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Time period of the US extending towards the west coast
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Wanted to extend slavery
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Trying to fix the south after the civil war (Normalize blacks being free, give them rights, etc)
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All native born get citizenship - even blacks, gave everyone equal protection of the law
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America grew a lot, some smart dudes got rich, it kinda sucked to live
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Standard Oil allows him to become the richest man ever. That's about it.
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All men can vote
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National weather service warns of windy day in Chicago, and now we know what the weather is going to do.
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Florence Normal School
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Indians defeat US army, (Custer's last stand) made America even more mad at Indians
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Broke up Indian land in attempt to assimilate the Indians
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American army killed a lot of Lakotas. 300-ish died
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Carnegie paves new path in the steel industry, gets rich
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They wanted to get rid of government corruption
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Segregation is legal
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Taking over land, get more power and money
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War because of Cuba
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Roosevelt becomes president, ends monopolies, carries big stick
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Book that told of all of the nasty things factories do to turn us away from them
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Factory catches fire, doors were locked, 150 ish died
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Standard Oil was broken up into tons of small companies but Rockefeller got even richer from it
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cuts time in half to get from Atlantic ocean to Pacific ocean
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Less child working hours, can't sell goods made by children
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Declared war on Austria-Hungary
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Women can vote