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The Americans believed God willing them to spread their rules and ideologies everywhere in North America.
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Indian tribes in the west have been forcibly relocated and it is important because after that there were more hatred between the indian people and the army. -
People were allowed to use public land without paying a registration fee. -
This is the time after the Civil War when they want to rebuild America.
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President Lincoln was shot. That is important because the new President gave the Republicans more rights. -
It freed all slaves and ensured that every former slave received citizenship. -
It gave everyone the right to vote. It doesn't matter anymore which skin color or race they had.
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On the outside they looked rich but in reality most of them were poor.
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Rockefeller founded his oil company which became later the biggest oil company in the world. -
It was a battle between the Indians and the US Army that the Indians won. -
The aim was to separate the tribes from each other. -
Hundreds of Indians were killed by US troops. -
Andrew Carnegie founded the largest steel company in the world. -
The rich people of Hawai in society forced the queen to abdicate. -
They tried to deal with the problems of the country.
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The law said that black and white had to sit in separate compartments on the railroad. -
America was trying to take over more land and expand its power.
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The USS Maine warship sank in an explusion. -
The US took possession of Cuba, Guam, Porto Rico and the Philippines. -
It connects the Pacific with the Atlantic. -
Upton Sinclair criticized the bad working conditions in the factories. -
A factory caught fire because there was no fire protection ordinance and this cost many people their lives. -
Standard oil had to be divided into several small companies. -
Made the working conditions for children better. -
It gave women the right to vote. -
People protested against the law that said that alcohol is not allowed.
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It was allowed to drink alcohol again.
