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ANTEBELLUM YEARS (BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR) PRE-COLUMBIAN HISTORY (North America, Aztecs, Incas etc.) Aztecs (Mexico) Incas (Peru) North...

1913 - 1921 - Woodrow Wilson (Dem.) 1921 - 1923 - Warren G. Harding (Rep.) 1923 - 1929 - Calvin Coolidge (Rep.) 1929 -,1933 - Herbert...

TIMELINE 1945 End of WWII Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech 1946 George Kennan sent Long Telegram explaining reasons USSR must be...

1939-45 World War II Viet Minh created in 1941 by Ho Chi Minh Primarily led by Communists. Japanese defeat Indochina Viet Minh launch...

1930 Nation of Islam (NOI) Founded by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad Goals – to improve the spiritual, mental, social and economic condition of...

LEADING UP TO WORLD WAR II SEEDS OF WAR WWI Heavy reparations payment weakened Germany - caused rise of fascism Strong desire for...

ALPHABET SOUP IN A NUTSHELL Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act (1933) - Created FDIC CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps (1933) - Young men...

TIMELINE 1920 - Warren Harding elected president 1921 - Immigration Act 1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes president after Harding's death...

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I Long term causes (M.A.I.N.) Militarism New weapons: Maxim Gun, U-Boat, naval war (between Germany and Britain)...

RECONSTRUCTION ANDREW JOHNSON (1865-1869) Democrat BIO Born in North Carolina then moved to Tennessee Grew up poor Illiterate as adult,...

PROGRESSIVISM DEFINITION Between end of Reconstruction and start of World War I Middle Class reformers sought to address the problems...

GILDED AGE 1870s-1900 dubbed "Gilded Age" by Mark Twain 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today Because like gilt (thin layer of gold...

EVENTS BEFORE THE WAR MANIFEST DESTINY John O'Sullivan coined the term Manifest Destiny in 1845 Expansion of the U.S. Louisiana Purchase...

EXPANSION TO THE WEST Seven Years War 1783 Acquisition of territories of New France west to the Mississippi River Louisiana Purchase 1803...

TIMELINE Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863) Wade-Davis Bill (Jun. 1864) Lincoln reelected (Nov. 8, 1864) Sherman's March to the Sea...

TIMELINE Events leading to Civil War 1860 Lincoln is elected (Nov. 6) South Carolina secedes (Dec. 17) 1861 Six other states secede (Jan)...

CHRONOLOGY Missouri Compromise 1820 Manifest Destiny 1845 Texas annexed 1845 Annexation of Oregon 1846 Mexican-American War 1846-1848...

LEADING TO THE WAR BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO (April 21, 1836) See Texas entry Sam Houston led the expedition American Texians defeated the...

SPANISH TEXAS ADAMS-ONIS TREATY 1819 Spanish gave up Florida In exchange, U.S gave up rights to Texas MEXICAN TEXAS MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE...

INSPIRATIONS Second Great Awakening (1790-1850) Revivalist preachers said that God created man as a "free moral agent" -- sinners could...