Events in U.S. History by Synonyms

Can you guess these U.S. events and periods, when most of their words have been replaced by synonyms?

To help you out, each event is labeled with a decade

Some events feature reordered sentence structure

Not all words are exact synonyms

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Decade	Synonyms	Answer
1770s	Announcement of Freedom	Declaration of Independence
1780s	Democratic Meeting	Constitutional Convention
1790s	Tennessee and North Carolina Verdicts	Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
1800s	Louis-Related Acquisition	Louisiana Purchase
1810s	Decade of Favorable Pleasures	Era of Good Feelings
1820s	Show-Me State Bargain	Missouri Compromise
1830s	Weepy Pathway	Trail of Tears
1840s	Embody Fate	Manifest Destiny
1850s	Ensanguined Tornado Alley	Bleeding Kansas
1860s	Liberation Edict	Emancipation Proclamation
1870s	Jamie Bird Mandates	Jim Crow Laws
1880s	Gold-Plated Era	Gilded Age
1890s	Castilian-Patriot Conflict	Spanish-American War
1900s	Unadulterated Grub and Narcotic Bill	Pure Food and Drug Act
1910s	Initial Global Aggression	World War One
1920s	Screaming Young Adults	Roaring Twenties
1930s	Big Sad	Great Depression
1940s	New York City Scheme	Manhattan Project
1950s	Joseon Skirmish	Korean War
1960s	Spectacular League	Great Society
1970s	Fish Egg against Wallow	Roe v. Wade
1980s	Cosmic Plane Contender Catastrophe	Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1990s	Bleachedfluid Controversy	Whitewater Scandal
2000s	Grandiose Stagnation	Great Recession
2010s	Steve Cyclone	Hurricane Harvey

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