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Imerialism
Policy of conquering other nations to create an empire.
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The Guilded Age 1870-1896
"showy but corrupt"
movement of reform during the reign of monolopies and robber barrons. -
Telephone
Invented by Alexander Gram Bell
allowed for easier and quicker communication amond the rail road. -
Compromise of 1877
Given to the South post reconstruction.
Pulled US federal troups out of state politics in South. -
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Rutherford B. Hayes President
19th President helped in the Compromise of 1877, -
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James A. Garfield President
Didnt do much he died shortly into his presidency. -
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Chester Arthur President
Helped set up the Pendelton Act and was the 21st president. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of !882
Americans feared a Japanse takeover.
Prohibited Chinese labor immeragion for 10 years. -
Pendleton Act
Set up civil service exams to get in public office. -
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Grover Cleveland President
Helped with the regulations of the GAR and 22nd president. -
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Benjamin Harrison President
23rd President and helped with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. -
Book "How the Other half Lives"
Written by Jacob Riis.
Riis brought out how rich the robber barons were but the people who worked for them were barely surviving and had no money. -
Sherman Anitrust Act
Tried to outlaw and destroy trust (eliminating competition)
Was not very effictive and hard to enforce. -
McKinely Tariff
Put a tax on all goods manifactured by a foreign country.
Goal was to put an emphasis on buying American made goods. -
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Grover Cleveland
Also 24th president and worked with the Lifes Insurance Industry. -
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William McKinley President
25th President and helped with the Treaty of Paris. -
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Spanish American War
US helped Cuba get independence to get Spain out of Western Hemishphere.
(boat/note) got us in to the war. -
Wilmington Race Riot
Black men were attacked by white men after voting.
14 Black men were killed. -
Open Door Policy
Created because US wanted an influence on China but didnt have access.
Led to conflict in China and rivials with other large Imperial powers. -
Manifest Destiny
In 19th Century.
"'Our God given right to move westward" -
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Theodore Roosevelt President
26th President, formed the Rough Riders, and the Teddy Bear is named after him. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Theodore Roosevelt extended the Monroe Doctrine with his speach about American power.
He said the US should be the "policemen" of the Western Heisphere. -
Book "The Jungle"
Written by Upton Sinclair.
Upton went undercover working in meat processing plants and wrote down all he saw. The places were digusting and this is now why we have food regulation laws. -
Henry Ford Model T
Henry Ford made cars using the assembly line.
This way he could make so many of the cars that the price was affordable for every day Americans. -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Civil rights organization founded to fight prejudice, lynching, and Jim Crow segreation laws. -
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William Howard Taft President
27th President and Govener of the Phillipines. -
Election of 1912
Republican party was split in half by Taft and Roosevelt.
Willison won 435 electoral votes and the election. -
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Woodrow Wilson President
Was president during WWI and helped found the League of Nations. -
World War I
Also known as "The Great War."
War started between two counrrries then had the domino effect and became global. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Germany sank a Britian passanger ship that had americans on board.
One of the reasons America got into WWI. -
Treaty of Versailles 1919
Ended Wor;d War I.
Problems to the treaty led to World War II.
Russia was left out of all the discussion, German resisted the war-gilt, and there were problems in Asia. -
The great Migration 1916-1970
Blacks moved from the racist South out West and up North.
In search of jobs and better tratment. -
Harlem Renaissance 1920-19-30's
Rise in art, literature, music, dance, and drama from black Americans.
Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote.
Led to flappers (women who wore tighter clothes and had short hair) -
Womens Suffrage
Granted all American women the right to vote.
Part of the 19th Admendment. -
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Warren G. Harding President
29th president and was apart of the Teapot Dome Scandal. -
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Calvin Coolige President
30th president and was apart of the Immigration Act of 1924. -
The Great Depression
Stock market crashed, lasted for several years.
Unemployement was 25% people were homless, jobless, and starving. -
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Herbert Hoover President
31st president, Stock Market Crash and Great drepresion started. -
The Dust Bowel 1930'S
Farmers couldn't grow enough crops to keep themself out of debt.
Many farmers had to move to the city to support their familys. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Raised tariff of 20,00 different goods to protect production of American goods.
Led to many boycotts and this can still happen today. -
Election of 1932
FDR (democrat) won over Hoover after pledging a "New Deal" for Americans. -
The Holocaust
German dictator Adolf Hitler blamed Jews for the countries problems.
He created a plan to create a master race and killed over 6million Jews. -
New Deal
FDR's plan that created jobs and agencies.
During and helped bring us out of The Great depression -
Good Neighbor Policy
Isolationist idea that the United States would stay out of the affires of other countries.
Many people approved because they felt the focus should be on US economy. -
World War II
Also known as "The War to End all Wars."
Germany and Italy dictators were trying to control the world. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt President
Got us out of the Great Depression with the New Deal. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes flew over one of the biggest US naval bases and bombed ships and planes.
More than 2,500 American lives were claimed. This led to the dropping of the Atomic bombs. -
Treaty of Versailles 1945
Ended World War II.
United Nations is formed, there is a major arms reduction in Axis countries, and the atomic age began. -
Atomic Bombs
US dropped 2 Atomic Bombs on Japan
1 on the city Hiroshima
1 on the city Nagasaki -
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Harry S. Truman President
Was president during WWII and dropped the Atomic Bombs. -
Cold War 1947-1991
Between the Soviet Union and United States about who was the "super power."
No actualy fighting occured -
Korean War
Also known as the "forgotten war"
Between North and South Korea after North Korea became communist. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower President
Was the NATO Commander and president during Korean War. -
Vietnam War
Between North and South Vietnam.
US helped South Vietnam to help stop the spread of comminusm. -
Suez Crisis
9 day conflict between Isreal and Egypt of the controll of the Suez Canal.
England, France and US backed Isreal in the situation. -
U-2 Spy Plane Incident
American U-2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union.
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev threatned "we will burry you." -
Bay of Pigs 1961
Fidel Casto takes power of Cuba amd they allign wth Soviet Union.
CIA trains refugess to try and kill Castro. -
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John F. Kennedy President
President during the Cuban Missle Crisis. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union gave Cuba Missiles that could reach the US.
Led to the siging of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson President
President during the Vietnam War and helped create Medicare. -
Jim Crow Laws
In the South after civil war, enforced to keep blacks from voting,
Ended in 1965 -
Voting Rights of 1965
Helped protect voting rights for black on the Sate level. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibitis discrimination for housing based on any factor.
No withholding loans based on color. -
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Richard Nixon President
Was so called worst president ever and was almost impeached. -
Colombian Anti-Drug Intervention
War on drugs declared by President Nixon.
Goal was to stop trafficking of Cocaine into the US. -
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Gerald Ford President
Was big in the Navy and apart of the watergate story. -
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Jimmy Carter President
Was apart of the Health Care reforms and with building the Panama Canal. -
Camp David Accords
Jimy Carter booked a deal between Egypt and Isreal leaders.
Helped back up the idea that the US will help makes deals to keep peace. -
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Ronald Reagan President
Was an actor and apart of the military before becoming president. -
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George Bush President
President during the Persian Gulf War and during the fall of the Soviet Union. -
Persian Gulf War 1991
United States invaded Iraq to stop the invasio of Kuwait.
US did this to keep control of oil and trade with that area. -
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Bill Clinton President
Helped in the intervention in Hati and in the bombing of Laden training camps in Afghanistan. -
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement encouraged trade between North American countries.
Caused a lot of jobs to move to countries with little to no labor laws. -
GATT
General Agreement on Trades and Tariffs.
Where many conutries came together and agree on fair tariff rates.
Becames the world trade organization which still exists today. -
Terror Attacks of 9/11
2 planes hit each of the World Trade Center buildings.
1 crashed in a field headed toward the White House
1 Hit the Pentagon -
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George W. Bush President
Started the War in Iraq and demanded War on Terrorism. -
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Barack Obama President
Started a health care reforem and the CARS program,