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



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