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Monroe Doctrine
Pres. James Monroe-No new European colonies
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Texas Annexed
James Polk US Pres |
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Mexican-AMerican War
Border dispute about Texas Border; US gains NM, AZ, CA |
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular sovereignty determines slavery in these territories. John Brown |
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Dred Scott Case
Supreme Court declares Scott is still a slave; property rights supercede human rights. |
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| Civil War--over 600,000 deaths, states secede because of states rights, slavery. Beginning of Reconstruction |
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| Transcontinental Railroad completed, Promontory Point, Utah |
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Hayes-Tilden Compromise, Compromise of 1877
End of Reconstruction |
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court declares separate but equal facilities legal. |
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Spanish American War
Lasted about 10 weeks; Us gains Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines. |
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World War I begins.
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary Shot in Sarajevo |
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1823
Pres. James Monroe-No new European colonies
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1846-48
Border dispute about Texas Border; US gains NM, AZ, CA |
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1854
Popular sovereignty determines slavery in these territories. John Brown |
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1857
Supreme Court declares Scott is still a slave; property rights supercede human rights. |
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1861-65
over 600,000 deaths, states secede because of states rights, slavery. Beginning of Reconstruction |
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| Transcontinental Railroad completed |
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1869
Promontory Point, Utah |
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1877
Compromise of 1877
End of Reconstruction |
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1896
Supreme Court declares separate but equal facilities legal. |
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1898
Lasted about 10 weeks; Us gains Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines. |
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1914
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary Shot in Sarajevo |
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