Milestones in American history

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Hasday, Judy L Sonneborn, Liz Renehan, Edward Crompton, Samuel Willard Lange, Brenda Davenport, John McNeese, Tim Slavicek, Louise Chipley Mountjoy, Shane Woog, Adam Wagner, Heather Lehr Malaspina, Ann Reis, Ronald A Abrams, Dennis
 
1)  The Civil Rights Act of 1964: an end to racial segregation
2)  The electric light: Thomas Edison's illuminating invention
3)  The Monroe doctrine: the cornerstone of American foreign policy
4)  Sputnik/Explorer 1: the race to conquer space
5)  The Stock Market Crash of 1929: the end of prosperity
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6)  The Transcontinental Railroad: the gateway to the West
7)  The Treaty of Paris: the precursor to a new nation
8)  The Wright brothers: first in flight
9)  The attack on Pearl Harbor: the United States enters World War II
10)  The California gold rush: transforming the American West
11)  The Louisiana Purchase: growth of a nation
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12)  The prohibition era: temperance in the United States
13)  The sinking of the USS Maine: declaring war against Spain
14)  The acquisition of Florida: America's twenty-seventh state
15)  The Alamo: the battle for Texas
16)  Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone: the invention that changed communication
17)  The Donner Party: a doomed journey
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18)  The Emancipation Proclamation: ending slavery in America
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19)  The Erie Canal: linking the Great Lakes
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20)  Manifest destiny: westward Expansion
21)  The Oregon Trail: pathway to the West
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22)  The outbreak of the Civil War: a nation tears apart
23)  The Pony Express: bringing mail to the American West
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24)  The robber barons and the Sherman Anti-trust Act: reshaping American business
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25)  The great Black migrations: from the rural south to the urban north
26)  The Internment of Japanese Americans During World War II: detention of American citizens
27)  The raid on Harpers Ferry: John Brown's rebellion
28)  The Scopes monkey trial: the debate over evolution
29)  The Underground Railroad: the journey to freedom
30)  Boston Tea Party: colonists protest the British government
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Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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32)  The Great Depression and the New Deal: America's economy in crisis
33)  The invention of the moving assembly line: a revolution in manufacturing
34)  The McCarthy era: Communists in America
35)  The Salem witchcraft trials: hysteria in Colonial America