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



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