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This was a challenging time when the United States, especially in the South, was rebuilding its legislature and economy after the Civil War.
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The United States Supreme Court declared that state governments can regulate warehouse and private industry rates.
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The Gold Standard is a monetary system where paper money value is directly linked to gold. Countries that adopted the Gold Standard could set a fixed price for gold.
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This started as a peaceful rally supporting labor strikers and 8-hour work days. It turned violent when a bomb was thrown on the labor demonstration.
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This act gave the president of the United States permission to survey the Native Americans' land and divide it into separate plots for them.
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15 million immigrants migrated to the United States.
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This act banned monopolistic business practices.
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This was a conflict between the Native America tribe called Sioux and the U.S. government. 150 Natives died.
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This war was between Spain and the United States. It occurred because of the explosion of the USS Marine at the Havana Harbor in Cuba. At the end of this war, the Treaty of Paris granted Cuba its independence from Spain. The treaty also ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States.
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Under President McKinley, the United States annexed Hawaii.