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Manifest Destiny
19th-century expansion of the US throughout the American continents -
Trail of Tears
Lots of Native Americans were moved from their homes and had to walk 1000's of miles to get to a reservation. -
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Reconstruction
Trying to rebuild America in the way the white people want it -
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U.S. Imperialism
government getting more power by taking over other people -
Lincoln
Pres. Lincoln was assassinated -
14 th Amendment
Free rights for all except women -
Rockefeller and standard oil
Became richest man alive made a bunch of money -
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Guilded Age
Looks good on the outside really crapy on the inside -
15 th Amendment
Gave black men the right to vote -
Battle of Little Bighorn
battle in Montana by Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry and Native Americans -
Dawes Act
break up of tribal lands by selling land to the whites -
Wounded Knee Creek Massacre
US army killed Close to 300 Lakota Indians -
Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani
We wanted Hawaii and we took it cause we get what we want -
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Progressivism
A movement that wanted to solve peoples problems -
Explosion of the USS Maine
We were parked by Cuba and it blew up so we started pointing fingers and fighting broke out -
Spanish-American War
The U.S. wanted texas so we took it from Mexico and we took it by force. With TR and his rough riders -
Carnegie Steel founded
Biggest steel company ever -
The Jungle
No mandated and stuff was produced with really bad quality -
TR
Teddy Rosevelt became pres. -
Trust-busting/breakup of Standard Oil
People thought that standard oil had too much money so they put an end to it. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
People died because the building didn't have the correct safety precautions -
Building of Panama Canal
The US parked a couple of warships and got our way -
19 th Amendment
Women can vote -
Prohibition Protests
No more alcohol -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Kids cant work long hours, cant sell stuff made by the kids -
Plessy V.Ferguson
blacks and whites still didn't get along but they were equal but they still had different shops that they shopped and "separate but equal" was the line used to describe it.