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Manifest Destiny
The belief that the expansion of the US was both justified and inevitable. -
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Reconstruction
The federal government overthrew the reconstruction of the southern states, -
14th Amendment Passed
Granted citizenship to all people born in the United States including formerly enslaved people -
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Guilded Age
An era of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and Western United States. -
15th Amendment passed
Granted African American men the right to vote. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Native American people defeated the U.S. Army troops on Native ground. -
Dawes Act
Get Native Americans to farm and ranch just like white homesteaders -
Wounded Knee Creek Massacre
Soldiers of the US killed hundreds of Lakota people. -
Carnegie Steel founded
Was a steel producing company that was created by Andrew Carnegie located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. -
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Progressivism
a period of social activism and political reform across the USA -
Plessy v Ferguson
Was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled. -
The Jungle Written
To show the bad working conditions in the meat packing industry. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York City. -
Passing of 19th Amendment
All American women the right to vote