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Manifest Destiny
Time period of the US extending towards the west coast -
Republican Party Founded
Wanted to extend slavery -
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Reconstrution
Trying to fix the south after the civil war (Normalize blacks being free, give them rights, etc) -
14th Amendment Passed
All native born get citizenship - even blacks, gave everyone equal protection of the law -
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Gilded Age
America grew a lot, some smart dudes got rich, it kinda sucked to live -
Rockefeller Creates the Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil allows him to become the richest man ever. That's about it. -
15th Amendment Passed
All men can vote -
First Weather Forecast
National weather service warns of windy day in Chicago, and now we know what the weather is going to do. -
First State Funded Public School in the South
Florence Normal School -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Indians defeat US army, (Custer's last stand) made America even more mad at Indians -
Dawes Act
Broke up Indian land in attempt to assimilate the Indians -
Wounded Knee Creek Massacre
American army killed a lot of Lakotas. 300-ish died -
Carnegie Steel Founded
Carnegie paves new path in the steel industry, gets rich -
Queen Liliuokalani Overthrown
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Progressivism
They wanted to get rid of government corruption -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Segregation is legal -
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U.S. Imperialism
Taking over land, get more power and money -
Spanish-American War
War because of Cuba -
President McKinley Assassinated
Roosevelt becomes president, ends monopolies, carries big stick -
The Jungle is Written
Book that told of all of the nasty things factories do to turn us away from them -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Factory catches fire, doors were locked, 150 ish died -
Standard Oil Broken Up
Standard Oil was broken up into tons of small companies but Rockefeller got even richer from it -
Panama Canal Finished
cuts time in half to get from Atlantic ocean to Pacific ocean -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Less child working hours, can't sell goods made by children -
U.S. joins WWI
Declared war on Austria-Hungary -
19th Amendment Passed
Women can vote
