton, NJ, December 26, 1776
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Surrender at Saratoga, NY, October 17, 1777
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Sinking of the Bonhomme Richard, September 25, 1779
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Benedict Arnold turns traitor, September 1780
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Surrender at Yorktown, VA, October 19, 1781
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Battle of Yorktown, VA, October 1781
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Thomas Paine, The American Crisis pamphlets, 1776- 1783
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American Revolution, 1775-1783
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Exploration and Discovery of Alaska, 1786-1897
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1st President, George Washington, 1789-1797
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The American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860
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The Statehood of Vermont, March 4, 1791
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Battle of the Wabash, November 4, 1791
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Sojourner (Isabella ) Truth, 1797-1883
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Presidential Election of 1800
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3rd President, Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
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Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803-1806
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Presidential Election of 1808
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The Bombardment of Fort McHenry, 1812
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Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813
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Battle at Stonington, Connecticut, August 9th, 1814
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Battle of Plattsburgh Bay, September 6-11, 1814
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War of 1812
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Presidential Election of 1816
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Frederick Douglass, 1817-1895
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5th President, James Monroe, 1817-1825
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Harriet Tubman, 1820-1913
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Presidential Election of 1824
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911)
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6th President, John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
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The Miramichi Fire, 1825
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The Erie Canal, 1825 - Present
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First Norwegian People to Come to America, 1825
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Presidential Election of 1828
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7th President, Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837
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The Underground Railroad, 1830s-1860s
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President Andrew Jackson re-elected, 1832
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Battle of the Alamo, San Antonio, TX, 1836
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Presidential Election of 1836
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Texas War for Independence, 1835-1836
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8th President, Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841
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Pastry War (Guerra de los pasteles); Invasion of Mexico by France, 1838
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Aroostook War, 1839-1839
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Talton Hall, (1840-1892)
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Presidential Election of 1840
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9th President, William Henry Harrison, 1841
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10th President, John Tyler, 1841-1845
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Presidential Election of 1844
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11th President, James K. Polk, 1845-1849
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Annexation of Texas, 1845
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Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1920
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Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
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Presidential Election of 1848
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Free Soil Movement
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12th President, Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850
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California Gold Rush, 1849
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13th President, Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853
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Presidential Election of 1852
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14th President, Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857
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Presidential Election of 1856
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15th President, James Buchanan, 1857-1861
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Great Police Fight and Riot at City Hall, New York City, June 15, 1857
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Dead Rabbits and Bowery Boys Gang Fight/Riot in Manhattan, New York City, July 4, 1857
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Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1858
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Harpers Ferry Raid, VA, October 16, 1859
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Presidential Election of 1860
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American Labor Movement, 1860-1980
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Alfred E. Hicks, trial for murder, 1860
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16th President, Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865
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Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, December 13, 1862
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Ida B. Wells (1862-1931)
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Emancipation Proclamation, U.S., September 22, 1862
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Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)
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Presidential Election of 1864
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U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
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Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865
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Confederacy formed, February 4, 1861
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Murder of Laura Foster by Tom Dooley, Wilkes County, North Carolina, 1866
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Presidential Election of 1868
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Puerto Rican Independence Movement
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Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, 1866-1869
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18th President, Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877
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Construction of the Big Bend Tunnel, West Virginia, 1870-1872
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Westfield Disaster, Ferry crash, July 1871
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Construction of the Swannanoa Tunnel, North Carolina, 1874-1879
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Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
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Presidential Election of 1876
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Brooklyn Theater Fire, December 5, 1876
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Reconstruction, 1865-1877
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19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881
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American Industrial Era, 1880s-1930
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Presidential Election of 1880
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Santa Fe Trail, 1821 - 1880
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20th President, James A. Garfield, 1881
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Alfred Packer, Convicted of Cannibalism,1883
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Presidential Election of 1884
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22nd President, Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889
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Presidential Election of 1888
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23rd President, Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893
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Wreck on the C & O Railroad near Hinton, West Virginia, October 23, 1890
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Coal Creek Rebellion, July 14, 1891
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Presidential Election of 1892
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Homestead Strike, Homestead, PA, June 30th-November 20th, 1892
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24th President, Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897
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The Cotton States and International Exposition, September 18, 1895
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Brooklyn Trolley Strike, 1895
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Presidential Election of 1896
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Presidential Term of William McKinley, 1897-1901
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25th President, William McKinley, 1897-1901
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Sinking of the USS Maine (ACR-1), February 15,1898
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American Settlement of Alaska, 1898-1941
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American Frontier and Westward Expansion, pre-1890s
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19th Century Immigration, 1800 - 1899
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Early 20th Century Immigration, pre-World War II, 1900-1945
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Galveston Hurricane, September 8, 1900
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Presidential Election of 1900
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26th President, Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
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Assassination of William McKinley, Sept. 6, 1901
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Wreck of Southern Railroad Train 97, Monroe, Virginia, September 27, 1903
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Presidential Election of 1904
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Presidential Election of 1908
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National Negro Convention, 1909
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27th President, William H. Taft, 1909-1913
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Titanic sinks, April 15, 1912
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Sinking of the RMS Titanic, April 14, 1912
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Presidential Election of 1912
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28th President, Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
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Ludlow Massacre, CO, April 20, 1914
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World War I, 1914-1918
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Joe Hill, Trial and Execution for murder in Salt Lake City, 1915
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Easter Uprising, April 14, 1916
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Presidential Election of 1916
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Prohibition, 1919-1933
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Arrest and Trial of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, 1920
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Presidential Election of 1920
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29th President, Warren G. Harding, 1921-1923
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30th President, Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929
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Virginian Railway Strike, 1923
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Presidential Election of 1924
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Aimee MacPherson, reported abduction of, 1926
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Wreck of Southern Railroad Train 101 (The Royal Palm), Rockmart, Georgia, December 23, 1926
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Execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vinzetti, August 23, 1927
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Presidential Election of 1928
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31st President, Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933
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The Dust Bowl, 1930s
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Plight of the American Farmer, 1930-1950
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The Search for Albert Johnson, December 1931- January 1932, British Columbia, Canada
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Presidential Election of 1932
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Roane County Strike at Harriman, Tennessee, October 26, 1933
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32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945
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Presidential Election of 1936
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Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
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World War II, 1939-1945
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Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1939
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Presidential Election of 1940
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Great Depression, 1929-1941
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Sinking of the USS Reuben James, October 31, 1941
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Auschwitz Mass Gassing Begins, January 1942
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D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944
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Presidential Election of 1944
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Liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, January 26, 1945
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33rd President, Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953
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Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
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Presidential Election of 1948
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Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1949-
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Presidential Election of 1952
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Korean Conflict, 1950-1953
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34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961
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Sinking of the C. P. Yorke, December 1954
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Murder of Emmett Till, Greenwood, MS, 1955
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Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, AL, December 1955
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Desegregation of Schools, Little Rock, AR, September 2-September 25, 1957
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Alaskan Statehood, January 3, 1959
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Lunch Counter Sit-ins, U.S. South, 1960
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Nashville Lunch-Counter Desegregation Sit-ins, February-April 1960
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Presidential Election of 1960
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Communist Resistance Movement, 1948-1960
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Freedom Rides, U.S. South, 1960
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35th President, John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963
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Albany Movement to desegregate Albany, GA, 1961-1962
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Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
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36th President, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969
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Bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL, September 15, 1963
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Governor George Wallace attempts to oppose integration of University of Alabama, June 11, 1963
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Assassination of Medgar Wiley Evers, June 12, 1963
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Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963
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Protest Movement of the Vietnam War, 1963-1975
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964
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Freedom Summer, Mississippi, 1964
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Women's Liberation Movement, 1964-1980
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Civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi, June 21, 1964
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Presidential Election of 1964
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Civil Rights Act Passed, U.S., July 2, 1964
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Deacons for Defense and Justice, founded 1965
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U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965
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U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-
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Black Panther Party founded, 1966
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1968
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Presidential Election of 1968
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Tet Offensive, Vietnam, January 30-31, 1968
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968
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37th President, Richard M. Nixon, 1969-1974
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First Moon Landing, July 20, 1969
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Angela Davis (member: Black Panther Party) arrested, New York
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Kent State University Riot, May 4, 1970
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Riot in Augusta, GA, May 11, 1970
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Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1972
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American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD, February 27, 1973
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38th President, Gerald R. Ford, 1974-1977
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Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975
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Black Power Movement, 1966-1975
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Watergate Scandal, 1972-1975
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Presidential Election of 1976
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39th President, Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981
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Presidential Election of 1980
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40th President, Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989
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Presidential Election of 1988
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41st President, George H. W. Bush, 1989-1993
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Cold War, 1945-1989
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Presidential Election of 1992
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42nd President, William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001
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Presidential Election of 1996
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