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



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