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Manifest Destiny
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The Mexican-American War
In the early days of the now free colonial America, the people were power-hungry. So, America fought with Mexico to gain Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California. This victory drove Americans to be even more entitled and power-hungry than they originally were. -
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Reconstruction
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Abraham Lincoln Gets Assasinated
Since Abraham supposedly said that slavery was wrong and that it should stop, some people didn't like that, so they killed him -
14th Amendment
All people are now equal, including former slaves -
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Imperialism in U.S.
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Battle of Little Bighorn
War: Lakota and Dakota Indians vs American troops -
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The Gilded Age
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15th Amendment
More equality and no more racism -
Building the Panama Canal
The US needed a faster way to bring ships to the other side of the continent, so Theodore Roosevelt bought and finished the canal across Panama. -
The Dawes Act
Native Americans get upgraded to permanent homes and become American Citizens. -
Wounded Knee Creek Massacre
around 300 Lakota Natives killed by American soldiers -
Hawaii Becomes a State
Drama broke out in Hawaii, which was its own country at the time, so America decided that the best course of action was to overthrow their queen and make Hawaii part of America -
Carnegie Steel was founded
Andrew Carnegie founds his business of producing steel and becomes extremely rich off of it. -
Pullman Railroad Strike
It was a strike at the Pullman Railroad in Washington State. People paused work on the railroad. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
segregated areas are still legal as long as they're "of equal quality" -
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Progressive Era
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The Spanish-American War
America decided to declare Cuba free, even though it was a Spanish territory. This made Spain angry, and so Spain declared war on America. -
Annexation of the Phillipines
After Americans won the Spanish-American war, it gained many territories from Spain. The Philippines were bought from Spain and became American terrirtory. -
Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle" is published
a book written about the harsh conditions of factory workers -
The Meat Inspection Act was passed
People were dying because of food poisoning, so the government passed a law that made selling garbage as food illegal. -
Standard Oil gets broken up
President Theodore Roosevelt Takes John D. Rockefeller, founder and owner of Standard Oil, to court with a lawsuit. The court rules the business as cruel and decides against Standard Oil. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
A clothing factory caught on fire and most of the factory workers died because the hazardous conditions prevented them from escaping -
The Keating-Owen Act is enacted by Congress
Any factories that employ children may not sell their product legally -
Protesting Prohibition
A law was passed that made alcohol illegal across the US, but people didn't like that. -
Passing the 19th Amendment
Women can now legally vote.
