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Imperalist Ideas
policy of conquering other nations -
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James Buchanan
Democratic party -
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Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson
Union Political Party -
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Compromise of 1877
Concessions given to the South post reconstruction -
Interstate Commerce Act
required railroad rates to be "reasonable and just" -
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James Garfield
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Chester A. Arthur
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Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibited chinese labor immigration for 10 years -
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Grover Cleveland
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Benjamin Harrison
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
tried to outlaw and destroy trusts -
Mckinley Tariff
put a tax on all goods maufactured by a foreign country -
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Grover Cleveland
2nd term -
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William Mckinley
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De Lome Letter
Spanish minister to the US wrote a letter calling Mckinley weak. -
U.S.S Maine
warship achored in Havana -
Spanish American War
navy allows US to control new territories around the world -
Wilmington Race Riot
Black men were attacked after voting by white men outside the gov't building. -
Open Door Policy
Sec. of State John Hay promated this policy. -
Assanation of Mckinley
Teddy Roosevelt became president -
Galveston Hurricane
Hurricane in Texas, one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Panama Canal
U.S wanted to build a canal but the Columbian gov't would not allow it. We helped Columbia gain their independence and then engotiate a deal. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt extened the Monroe Doctrine. -
San Francisco Earthquake
7.8 magnitude, killing 3000 people and destroying 80% of the city. -
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William H. Taft
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Federal Reserve Act
created 12 districts and each had its own federal bank -
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Woodrow Wilson
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Lusitania
British passenger ship was sunk -
The Great Migration
Black Americans migrate toward the north. -
ZImmerman Telegram
telegram intercept from Germany to Mexico trying to ally with Mexico -
Treaty of Versailles
signed at the end of WWI -
18th amendment
prohibited the sale, manufacturer, and transportation of alcohol -
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Warren Harding
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Calvin Coolidge
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Herbert Hoover
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Great Depression
Stock market crashes and people become unemployed and broke. -
The Dust Bowl
Drought struck and strong winds caused huge dust storms -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Good Neighbor Policy
American Position -
Acquisitions
Hitler annexed Austria and he forced Czech to agree with the annexation -
Munich Pact
Allowed Hitler to invade the Sudetenland if he would stop there -
Non-Agression Pact
Germany signed the Non-Agression Pact with Russia -
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Harry S. Truman
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Treaty of Versailles
ended WWII -
Victory in the Pacific
Victory was achieved after the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
GATT
General Agreements of Trades and Tariffs -
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Suez Crisis
9 day conflict between Israel and Egypt over the Suez Canal. -
Bay of Pigs
refugees invade and takeover the island of Cuba -
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John F. Kennedy
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Cuban Missle Crisis
Soviets placed missles capable of reaching the U.S. in Cuba -
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Lyndon Johnson
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Tet offensive
Viet Cong led suprise attack on majorcities in Vietnam -
Civil Rights Act
prohibits discrimmination for housing based off any factor -
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Ricahrd Nixon
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General Ford
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Jimmy Carter
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Ronald Reagan
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George H. W. Bush
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Persian Gulf War
US invaded Iraq stopping theeir invasion of Kuwait -
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Bill Clinton
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Foreign Policy
U.S. invovled in peacekeeping missions in Bosnia in 1996 -
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George W. Bush
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terror attack of the twin towers
2 hijacked planes were flown into the twin towers -
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Barack Obama
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Invasion of Poland, France, and Britain
started WWII
