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Roosevelt took presidency
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
s a landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law (or "competition law") passed by Congress in 1890 under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. -
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American Expansionism
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The cuban Rebellion
Events in Cuba soon paved the war for a far more spectular display of American power. An Island nation off the coast of Florida, Cuba first rebelled against Spain in 1868. After ten years of fighting the rebels, Spain finally put in place a few meager reforms to appease the Cuban people. -
Progressive era
Goals of Progressives: Americans were inspired by Muckrakers novels and newspaper accounts and sickened by what they read. Many Americans became inspired to take action by joining reform organizations. Reform groups included nativists, prohibitionists, purity crusaders, and settlement house workers.
Muckrakers were journalists that alerted the public to wrongdoing in politics and business. -
Populist party
In 1890 the various samll political parties associated with the Famers' Alliances began to enjoy success mat the ballot box, especially in the South. In 1891 the Alliances founded the People's party, a new national party that demanded radical changes in federal economic and social policies. The Populists, as followers of the new party were known, built their platform around the following issues. 1: They called for an increased circulation of money. 2: They urged the unlimited minting of silver. -
Hawaii invasion
Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. The coup led to the dissolving of the Kingdom of Hawaii two years later, its annexation as a U.S. territory and eventual admission as the 50th state in the union -
Dethroning Queen Liliuokalani
Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. The coup led to the dissolving of the Kingdom of Hawaii two years later, its annexation as a U.S. territory and eventual admission as the 50th state in the union. -
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Building of the panama canal
president Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal, a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Gold standard
established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism (which had allowed silver in exchange for gold). It was signed by President William McKinley. -
Sitting bull
Sitting Bull is murdered in a confrontation at the Standing Rock Reservation when Lakota policemen attempt to arrest him as part of a federal crackdown on the Ghost Dance. After that Federal troops massacre the Lakota Chief Big Foot and his 350 followers at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation in a confrontation fueled by the governmen's determination to stop the spread of the Ghost Dance among the tribes. -
Platt Amendment
Claimed to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention, however permitting American involvement in its affairs. Repealed in 1934. -
Panama zoned acquried
under the terms of the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 by which Panama granted to the United States, in return for annual payments, the sole right to operate and control the canal and about 5 miles (8 km) of land on each side. -
Treaty of new hamsphire
Roosevelt acts as a mediator to end the Russian-Japanese war. -
Splitting of the Republican Party
Roosevelt creates the Bull Moose Progressive Party, splitting the Republican votes ensuring Tafts defeat, Woodrow Wilson wins the election for the Democrats. -
World war 1
World War I was a major conflict fought between 1914 and 1918. Other names for World War I include the First World War, WWI, the War to End All Wars, and the Great War. World War I was fought between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. The main members of the Allied Powers were France, Russia, and Britain. -
Treaty of Versilles
the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It also ended World War 1 -
19th amendment
The 19th amendment is a very important amendment to the constitution as it gave women the right to vote in 1920. You may remember that the 15th amendment made it illegal for the federal or state government to deny any US citizen the right to vote. -
The Wall Street Crash
the greatest stock market crash in the history of the United States. It happened in the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday October 29, 1929, now known as Black Tuesday. The crash started the Great Depression and stock prices did not reach the same level until late 1954. -
Dust bowl
More and more dust storms had been blowing up in the years leading up to that day. This effected agriculture starting drought in the South and West of America. -
World war 2
when the “Marco Polo Bridge Incident” led to a prolonged war between Japan and China, and September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazi state in retaliation. -
Pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Hiroshima
a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the deaths of 40,000 more. -
Cold War
During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies against the Axis powers. However, the relationship between the two nations was a tense one. ... In such a hostile atmosphere, no single party was entirely to blame for the Cold War; in fact, some historians believe it was inevitable. -
Hawaii joined the USA
Joined as the 50th It is one of the smallest states, and it is the only state made up entirely of islands. The islands are the tops of volcanoes, some of them still active. -
la coubre explosion
crammed with munitions for Castro's militia, blew up in Havana harbor it caused the greatest furor in Cuba since the U.S.S. Maine went down in the same harbor 62 years ago. This time, however, anti-American feeling was whipped into a frenzy by Premier Fidel Castro. -
Cuban Invasion
1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.