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An idea that the US is destined by God to expand capitalism and democracy across North America.
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The Battle of the Alamo was during the Texas Revolution. The battle lasted until March 6, 1836. The Mexican troops took back over the Alamo Mission. Which the Mexican troops killed the Texian and the immigrants living there.
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Imperialism is when another country takes over another land. The U.S. wanted to take other land for military bases, trading stations, ship docks. Imperialists also believed that the English speaking nations are better then the others.
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Japan didn't trade with anyone because they wanted to stick with their roots, but the US wanted to trade. The US decided to park their warships close to their coast to show them what they're missing out on. Which caused them into wanting to trade with the United States.
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The era of quick economic growth mainly in the Northern United States and Western United States.
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The period after the American Civil war. Attempts to address slavery, political, and economic legacies.
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The 14th Amendment is when citizenship was gave to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States,".
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This was the first railroad to start at the Pacific coast and reach all the way to the states in the east. It made transportation easier because it would be a faster way to get things from the coast to the people out in the east. The railroad was 1,912 miles long.
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The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
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Alexander Bell received a patent for the telephone, which was his new invention. Three days after he received the patent he was able to make the telephone work.
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During the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Native Americans defeated the US Army. The Native Americans were lead by Crazy Horse, and The US Army was lead by General George Armstrong Custer. The battle lasted two days.
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The Dawes act controlled land rights on territories with tribes within the United States.
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The Wounded Knee Creek Massacre was a battle between the United States Army and Lakota people. Nearly around three hundred Lakota people were killed.
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Carnegie Steel was a company that would produce steel, and sell their steel to many other businesses. It was found by Andrew Carnegie,
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Queen Liliuokalani was the queen of Hawaii. Americans overthrew the queen by signing a treaty to exempt Hawaiian tariffs on Hawaiian sugar. Then the US lowered their price on their own sugar, so people would stop buying the Hawaiian sugar. Which caused the plantation owners to become upset and overthrow the queen, and they asked to become a state afterward.
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The times when people were addressing the issues of industrialization, urbanization, political corruption, and immigration.
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The Plessy V. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case held about the racial segregation about "separate but equal". The case started when Plessy refused to sit in the back of a car for blacks.
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The Spanish-American War was a war between the United States and Spain. The war started because Spain declared war on the US. US Congress declared Cuba independent and while Cuba was under the control of Spain. The war ended the Spanish rule in the Americas.
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Teddy Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States after William McKinley was assassinated. While Teddy was president he was able to expand the powers while being presiendet.
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The Jungle was a book written about the meat that was sold to people, and what contaminated it. It also talked about the terrible conditions the workers worked in.
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The Supreme court announced that Standard Oil of New Jersey must break up into 34 companies under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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The triangle shirtwaist fire was a fire in a factory that is known as the most deadly in U.S. history. There was 146 people found dead and 78 non-fatal injuries.
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France started to build the canal then the US bought the rights to be able to finish it. Panama had to become an independent state before the US was able to finish/buy the canal.
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The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act addresses that employed children that are under fourteen should not be working if they want to produce their items well.
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The 19th Amendment is allowing women the right to vote. It was passed by Congress in 1919 and ratified in 1920.
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During the America's Prohibition era, people were protesting because "gangsters" were taking over their area and increasing the amount of violence that would take place. They would also mainly protest about beer.
