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The period when Americans believed in moving westward and making it more civilized.
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The Spanish allowed Americans to own the Florida Territory while Spain stayed west of Louisiana.
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Andrew Jackson signs an act for the removal of all Indians and puts them on reserves.
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The war for Texas to gain its independence from Mexico and to join the United States.
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A route used by hundreds of thousands of Pioneers to emigrate west.
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The dispute over where the border between Texas and Mexico leads to war.
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President Lincoln issues an order, the Emancipation Proclamation, that frees all slaves held in captivity.
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Tried to fix America's Social, Political, and slavery problems
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Makes slavery illegal and says that forced slavery can be punished for crime.
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President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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Was the thought of taking over other countries and extending our power.
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The former Union general becomes the 18th president of the United States.
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The US is under rapid economic growth, the rich got richer, and the poor got poorer
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Standard Oil is founded by John D. Rockefeller and he becomes the richest man in the US.
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Hiram Revels of Mississippi elected to U. S. Senate as the first black senator.
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The collapse of Jay Cooke triggers financial panic which leads to an economic depression until 1879
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Mark Twain publishes the book 'The Gilded Age' which talks about post-Civil War America.
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Alexander Graham Bell invents a new piece of technology known as the Telephone, used for communicating long distances.
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Political Philosophy in favor of social reform and advancement in new technology.
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William Jennings Bryan is nominated by the Democrats for the 1896 election.
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William McKinley was elected as the 25th President of the United States.
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The USS Maine was a battleship parked on the shore of Cuba to be able to evacuate businessmen from there if it got dangerous. USS Maine blew up randomly and no one knows why.
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President McKinley puts a higher tax on all imported goods.
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United States Congress declares Cuba to be a free Country, even though they are still under Spain control.
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Hawaii was overthrown by angry business men when they were not making money. The only way they could make money would be to become apart of America.
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The US takes the Philippines from Spain's control and gains it as a new territory.
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Theodore Roosevelt is elected into office as the 26th President of the United States.
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William McKinley was assassinated by Polish Immigrant Czolgosz.
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prohibited the sale of misbranded or tampered food and drugs in buisnesses.
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Prohibited the sale of tampered or misbranded livestock and made sure they were slaughtered in sanitary conditions.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Gives congress the power to lay and collect income tax.
