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Manifest Destiny
After reconstruction in the 19th century people started moving out west to live. They believed it was their God given right to move west. -
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Imperialism
The U.S. started to conquer other nations to create an empire int the 18th century. Secretary of Sate bought Alaska for $7.2 million in 1867. -
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Ulysses S. Grant
Once president, Grant brought part of his army staff to the white house. Grant allowed Radical Reconstruction to run its course in the south. -
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes was pesident at the end of reconstruction. He was the one to begin civil service reforms. -
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James Garfield
President Garfield fought against politial corruption. His precidency was cut short because he was assassinated. -
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Chester Arthur
Arthur signed the Chinese exclusion act of 1882. Arthur did not win his reelection and died a year after. -
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Grover Cleveland
Cleveland was the first president to serve two non consecutive terms. He was the first democrat elected after the civil war. -
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Benjamin Harrison
Harrison was the first one to have a "front-porch" campaign. Harrison's biggest strugle while in office was the problem with tariffs. -
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Grover Cleveland
Cleveland had to deal with a smaller scale depression. During this depression his policies were unpopular and cause his party to desert him. -
Cuban Independance
The Cubans were led by Jose Marti. Yellow journalists exaggerated stories of spanish actions in Cuba. -
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Plessy V. Ferguson
The Supreme Court decision that allowed segregation if an equal opportunity is given to both races. "Seperate but equal" was never equal. -
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William McKinley
Mckinley lead the nation to victory in the Spanish-American war. McKinley was assassinated in 1901 not allowing him to finish his term. -
de Lome Letter
The Spanish Minister wrote a letter saying that our President was weak. This letter was then stolen and published in the papers. -
U.S.S. Maine
This Warship was anchored in Havana harbor. It then exploded killing 260 American men. -
Declaration of War
This was the start of the Spanish American War. The causes were the de Lome Letter and U.S.S. Maine. -
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Spanish American War
Our Navy allowed the U.S. to control new territories all around the world. We gain control over many areas and beeff yp our military presence around the world. -
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Cuban Invasion
Roosevelt organizes a group called the rough riders to fight in Cuba. The U.S. win the battle of San Juan Hill. -
Wilmington Race Riot
Black men were attacked after voting by white men outside the government building with riffels. Fourteen black men were killed on this day. -
Treaty of Paris
This treaty ended the Spanish American War. As a result, the U.S. is established as an imperial power. -
Galveston Hurricane
This hurricane is the deadliest hurricane is U.S. history. Between 6000-12000 people were killed. -
President McKinley Assassinated
Leon Czolgosz assassinated Mckinley. Teddy Roosevelt immediately became president. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt was the youngest president in U.S. history. Roosevlet led the U.S. to have a strong foreign policy. -
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Panama Canal
After helping Panama become independent we were able to get their government to allow us to build the canal. Who ever controlled the canal could control who goes through it. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt extended the monroe doctrine with his speech about American power. he said that the United States should be the policemen of the western hemisphere. -
Roosevelt Corollary
This was an extension of the monroe doctrine. It established the U.S. as the policemen of the western hemisphere. -
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William Howard Taft
Taft did not believe in the stretching of presidential powers. Taft was so large they had to break him out of the bath tub. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factpry Fire
This fire killed 146 workers that could not get out of the building because the doors were locked. A movemnet began to increase safty regulations for businesses. -
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Woodrow Wilson
Wilson led American into WWI. He established a Federal Trade Commission to prohibit unfair business. -
Lusitania
A British passenger ship that was sunk. !28 Americans were killed. -
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The Great Migration
Black Americans migrated North and faced predjudice from white workers who were afraid the would lose their jobs. Racism stopped migration for minorities. -
Zimmerman Note
This was telegram that was intercepted by the U.S. Germany was trying to get Mexico to declare war on the U.S. -
America Enters WWI
The U.S. only had 200,000 soldiers at the start of the war. The Congress then creaed the draft system in order to have more soldiers. -
Treaty of Versailles 1919
This treaty was signed at the end of WWI. Many new nations were created and Germany was blamed for the war and had to pay a lot of money. -
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Harlem Renaissance
This was a rise in art, literature, music, drama, and dance from black Americans. Duke Ellington was a great musician during this time. -
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Warren G. Harding
William G. Harding was faced with the teapot dome scandal. He eliminated wartime controls and cut taxes. -
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Calvin Coolidge
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The Great Depression
Many Americans were homeless, jobless, and starving. Hoovervilles were formed outside the city. -
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover had to deal with the great depression. He had to cut taxes becuase of the stock market crash so he could help out everyone that lost everything. -
Stock Market Crash
Investors tried to sell everything before they lost too much it was too late. By mid November, $30 billion in wealth had dissappeared. -
The Dust Bowl
Drought struck and the prairie winds caused huge dust storms. Many farmers lost everything and left the plains. -
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Franklin D, Roosevelt
Roosevelt help his people regain faith. Roosevelt made the decision of entering WWII after the peal harbor attack. -
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Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed created Tammany Hall to use immigrants negitavtly. This group controlled all activities of a political party in an area. -
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Harry S. Truman
Truman knew little to none about the atomic bomb. Truman had to make the decision to drop the atomic bombs to end the war. -
Treaty of Versailles 1945
This treaty ended WWII. The United Nations is then created. -
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Cold War
This war wasn't really a war because there was no fighting. Every plan that was made was for if the other side attacked first. -
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Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union cut off traffic into berlin hoping to force democratic nations to surrender their sectors. U.S. airlifted supplies into the city for 327 days. -
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Dwight D, Eisenhower
Eisenhower obtained a truce we Korea. He also worked hard at easing the tensions of the cold war. -
Brown V. Board Of Education
In this case, the supreme court ruled that "seperate but equal" has no place in education. This cause integration of schools to begin. -
U-2 Incident
An American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the soviet union. They then threatened to bury the U.S. -
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John F. Kennedy
Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. JFK focused a lot of civil and equal rights. -
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
The CIA trained refugees for an invasion and take over of the island. American involvement was uncovered immediately. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson's goal was to build "A Great Society" for the American people. Johnson also was the one to thank for the space exploration. -
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixion imporved relations wit hChina and the U.S.S.R. He was the only president to ever resign. -
Nixon Resigns
Nixon was going to be impeached for a white house scandle. Before he could be impeached he resigned so he wouldnt be the only president to be impeached and removed from office. -
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Gerald R, Ford
Ford granted former president Nixon a full pardon. When it came to foreign affairs Ford had to keep the power of the U.S. and not allow another war. -
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James Carter
He was awarded the Noble Peace Prize in 2002. Carter worked to end inflation and unimployment. -
Camp David Accords
Carter got Egypt and Israel to agree to a peace treaty. It backs up the idea of unconditional support of Israel. -
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan was shot but not killed 69 days after his presidency. He wanted to achieve peace through strength. -
Air Traffic Controller Strike
After these workers went on strike for better pay, Reagan fired all of them that wouldn't return back to work. Out of 13,000 workers, 11,000 were fired. -
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George H. W. Bush
H W Bush wanted to make the U.S. a kinder and gentler nation. Bush faced a dramtically changing world as the cold war ended. -
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William J. Clinton
During Clinton's presidency the U.S. was more peacful economically well than any other time in history. Clinton was the peace keeper of the presidents. -
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George W. Bush
George W. Bush ended up being a wartime president because of the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center towers. At the same time Bush gave everyone tax cuts. -
Terror Attacks
Terrorist flew two planes into the world trade center towers in New York. Another was flown into the pentagon and one landed in a field but was supposed to go to the White House. -
Hurricane Katrina
This hurricane left most of New Orleans under water. Thousands of people were forced to move throught the south east. -
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Barack Obama
Obama creaked a health care system called Obama Care. Right now Obama is faced with the decision of how to take out ISIS and the other terrorists. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungry Assassination
He was assassinated by Gavrillo Princip. This causes a chain reaction in which all of Europe became involded. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
The bomb ruined the city and killed many people. The devastation forced the surrender of Japan.