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Period of expansion based on the belief that American settlers were destined by God to civilize North America
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People begin to move west on the Oregon Trail
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Era of rapid economic growth
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Fixing the South following the Civil War
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Provided necessities and land to displaced Southerners and former slaves
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Granted citizenship to all born or naturalized in the US, including slaves
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Period of US expansion outside borders
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Granted African American men the right to vote
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, revolutionizing distanced communication
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Worst U.S. Army defeat in the war against the Plains Indians
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US signs treaty with Samoa to use Pago Pago
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Allowed the creation of reservations
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Era of social and political reform
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Massacre of over 300 Lakota people by the US army
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Collection of steel mills, which made Andrew Carnegie one of the richest men in American history
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Hawaii's monarchy overthrown by businessmen and sugar planters with help from the US Marines
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Ruled African Americans and whites were "separate but equal"
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Armed conflict between US and Spain over Cuban freedom
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Revealed the secrets and health risks of the meat-packing industry
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One of the deadliest industrial disasters of US history; led to the introduction of building codes
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Standard Oil is ordered to break up into 34 independent companies
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Marches and other events planned to protest the sale and consumption of alcohol
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Shortcut from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans finished after 33 years of construction
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Prevented the selling of goods across states by companies that employed children under 14
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Gave women the right to vote
