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Purchase of Alaska
Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. -
Invention of the telephone
The first telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell. -
Compromise of 1877
Settled the 1876 presidential election -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Prohibited chinese labor immigration for 10 years. -
Pendleton Act
Decided that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. -
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Grover Cleveland
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Interstate commerce act of 1887
United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry -
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Benjamin Harrison
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Sherman Antitrust Act
Tried to outlaw and destroy trusts -
Mckinley Tariff
Put a tax on all goods manufactured by a foreign country. -
Organization of the populist party
Also called the "Peoples party" -
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Grover Cleveland
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Plessy v Ferguson
Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". -
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William McKinley
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Spanish American war
A conflict between Spain and the United States -
Wilmington race riot
14 black men where killed by white men after voting -
Adoption of the open door policy
Allowed free trade for foreign nations anywhere in China -
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Roosevelt Corollary
Theodore 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 -
San Francisco earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earth quake that rocked San Fransico -
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William Howard Taft
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Triangle shirtwaist factory fire
killed 146 workers and started a movement to increase saftey regulations for factories. -
Start of WWI
Archduke Frans Ferdnand of Austria-Hungary was assinated by a serbian terrorist. This set off a chain reaction in which almost all of Europe became involved. -
Completion of the panama canal
A way to ship goods between the Atlantic and Pacific quickly and cheaply -
The Great Migration
Black American citizens migrate Northward to work in cities such as New York and Chicago -
End of WWI
Treaty of Versaillles ended the war. It created new nations including Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia, and Finland.New lands were given to France and England. -
Treaty of Versailles - 1919
Created new nations including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. -
Scopes monkey trial
John T. Scopes was tried for teaching Darwin evolution in a high school classroom. -
Great Depression
Many Americans were homeless, jobless & starving. The unemployment rate was 25% -
Stock market crash
Also called "Black Tuesday", The bottom fell out of the market and investors tried to sell off everything before prices fell too far. $30 billion in wealth had disappeared -
Lend Lease Act
The president could lend or lease goods to anyone whose defence was vital to the United States. -
Cold war
Both the US and the soviet union will spy and prepare for war even though they never get close to fighting. -
Suez Crisis
9 day conflict between Israel and Egypt over control of the suez canal. England and France helped Israel -
Hungarian Invasion
Hungarian rebals fight against the USSR forces, fighting against the communist forces that had been there since the end of WWII -
U-2 Incident
American U-2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union. Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev threatened "we will bury you." -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Fidel Castro takes power of Cuba in 1959 and aligns with the communists. CIA train refugees for an invasion and takeover of the island. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviets had placed missles capable of reaching the US in Cuba. Kennedy blockaded the island and forced the soviets to agree ti disnabtle the sites. -
Jim Crow laws abolished
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union cut off trade into Berlin hoping to force democratic nations to surrendor their sectors.
