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Manifest Destiny
Period of expansion based on the belief that American settlers were destined by God to civilize North America -
Oregon Trail
People begin to move west on the Oregon Trail -
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Gilded Age
Era of rapid economic growth -
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Reconstruction
Fixing the South following the Civil War -
Freedman's Bureau Established
Provided necessities and land to displaced Southerners and former slaves -
14th Amendment Passed
Granted citizenship to all born or naturalized in the US, including slaves -
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US Imperialism
Period of US expansion outside borders -
15th Amendment Passed
Granted African American men the right to vote -
Telephone Invented
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, revolutionizing distanced communication -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Worst U.S. Army defeat in the war against the Plains Indians -
Tutuila Naval Station
US signs treaty with Samoa to use Pago Pago
Harbor for a naval station -
Dawes Act
Allowed the creation of reservations -
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Progressive Era
Era of social and political reform -
Wounded Knee Creek Massacre
Massacre of over 300 Lakota people by the US army -
Carnegie Steel Founded
Collection of steel mills, which made Andrew Carnegie one of the richest men in American history -
Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani
Hawaii's monarchy overthrown by businessmen and sugar planters with help from the US Marines -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Ruled African Americans and whites were "separate but equal" -
Spanish American War Begins
Armed conflict between US and Spain over Cuban freedom -
The Jungle Written
Revealed the secrets and health risks of the meat-packing industry -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
One of the deadliest industrial disasters of US history; led to the introduction of building codes -
Breakup of Standard Oil
Standard Oil is ordered to break up into 34 independent companies -
Prohibition Protests
Marches and other events planned to protest the sale and consumption of alcohol -
Panama Canal Finished
Shortcut from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans finished after 33 years of construction -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Prevented the selling of goods across states by companies that employed children under 14 -
19th Amendment Passed
Gave women the right to vote
