Major Events in U.S. History - Part 2
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1. The U.S. entered World War I. 1877
2. The Reconstruction Era ended. 1914
3. U.S. soldiers massacred Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. 1865
4. The Constitution was amended to guarantee women the right to vote; Prohibition began (the sale and transport of alcohol was made illegal). 1929
5. The New York stock market crashed, beginning a long economic downturn known as the Great Depression. 1867
6. World War I began. 1898
7. The Social Security Act was passed. 1935
8. The American Civil War ended; the Constitution was amended to prohibit slavery; the Reconstruction Era began. 1917
9. The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia. 1933
10. Prohibition ended (the sale and transport of alcohol was again declared to be legal). 1861
11. The Spanish-American War began and ended; the U.S. annexed Hawaii. 1913
12. World War I ended. 1918
13. The Constitution was amended to permit taxing income from any source, and to allow the popular election of Senators; the Federal Reserve Act was passed. 1890
14. The American Civil War began. 1920



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