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



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