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Trail of Tears
a very difficult journey forcing the relocation for over 100,000 native americans in 1930's -
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Manifest Destiny
The U.S. is destined by God and they wanted to spread democracy. -
Emancipation Proclamation
all slaves can be free -
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Reconstruction
wanting to change America for the better and trying to get rid of slavery and its political legacy -
14th Ammendment passed
Passes by senate on june 8, 1866 and it granted the citizenship to all of the people who are born in the U.S -
15th Ammendment passed
passed by congress on February 26, 1869. It let African American men vote. -
Rockefeller and Standard Oil
Able to have light by the oil illuminating and controlled the nations pipelines -
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Gilded Age
everything looks really good but covered in poverty and poorness -
Battle of Litttle Bighorn
very decisive win for Native Americans over the U.S. Army in the long plains -
Building of Panama Canal
man-made waterway to connect Atlantic and Pacific -
Dawes Act
federal government was able to break up tribal lands and breaking them up into individual plots and they tried to create responsible farmers. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
the slaughter of 150-300 Lakota Indians by the U.S. Army -
Plessy V. Ferguson
people are seperate, but equal -
Carnegie Steel
founded in 1892 and created a steel empire. It was the start of building skyscrapers -
Overthrow of Queen Liluokalani
A group of sugar planters overthrew the monarchy -
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Progressivism
a political movement that wants to represent the interests of the ordinary people -
Battle of Kettle Hill
Rough Riders defeated and outnumbered Spanish forces -
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U.S. Imperialism
trying to extend and own as much land as you can and have as much power as you can -
The Jungle
a book describing terrible working conditions in factories published in 1905 -
Meat inspection Act
Because of the terrible meat packing industry they had to be able to inspect the meat -
Breaking up of Standard Oil
By making too much money in the area they had to break up standard oil into other refineries. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
terrible fire in the factory killing 146 workers and it brought attention to better factory conditions -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
restriction of child labor -
Passing of 19th Ammendment
grants all American women to vote -
Prohibition Protests
Outlawing the sale of any alcohol by poisoning of moonshine and so they protested to have the alcohol. -
Spanish-American War
War between Spain and Americans and it ended Spain's colonial power.