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1
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oct 28, 1919

congress enforces prohibition

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Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the 18th amendment (prohibition)

2
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Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market crashes

A

in the aftermath of black tuesday, america and the rest of the world spiraled into the great depression

3
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nov 1 1765

parliament enacts stamp act

A

taxation without representation

4
Q

nov 4 1979

Iranians Strom US Embassy

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radical Islamic fundamentalists took 90 hostages

5
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nov 5, 1940

FDR re-elected President

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Roosevelt was elected to a third term with the promos of maintaining American neutrality as far as foreign wars were concerned

6
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nov 6 1860

Abraham Lincoln elected president

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the announcement of Lincoln’s victory signaled the secession of the southern states

7
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Nov 7 1972

Nixon re-elected president

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watergate scandal ultimately proved to be nixon’s undoing, and he resigned the presidency as a result of it in August 1974

8
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Nov 8 1960

John F. Kennedy elected president

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1) Bay of Pigs – failed to give air support
2) Nikita Khrushchev bullied kennedy during summit meeting
3) Berlin wall
4) deteriorating situation in south east Asia – civil war in Vietnam

9
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nov 11 1918

world war 1 ends

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the peace treaty that officially ended the conflict (treaty of versailles of 1919) forced punitive terms on Germany that established Europe and laid the groundwork for WW2

10
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nov 13, 1909

Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts

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Roosevelt concluded that Taft had so badly betrayed the ethics of conservation that he had to be ousted. Roosevelt mounted an unsuccessful challenge to Taft on the independent Bull Moose ticket in 1912.

11
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nov 15, 1777

Articles of confederation adopted

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could
raise armies
declare war
sign treaties

couldn’t
No taxes
No regulating trade or collecting tariffs

12
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Nov 18 1987

Congress issues final report on Iran-Contra scandal

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funds from secret weapon sales to Iran were used to finance the contra war against Sandinista government in Nicaragua

13
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Nov 19, 1863

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

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the speech reflected his refined belief that the civil war was not just a fight to save the Union, but a struggle for freedom and equality for all.