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



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