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Helen Hunt
Helen hunt in the 19th century was a writer and a poet who then became and activist who fought for the rights of native Americans. She worked to improve the treatment of them and get the freedom and equality that she believed they deserved. -
Bessemer Process
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron -
Chinese
In the 19th century the chinese were used to work jobs that nobody wanted to work. People wanted this because they would work for a small amount of money. There jobs mainly remained in working in the mines. -
Robber Barons
robber Barons a noble who robbed travelers passing through his lands. a ruthlessly powerful U.S. capitalist or industrialist of the late 19th century considered to have become wealthy by exploiting natural resources, corrupting legislators, or other unethical means. -
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Transforming the west
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Homestead Act
The homestead act was signed in may of 1862. THe act opened settlement in the western united states. If the people were willing to move to the west the were given 160 acres of free land of there own choosing. This encouraged people to move to the west. -
killing buffalo
the natives that lived in the west and whites did not get along. The main source of life to the natives were the buffalo so the white hunters decided to take them out. They used only their hides and left the rest to rot. Within ten years the buffalo were almost wiped out. -
Cowboys
A cowboy in the 19th century was a cattle herder in north america. They traveled around the country tending to the cattle and make sure they had the food and nutrition to survive and make good meat for us to eat. -
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Becoming an Industrial Power
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transcontinental railroad
the railroad was broke up into two parts which were the eastern part and the union pacific. the railroad was 1087 miles long. Abraham Lincoln was the founder of the union pacific end of the rail road. -
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornellius Vanderbilt was also known as Commodore Vanderbilt. He was an american business magnate And philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. -
Red River War
Te red river war was a military campaign to remove many native american tribes form the southern plains. It resulted in a united states victory and ended the Texas indian wars. -
Farmers Alliance
The Farmers' Alliance was an organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers. The Northern or Northwestern Alliance sought to protect farmers from industrial monopolies and promote regulations on commerce and tax reform. Branches of the farmers' movement formed the Ocala Demands in 1890. -
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Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a major philanthropist that came up with a way to mass produce steel. this was a big deal at the time because steel could only be produced in very small amounts. Now buildings and other structures could be made out of steal. -
Knights of Labor
Knights of Labor , officially Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. Its most important leaders were Terence V. Powderly and step-brother Joseph Bath. -
Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt Jackson was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor -
John Rockefeller
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American industrialist John D. Rockefeller was born July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York. He built his first oil refinery near Cleveland and in 1870 incorporated the Standard Oil Company. By 1882 he had a near-monopoly of the oil business in the U.S., but his business practices led to the passing of antitrust laws -
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show
The show was started by Buffalo Bill In the 19th century. It gave the people something that could represent what the wild west was like even though the show was very over dramatic. They had shooting Indians fights and other rodeo kind of events. This show painted the picture of what the west was like. -
Kodak Camera
The Kodak introduced in May 1888 first commercially successful box camera for roll film the advertising slogan being You press the button we do the rest. The Kodak Brownie, a long lasting series of classical box cameras using roll film. -
Labor Unions
Labor unions during the late 1800s and the early 1900s were unsuccessful in improving work conditions because of government intervention. The United States government usually supported the businesses instead of the workers/labor unions because they increased the national wealth. -
Blacklists
Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority, compiling a blacklist of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as not being acceptable to those making the list. -
Nativism
Nativism encompassed the conviction that the interests of established US residents should be given a favored status compared to new immigrants. The policy of Nativism was adopted protecting the interests of native-born or established US residents against those of immigrants. -
Tenements
Tenements were urban dwellings occupied by impoverished families. They are apartment houses that barely meet or fail to meet the minimum standards of safety, sanitation, and comfort.Housing was scarce, particularly for working-class families. The tenements were very over crowded -
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Imperial America
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The sherman anti-trust act
This act was the first federal act that outlaw monopolistic business practices. It was the first act passed by congress to prohibit trusts. Trusts were created in 1890 -
Wounded Knee
The massacre at wounded knee in South Dakota in the year of 1890 the massacre left 150 indians dead. Sitting Bull was the commander for the natives. Sitting Bull was killed at wounded knee. -
City Beautiful Movement
The City Beautiful Movement was a reform philosophy of North American architecture and urban planning that flourished during the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of introducing beautification and monumental grandeur in cities. -
Coxys army
Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey. They marched on Washington D.C. in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United States history to that time. -
The Pullman strike
When the Pullman railroad car company laid off workers and slashed their wages, the American Railway Union led a national strike that shut down the country's railroad system. George Pullman called on the federal government to break the strike and get the trains running again. It was unsuccessful. -
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Election of 1896
1896 Presidential Election. The United States presidential election of November 3, 1896, saw Republican William McKinley defeat Democrat William Jennings Bryan in a campaign considered by historians to be one of the most dramatic and complex in American history. -
Cross of Gold speech
The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former United States Representative from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896. In the address, Bryan supported bimetallism or "free silver", which he believed would bring the nation prosperity. -
USS Maine
USS Maine was an American naval ship that sank in Havana Harbor during the Cuban revolt against Spain, an event that became a major political issue in the United States.February 15, 1898, the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 268 men and shocking the American populace. -
The Battle of Manilla Bay
The Battle of Manila Bay took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish–American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged and destroyed the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Contraalmirante Patricio Montojo. -
Battle of San Juan Hill
The Battle of San Juan Hill, also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights, was a decisive battle of the Spanish–American War. The San Juan heights was a north-south running elevation about 2 kilometres east of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. -
Siege of Santiago
The Siege of Santiago also known as the Siege of Santiago de Cuba was the last major operation of the Spanish–American War on the island of Cuba. This action should not be confused with the naval battle of Santiago de Cuba. -
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, was a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty. -
Election of 1900
The United States presidential election of 1900 was the 29th presidential election, held in 1900. In a re-match of the 1896 race, Republican President William McKinley defeated his Democratic challenger, William Jennings Bryan -
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo was a Filipino revolutionary, politician, and a military leader who is officially recognized as the first and the youngest President of the Philippines and first president of a constitutional republic in Asia -
Yellow journalism
Yellow journalism is when journalists talk about things that happened in major over exagration to make make things more dramatic so people will be interested and buy more papers. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. -
Platt Amendment
On March 2, 1901, the Platt Amendment was passed as part of the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the spanish american war -
The square deal
The square deal Roosevelt reflected three basic goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. These three demands are often referred to as the "three C's" of Roosevelt's Square Deal. -
Schlieffen Plan
The plan was started by Alfred von Schlieffen, he devised a deployment plan for a war-winning offensive, in a one-front war against the French -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Pure Food and Drug Act For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
blacklists
Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority, compiling a blacklist of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as not being acceptable to those making the list. -
Model T
The Model T was an automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927. Conceived by Henry Ford as practical, affordable transportation for the common man, it quickly became prized for its low cost, durability, versatility, and ease of maintenance. -
W.E.B. DuBois
In 1895, he became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. -
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a major war that transformed Mexican culture and government.It started in the year of 1910. -
17th amendment
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. It was passed on may 13, 1912 -
Election of 1912
There was clearly a mandate for reform, but not necessarily for Wilson. Wilson won the election against taft and gathered together over 6 million voters because people were unhappy with taft. -
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Sussex Pledge
The Sussex Pledge was a promise made by Germany to the United States in 1916, Germany had made a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships, but not passenger ships, to be torpedoed without warning. -
The great migration
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970. Until 1910, more than 90 percent of the African-American population lived in the American South. -
National Park System
The National Park Service is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. -
Red Scare
Post-Russian Revolution fear of communism taking over in America.Thousands were arrested and many people's lives were ruined after they were called out as communists. -
Vladamir Lenin
Vladamir Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 -
14 points
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I by the president at the time Woodrow Wilson -
Spanish Flu Pandemic
The flu pandemic of 1918 was the deadliest in modern history it infected an around 500 million people worldwide at the time and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims -
Argonne Forest
The Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It resulted in an Allied victor. -
18th Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol illegal. -
Ku Klux Klan
The KKK re-emerged after WWI in fear of the many waves of immigrants. This was the time when the KKK was the largest, with a significant national presence. -
Harlem Renaissance
Social, cultural, and artistic movement centered in Harlem, New York. Led to the emergence of many African-American artists and philosophers. Often considered the golden age of black
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles. -
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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that helped bring World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers -
Prohibition
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcohol. The people resented this which led to a boom in illegal activity involving alchol. This was set in place by the 18th amendment and repealed by the 21st amendment. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
A bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. An oil company was given drilling rights to government land without any bidding. It was later revealed that the secretary of the interior was bribed by the oil company. -
Unions
Union membership dropped quickly during the 20's in response to the fear that unions were organized by communists. This led to a change in the focus of unions to a much less radical stance. -
Immigration Act of 1924
Immigration quota set at 2% of the current American population. This was aimed primarily at southern Europeans. It also severely restricted immigration from Africa and banned immigration for Arabs and Asians. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
Tennessee sued a teacher for teacher the theory of evolution. After the teacher, John Scopes, lost the case, teaching evolution was banned from public schools and only creationism could be taught. -
Charles Lindbergh
Former U.S. Mail pilot who became famous after flying the first transatlantic flight. Later when his son was kidnapped and murdered, national outrage led to kidnapping being declared a federal crime. -
Speculation
The most common method of stock trading in the late 1920s. It was high risk and high reward. While not a concern when the market was booming, when this is the most common method there is a strong chance for a major collapse. Such a collapse did take place in 1929. Afterwards regulations were made to keep down the amount of speculation to protect the economy from similar occurrences in the future. -
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Valentine's day massacre
A hit was made on a gang rival to Al Capone. Seven men were killed by four gangsters dressed as police. This event was the peak of the rivalry between Al Capone and Bugs Moran. -
Herbert Hoover
31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover took office in a time of great prosperity. But a few month into his first year in office the stock market crashed and the great depression began. It was soon obvious that Hoover could not manage the country in such a crisis and failed to win the election for his second term. -
Black Tuesday
The largest stock market crash in U.S. history. Over $14 billion dollars were lost that day, roughly equivalent to $200 billion today when adjusted for inflation. This was the start of the great depression. -
Hooverviles
The shantytowns built the masses of homeless during the great depression. They were named after the president, Herbert Hoover, because he was widely blamed for the great depression. -
The Dust Bowl
A time of severe dust storms and drought in much of the great plains. Occuring at the same time as economic turmoil in the rest of the United States, the loss of much of the agricultural industry only worsened the problem. It led to a mass migration of farmers further west in search of more hospitable land. -
Jane Addams
Born on September 6, 1860, in Cedarville, Illinois, Jane Addams co-founded one of the first settlements in the United States, the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, in 1889, and was named a co-winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. -
Election of 1932
Election for president between incumbent Herbert Hoover and challenger Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR won by a landslide as most people blamed Hoover for the great depression that was wreaking havoc on the nation's economy. -
20th amendment
Changed the date that the president-elect took office from March 4th to January 20th. This was to reduce the amount of time in office for lame duck presidents. -
Holocaust
A nazi ran genocide of Jews. Nearly 6 million Jews were killed in the Nazi attempt to eradicate all the Jews in order to support their agenda of a Aryan master race. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd president of the united states, served a record of 4 terms in office. Credited with both pulling America of the Great Depression and through WWII. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wife of FDR and first lady from 1933-1945. Outspoken and controversial, she is considered one of the more prominent first ladies. She was a strong supporter of her husband and an important diplomat after his death. -
The New Deal
The name for the series of acts and laws made by FDR in his first term as president. They were intended to pull the economy out of the great depression by bolstering the economy. Often credited as the acts that ended the great depression, however it is challenged that it was really the start of WWII that saved the U.S. economy. -
Hitler
German politician and dictator, led the Nazi party. HItler started WWII when he invaded Poland. Also responsible for the holocaust, the mass genocide of Jews, Hitler is one the most despised men in history. He killed himself on april 30th 1945. -
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Invasion of Poland
The start of the the second world war. Hitler's army, along with the soviet army, invaded and conquered poland in about a month. Initally ignored by the rest of Europe in the hopes that Hitler would be satisfied with that victory. -
Tuskegee Airmen
The 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces. There were all-black battalions, one of the most successful battalions as well. Their success led to the later integration of the military. They were also known as the "red tails" on account of painting the tails of their planes red. -
Pearl Harbor
Initial act of Japanese aggression against the United States causing the U.S. to enter the war. Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack on a naval base in Hawaii. 2335 american military personnel were killed that morning and almost immediately afterwards congress declared war against Japan and then Germany. -
U.S. Neutrality
The United States planned to remain neutral in the second World War. They didn't want to get involved in a war they knew would lead to many American deaths. However, after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, they knew that would be impossible and they had no option but to get involved. -
Bataan Death March
The relocation of 70,000 American and Filipino POWs by the Imperial Japanese forces during WWII. The POWs endured brutal treatment from their captors, the exact number of deaths is not known though it is estimated to be between 5,000 and 18,000. -
D-Day
Part of Operation Overlord, D-Day was the day allied forces stormed the beaches of normandy in a push against the Nazis in france and was the start of the liberation of France. -
Third Reich
The name of the Nazi German government from 1933-1945. It was ruled by Adolf Hitler and the reason for the start of WWII. After the end of the war it was dissolved and the nation of Germany was split in half. -
Atomic Bomb
Two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. These were the first used weapons of mass destruction and resulted in the surrender of the Japanese.
