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Hull House
This is when Jane Aadams creates the Hull Houses and gives the poor a place to go. (Kind of like a Rec. center) -
How The Other Half Lives
Published by Jacob Riis and showed how the poor lived in tennements. -
Idaho becomes the 43rd state
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This is an act used to split up companies that work together using trusts to create a monopoly. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The last battle of the American-Indian War -
Pullman Strike
A strike lead by railroad workers against the private owners who treated them unfairly. This lead to more government control of railroads. -
Plessy v.s. Ferguson
This was when segregation took a firm hold in the US. -
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William McKinley Presidency
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Republic of Hawaii Annexed
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Spanish-American War
A war between the US and Spain that was caused by Yellow Journalism. -
De Lome Letter
A letter from the Spanish government that criticized the United States government. -
USS Maine sinks in Havana Harbor
The main event leading to the Spanish American War -
The American Anti-Imperialist League was formed
League formed to try and keep the US from imperialism. -
Open Door Policy
This was when the US pretty much forced its way in to China trade. -
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Theodore Roosevelt Presidency
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President McKinley was assasinated
Roosevelt is V.P. -
Roosevelt Corollary
This event was Roosevelts modifications to the monroe doctrine that stated the US would respond to European influence in Latin America. -
Panama Canal Zone became the US's
Cut travel from East to West coast in half. -
Niagra Falls Conference
A conference held on the Canadian side of Niagra Falls and based on African American Civil Rights. -
Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
An act passed to improve food quality and improve sanitation when it came to food handling. -
The Jungle
Published by Upton Sinclair, shows how bad the meat packing industry was. -
Gentlemen's Agreement
An agreement between the US and Japan that Japanese students will be able to attend school in Los Angeles. -
Henry Ford Assembly Line
This is when the whole prespective of industry is changed. -
NAACP was founded
Association formed to try and gain African American Rights. -
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William Taft Presidency
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Dollar Diplomacy
Diplomacy used by Taft from an economic point of view in East Asia and Latin America. -
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Woodrow Wilson Presidency
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16th Amendment ratified
With a bigger government the government needed to raise taxes to fund it. -
17th Amendment ratified
Allowed the people to vote for senators through direct primaries. -
Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand
Major event contributing to the begining of WWI -
Sedition Act
This act stated that no one should do anything to put down the US during war time. -
Zimmerman Telegram
A telegram intentionally for the US from Germany to try and provoke the US to join WWI. -
US joins WWI
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Treaty of Versailles
The treaty blaiming Germany for WWI -
18th Amendment ratified
The prohibition of alcohol -
19th Amendment ratified
This allowed people to vote and not be discriminated against to prevent them from voting.