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



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