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



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