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manifest destiny
westward expansion -
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Gilded age
growth in industry's -
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reconstruction
rebuilding the west -
14th Amendment
It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people -
backlash and violence
black men where being pulled out of there beds and being whipped by the KKK of the lawyers and doctors and farmers of there communities -
15th amendment
protects the voting rights of all citizens regardless of race or the color of their skin. -
battle of little bighorn
Lakotas were being killed they acted in violence then they won the battle against us military -
trust busting
the biggest companies in America such as standard oil were supposed to break up their companies so they wouldn't bring in as much income but in reality they brought in more -
Dawes Act
The government forced Native Americans to break up tribes and, to ranch and farm like the average white Americans. -
how the other half lives
people were jammed tight together in the tenement building in the dirty gross conditions children were filthy and hungry they all had one bathroom at the end of the hallway -
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progressiveness
people start bring attention to factories and the prohabition begeins -
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U.S. Imperialism
ruling people over different countries small voice carry big stick -
Wounded Knee Creek Massacre
Calvary hunted Indians like animals shooting down the first thing they see, both sides were scared. White think if I shoot you first you cant get me first. -
Carnegie steel founded
a Scottish immigrant who started small and ended as the richest man in America built the bridge over the Mississippi river got an elephant to cross it -
overthrown queen of Liliuokalani
Americans lowers prices of sugar Hawaii got mad so we got mad militarily got involved we killed the queen then Hawaii became a state 2 years before Obama was born -
Plessy v. Ferguson
supreme court ruled racial segregation laws did not violate -
spanish american war
yellow newspapers made us feel bad for Cuba so we told them they were free Spanish got mad a ship mysteriously blew up we took Guam and Philippines -
panamal canal
america bought Panamas canal from french right after french and panama took panama away from Colombia with america flexing -
eugenics
let the weak die off because fittest of the fitest -
The Jungle
the jungle was a paper written to show people the nasty environments of factories and their poor conditions -
triangle shirt waste fire
when regulations were bad some big dude locked women in a room so they couldn't steal in the factories. there was an electrical fire and the place caught fire and the women couldn't escape so the women jumped or burned to death in the long run. -
child labor act
they passed a law that children could not work in factories due to the harsh conditions and not being suitable -
national park service act
creates parks and national landmarks -
19th amendment
all citizens of the united states can vote -
prohibition protest
the banning of alcohol consumption and people were mad because they could drink before so they thought they should now -
Iron routine
zitkala- sa tells her stories of her going to school and how the teachers cut her hair and the rituals they have to break