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



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