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Manifest Destiny
United States expanded westward. -
Montana Became a Territory
The U.S. added Montana as a territory, causing the government to take land from natives -
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Reconstruction
A period after the civil war where the U.S. tries to fix the problems in the country. -
14th Amendment Passed
Granted citizenship to emancipated slaves. -
15th Amendment Passed
African American men can vote. -
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Gilded Age
Rapid economic growth period, where working class suffered but wealthy prospered -
First Black Senator Elected
Hiram Revels from Mississippi is elected to the U. S. Senate -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Native American army defeated Col. Custer's troops in a war over land. Custer was killed. -
Dawes Act
Government took tribal land and gave it to farmers. -
Gospel of Wealth published
Andrew Carnegie telling people that they should share wealth instead of keeping it. -
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U.S. Imperialism
America's influence on other countries -
Sherman Antitrust Act
An act that made monopolies illegal -
Wounded Knee Creek Massacre
Lakota men, women, children were massacred. -
Carnegie Steel founded
Major steel producing company founded by Andrew Carnegie. -
Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani
American sugar planters and buisness men overthrew the queen. -
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Progressivism
Period where improvements were made to the country to fix the mistakes of the Gilded age. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
The government declared that is was ok if facilities enforced segregation as long as they were "seperate but equal" -
Spanish-American War
Spain supposably sunk a U.S. ship and that started a war. -
Explosion of the USS Maine
The USS Maine was sunk in Cuba's harbor. Nobody knows who sunk it, but the U.S. thinks it was Spain. -
Prohibition Protests
Movement to ban alcohol, it was popular in the south. -
The Jungle Written
A book that tells the truth of industrialization. -
Trust-busting/breakup of Standard Oil
U.S. Gov brok up Standard Oil because of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Fire started in a factory and people died because of poor fire safety measures. -
Building of Panama Canal
President Roosevelt build canal to connect the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean this allowed ships to pass through. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Prohibited child labor in factories -
Passing of 19th Amendment
Allowed women to vote.