🏛️ US History
1776 — July 4th — Declaration of Independence
American Independence
The single most important date in US History
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🃏 US History
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
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1776 — July 4th — Declaration of Independence
American Independence — July 4, 1776: the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson. Not the day the Revolution started (1775) or ended (1783).
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Bill of Rights = First 10 Amendments
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights — added in 1791, protects individual freedoms
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🃏 US History
What is the Bill of Rights?
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Bill of Rights = First 10 Amendments
1stFreedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition
2ndRight to bear arms
4thProtection from unreasonable search and seizure
5thRight against self-incrimination, double jeopardy
6thRight to a speedy, fair trial
10thPowers not given to federal government go to states
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1861–1865 = Civil War
American Civil War Dates
Civil War: Fort Sumter to Appomattox — 4 years
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🃏 US History
When was the American Civil War?
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1861–1865 = Civil War
American Civil War Dates — Began April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter, SC. Ended April 9, 1865 when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, VA. Emancipation Proclamation: January 1, 1863.
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New Deal = FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt) 3 R's: Relief (immediate help), Recovery (restart economy), Reform (prevent future Depression)
The New Deal (1933)
FDR's New Deal — what it was in 3 words
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FDR's New Deal — the 3 R's?
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New Deal = FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt) 3 R's: Relief (immediate help), Recovery (restart economy), Reform (prevent future Depression)
The New Deal (1933) — Relief for the unemployed. Recovery of the economy. Reform of the financial system. Programs like Social Security, the SEC, and the FDIC came from the New Deal and still exist today.
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3/5 Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act
Key Slavery Compromises
The three slavery compromises that delayed the Civil War
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The key slavery compromises before the Civil War?
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3/5 Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act
Key Slavery Compromises — 3/5 Compromise (1787): slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for representation. Missouri Compromise (1820): drew line at 36°30'. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854): overturned it, reignited tensions.
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Three Branches of Government
Constitutional framework: 3 branches. Legislative (Congress) makes laws. Executive (President) enforces. Judicial (Courts) interprets.
Three Branches of Government
The structure of US federal government — and what each does
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The three branches of government — who does what?
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Constitutional framework: 3 branches. Legislative (Congress) makes laws. Executive (President) enforces. Judicial (Courts) interprets.
LegislativeCongress — makes laws
ExecutivePresident — enforces laws
JudicialCourts — interprets Constitution
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Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny: belief that the US was destined to expand from Atlantic to Pacific
Manifest Destiny
The 19th-century ideology that drove westward expansion
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Manifest Destiny — what was it?
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Manifest Destiny: belief that the US was destined to expand from Atlantic to Pacific
Manifest Destiny — Term coined 1845. Drove Louisiana Purchase (1803), Mexican-American War (1846-48, gained California/Southwest), Oregon Territory (1846), Gadsden Purchase (1853). Led to displacement and destruction of Native American nations across the continent.
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Reconstruction Amendments
Reconstruction (1865-1877): 13th (abolish slavery), 14th (citizenship), 15th (voting rights) Amendments
Reconstruction Amendments
Three amendments passed after the Civil War — the 13th, 14th, and 15th
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🃏 Reconstruction Amendments
The Reconstruction Amendments — 13th, 14th, 15th?
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Reconstruction (1865-1877): 13th (abolish slavery), 14th (citizenship), 15th (voting rights) Amendments
13thAbolished slavery — 1865
14thCitizenship and equal protection — 1868
15thVoting rights regardless of race — 1870
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Progressive Era
Progressive Era (1890s-1920s): reform of industrialism. Trust-busting, women's suffrage, labor rights.
Progressive Era
The reform movement that responded to the excesses of industrialization
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🃏 Progressive Era
The Progressive Era — dates and reforms?
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Progressive Era (1890s-1920s): reform of industrialism. Trust-busting, women's suffrage, labor rights.
Progressive Era — Muckrakers (Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell) exposed corruption. Trust-busting: Roosevelt broke up Standard Oil and railroad monopolies. Labor: child labor laws, 8-hour workday. 16th Amendment (income tax), 17th (direct election of senators), 19th (women's suffrage, 1920).
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Great Depression and New Deal
Great Depression (1929) → New Deal (FDR — Franklin D. Roosevelt). WWII ended the Depression, not the New Deal.
Great Depression and New Deal
The economic collapse of 1929 and FDR's response
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The Great Depression — what actually ended it?
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Great Depression (1929) → New Deal (FDR — Franklin D. Roosevelt). WWII ended the Depression, not the New Deal.
Great Depression and New Deal — Stock market crashed October 1929. Unemployment hit 25%. FDR's New Deal (1933): relief (food, jobs), recovery (economic programs), reform (banking regulations, FDIC, Social Security). WWII military spending finally ended the Depression by 1941.
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Civil Rights Movement Timeline
Civil Rights Movement: Brown v Board (1954) → Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) → Civil Rights Act (1964) → Voting Rights Act (1965)
Civil Rights Movement Timeline
Key milestones of the American Civil Rights Movement
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🃏 Civil Rights Movement Timeline
Civil Rights Movement — the key milestones in order?
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Civil Rights Movement: Brown v Board (1954) → Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) → Civil Rights Act (1964) → Voting Rights Act (1965)
1954Brown v Board — school desegregation
1955Montgomery Bus Boycott
1963March on Washington
1964Civil Rights Act
1965Voting Rights Act
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Vietnam War
Vietnam War: 1955-1975. US involvement peaked 1965-1973. First televised war — turned public opinion.
Vietnam War
America's most divisive 20th-century conflict
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🃏 Vietnam War
The Vietnam War — dates and what made it different?
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Vietnam War: 1955-1975. US involvement peaked 1965-1973. First televised war — turned public opinion.
Vietnam War — US involvement: containment of communism. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) escalated US role. Tet Offensive (1968) shocked Americans — showed US was not winning. Nixon's Vietnamization — gradual withdrawal. Saigon fell April 30, 1975. 58,000 Americans killed.
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