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Manifest Destiny
Right to westward expansion in the United States -
Communist Manifesto
Book Written in attempt to explain the goals of Communism. -
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Guilded Age
Period that was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. -
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Reconstruction
Perod Following the American civil war. -
President Abraham Lincoln Assassination
The 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in his box at Ford's theater in Washington. -
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United States Imperialism
United States wanted to extend its policies beyond its bounderies. -
14th Amendment
No state should enforce a law witch abligates the immunities or privileges of a United States Citizen. -
15th Amendment
Gave American men the right to vote for all races, colors, and previous conditions of servitude. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
A number of tribes missed a federal deadline to move to reservations so the United States Army was dispatched to go confront them. When they arrived the United states 7th calvary was overpowered marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat. -
Railroad Strikes
100,000 workers went on strike after their wages were cut for the third time that year and working conditions didn't improve. -
Dawes Act
Regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States. -
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Progressivism
Social and political reform movement that brought major changes to government and American politics. -
Wounded Knee Massacre Date
Slaughter of 150-300 Lakota Indians by the United States Army troops in the Wounded Knee Creek. -
Carnegie Steel
A steel-producing company primarily created by Andrew Carnegie. -
Muckrakers
Lead by Teddy Roosevelt the muckrakers were reform-minded journalists during the Progressivism Era who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani
The queen was overthrown by American business men and sugar planters. This later caused Hawaiian to become part of American territory. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
The case started when Plessy, an African American, refused to sin in the train cart for black. This caused Plessy to argue his constitutional rights were broken. The supreme court argued the constitutional rights of racial segregation. -
Spanish-American War
Conflict between Spain and the United States that ended Spanish rule in the Americas and let the United States have territories in the western Pacific, -
Explosion of USS Maine
A united states ship exploited outside the coast of Cuba because of unknown reasons. -
The Jungle
Exposed the disgusting and terrible working conditions in meat-packing factories. -
Trust-busting
Break up of monopolies. -
Breakup of Standard Oil
Supreme court verses standard oil. Standard oil lost and their monopoly was broken up. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Deadliest industrial disaster in history. There was a fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory that caused 146 deaths. -
Building of Panama Canal
Waterway connecting Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for ships to transfer through. It was also a tradings station. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Prohibited the sale of goods produced by factories that employed children under fourteen. -
Prohibition Protests
Monopolies being eliminated by the government. -
19th Amendment
Amendment that allowed women to vote.
