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Menifest Destiny
moving westward after reconstruction. Our "God given right" to move westward -
Impearialism
The US developed impearialist ideas in the late 1800s -
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Ulysses S. Grant Presidency
Former commanding general of the Union Army. Got elected as an American hero -
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Rutherford B. Hayes Presidency
Won against Samuel Tilden. Served one term as he promised in his inagural speech -
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James A. Garfield
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Chester Arthur Presidency
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Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
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Grover Cleveland Presidency
Cleveland expanded the Civil Service and ended wasteful government programs. But an economic depression wrecked his second term.
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Compromise of 1887
By the 1870s, support was waning for the racially egalitarian policies of Reconstruction, as many southern whites had resorted to intimidation and violence to keep blacks from voting and restore white supremacy in the region. Beginning in 1873, a series of Supreme Court decisions limited the scope of Reconstruction-era laws and federal support for the so-called Reconstruction Amendments, particularly the 14th and 15th, which gave African Americans the status of citizenship and the protection of -
Populist Party
The Populist movement was a revolt by farmers in the South and Midwest against the Democratic and Republican Parties for ignoring their interests and difficulties. For over a decade, farmers were suffering from crop failures, falling prices, poor marketing, and lack of credit facilities. -
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Grover Cleveland second Term
Cleveland expanded the Civil Service and ended wasteful government programs. But an economic depression wrecked his second term.
Cleveland is the only President to be elected to two non consecutive terms. -
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William McKinley Presidency
McKinley led the U.S. during the Spanish-American War. The U.S. won several important overseas colonies.
Only moments after handing a girl his "lucky" red carnation, McKinley was assassinated. -
Spaanish American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Battle of San Juan Hill
The Battle of San Juan Hill, also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights, was a decisive battle of the Spanish–American War. The San Juan heights was a north-south running elevation about two kilometers east of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. -
Hawaii became US territory
A revolution was organized by John Stevens, the US minister to Hawaii, and was supported by marines -
Treaty of Paris
Spanish and American diplomats met in Paris to argue over the terms of the peace agreement that would end the Spanish-American War. -
Galveston Hurricane
The Hurricane of 1900, also known as the Great Galveston Hurricane, made landfall on September 8, 1900, in Galveston, Texas, in the United States. -
McKinley assasination
On this day in 1901, President William McKinley is shaking hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approaches him and fires two shots into his chest. The president rose slightly on his toes before collapsing forward, saying “be careful how you tell my wife.” -
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Theodore Roosevelt Presidency
Roosevelt was one of the most activist Presidents. His many accomplishments included the building of the Panama Canal, cracking down on business monopolies, and creating many national parks.
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San Fransico Earthquake
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI. Devastating fires broke out in the city that lasted for several days. -
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William Howard Taft Presidency
Taft was the only president to have served in both the President and Cheif Justice of the United States -
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Woodrow Wilson Presidency
Leader during World War 1. Created the Progressive Reforms to try to build new world order. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act (ch. 6, 38 Stat. 251, enacted December 23, 1913, 12 U.S.C. ch. 3) is an Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes -
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World War 1
World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -
Germany invaded Belguim
Germany invades Belgium to get into France -
Clayton Act
An amendment passed by the U.S. Congress in 1914 that provides further clarification and substance to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. The Clayton Antitrust Act attempts to prohibit certain actions that lead to anti-competitiveness. -
Russia withdraws from WW1
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Treaty of Versilles of 1919
The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
Electon of 1920
Warren G Harding won the Presidency, promising a "return to normalcy" -
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Warren G. Harding Presidency
Teapot Dome Scandel was the main thing that happened during his presidency -
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Calvin Coolidge Presidency
Led the country through most of the roaring 20's. Believed in laissez-faire. many of his policies led to the Great Depression -
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Herbert Hoover Presidency
Hoover Dam -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency
Became president during the great depression. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" -
Indian Reorganization Act
The Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934, or the Wheeler-Howard Act, was U.S. federal legislation that dealt with the status of Native Americans (known in law as American Indians or Indians). -
The Dust Bowl
Ranchers and farmers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, driven by the American agricultural ethos of expansion and a sense of autonomy from nature, aggressively exploited the land and set up the region for ecological disaster. Most early settlers used the land for livestock grazing until agricultural mechanization combined with high grain prices during World War I enticed farmers to plow up millions of acres of natural grass cover to plant wheat. -
Hitler annexed Austria
Hitlr annexed Austria saying that he was helping Germans in the country. -
Britain declares war on Germany
Germany invaded Poland, France and Britain declare war on Germany. -
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WWII
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier. -
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Japanese general Tojo launched a surprise attack on the naval base hoping to preserve their empire in the pacific. -
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Harry S Truman Presidency
Was Vice President before becoming President. Made the decision to drop the bombs on Japan -
Treaty of Versailles 1945
Ended WWII; major arms reduction in the Axis countries -
General agreements on Trade and Tariffs
GATT' A treaty created following the conclusion of World War II. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was implemented to further regulate world trade to aide in the economic recovery following the war. -
Executive order 9981
Made by Harry Truman after WWII; completely desegregated the military -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Built the Insterstate Highway System. Helped ease the cold war -
Interstate Highway systems
The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, Interstate Freeway System, Interstate System, or simply the Interstate) is a network of controlled-access highways that forms a part of the National Highway System of the United States. -
Suez Crisis 1956
The Suez Crisis, also named the Tripartite Aggression, and the Kadesh Operation was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by Britain and France. -
U-2 Incident
The 1960 U-2 incident happened during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down from Soviet airspace. -
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John F. Kennedy Presidency
Youngest Man ever to become president. Assasinated in Texas. "Ask not what your country ca do for you, but what you can do for your country" -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Playa Girón, was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. -
Berlin Crisis
The Berlin Crisis of 1961 (4 June – 9 November 1961) was the last major politico-military European incident of the Cold War about the occupational status of the German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency
Bacame president after JFK was assasinated. Planned to build a Great Society -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Helped protect voting rights for African Americans -
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Richard Nixon Presidency
Watergate Scandel. Ended fighting in Vietnam. Improved relations in USSR and China -
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Gerald Ford Presidency
Became president when Nixon resigned. Nobody really liked him. -
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Jimmy Carter
Running against Ford. increased jobs by nearly 8 million by the end of his presidency. -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. The two framework agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. -
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Ronald Reagan Presidency
Known as the Grandfather President. Survived an atempted assasination. Created "Reaganomics". -
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George Bush Presidency
Wanted to make the U.S. a "kinder and gentler nation". -
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Persian Gulf War
The Gulf War, codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war.
August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991 -
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Bill Clinton Presidency
Took office after the end of th Cold War. Known for his whit house affair, and his almost impeachment -
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George W, Bush Presidency
Declared War of Terror. Disrupted the Taliban under the rule of Osama Bin Laden -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the eleventh named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States -
Election of 2008
Barack Obama becomes the first African American President -
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Barack Obama Presidency
Captured and killed Osama Bin Laden. Currently the US President -
Election of 1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected as the US President