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American History
1492 – 2008
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Discovery
• Columbus sails from Spain in 1492
1507 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida Columbus
1607 First permanent English settlement, Jamestown, Virginia1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
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Early American Exploration
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New Country
• French-Indian War 1750s• American Revolution 1776 – 1783– Lexington and Concord– Yorktown
George Washington
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Continental Congress
Ben Franklin
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Constitution
• Approved in 1791
James Madison
Great CompromiseSenateHouse
Checks and BalancesSupreme Court
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Bill of Rights
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American West
• 13 Colonies began to look West• Agreed new states would have equal rights• Early explorers: mountain men Daniel Boone
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Indians
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Settlement of the West
• By 1890, all open land was gone.• Train• Telegraph• Ranchers and Farmers
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Civil War
• 1861-1865• Union vs. Confederacy
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Growth
• World Power• Spanish-American War 1898
CubaPhilippines
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Immigration• 1830s Irish• 1850s Italians• 1860s Asians• 1880s Eastern Europeans
– Russians– Jews
• First Immigration Law 1920s
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World War I
• 1914-1919• U.S. enters in 1917
German Bunker
Air war
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Depression
• 1929 – 1941 NRA
CCC WPA
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World War II
• 1939 – 1945• U.S. enters in 1941
Franklin Roosevelt
Flag raising at Iwo JimaChurchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta
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Map of Europe
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Korean War• 1951-1954• United Nations vs. Russia and China
Chinese troops
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Changes in the Country• Civil Rights Women’s Rights
Baby Boom generation
Space Age
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Vietnam War
• Started with French• U.S. joined in 1958• SDS• Ended in 1975
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Political Changes
• Resignation of the President and Vice President 1974
Richard Nixon (far right)And Spiro Agnew
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Conservative Surge
Ronald Reagan1980 -1988George H. W. Bush1988 -1992
Reagan
Bush
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Today
Positive• Lone superpower• Media domination• Technological leadershipNegative• Declining world status• Political turmoil• Economic decline Pittsburgh
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Future
• Population: 300 million• Abundant natural resources• Unlimited military power• Pollution• Gap between rich and poor• Growing minority populations• Educational decline