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14th Amendment
An amendment allowing no person to be free. No more slaves of any kind. All persons had an equal shot at life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. -
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Manifest Destiny
The westward expansion of the United States was supposed to happen. It was meant to be and it was DeStInEy. -
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Reconstruction
The time period following US Civil War. The country needed to rebuild itself and take care of all Americans. -
Welcome Alaska
US Secretary of State William Seward negotiated with Spain to gain Alaska -
15th Amendment Passed
Blacks gained the right to vote. This did not mean that they would not get beaten up for voting, but they gained the right. -
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Gilded Age
period of rapid economic growth -
Graham Invents Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the first telephone. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle in present-day Montana where Lt. Col. Custer and all of his troops were killed by Lakota and Sioux Indians -
Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani
Overthrowing Hawaiian Queen. -
Ku Klux Klan Created
Group of whites creating an African-American hate group -
Dawes Act
Act that distributed land to individual Native Americans in hopes to make them "responsible farmers". -
Wounded Knee Massacre
Thousands of Lakota Native Americans were slaughtered by United States Army in the Battle of the Wounded Knee. -
Carnegie Steel Founded
Steel created launching one of the first and most powerful monopolies in American history and making Andrew Carnegie one of the most well-known American businessmen. -
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Progressivism
social activism and political reform -
Plessy V Ferguson
Court battle stating that segregation did not violate the constitution. -
Spanish American War
Spain and America fighting over Cuba -
The Jungle
Article exposing the bad parts of the meat production industry -
Meat Inspection Act
Act requiring meat processing plants to be inspected -
Prohibition Protests
Protests to ban alcohol. -
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Imperialism
Expanding US and WW1 -
Trust Busting
Breaking up trusts, specifically Standard Oil -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Fire in a shirt factory that launched the labor rights movement -
Building of Panama Canal
Building of canal to be able to go through central America -
Keating-Owens Child Labor Act
Act setting boundaries for kids working -
19th Amendment
Women can vote.