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The rise of steel throughout the 1870's, 1880's. The process for converting iron into durable and versatile steel
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In search for entertainment, the rise of spectator sports such as baseball circulated throughout the 1800's.
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A group of craft unions who formed the AFL who mainly represented skilled workers
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The act to provide land to the Indians on various reservations, and to extend the protection of laws and Territories over the Indians -
The consumption of goods, vast fortunes, and increasing prosperity of the middle class between 1890 and 1910
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Commercial farmers were replacing the independent farmer in an attempt to do the agriculutral economy what industrialists were doing in the manufacturing economy.
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In major cities most of the population consisted of immigrants, the diversity of new immigrant populations were striking quite equally
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The first gasoline driven motor vehicle in America developed by Charles and Frank Duryea. The development grew rapidly in the American automobile industry having almost 5 million automobiles on the road by 1917
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Wrote "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" preaching about the expiernce of western expansion and how it stimulated individualism, nationalism, and democracy.
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Between the economic fail of the National Cordage Company and our loans we were unable to pay off resulted in bank ruptcy, and later triggered a stock market crash
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The rise of the Cubans, the Spanish American War. Between the Dupuy de Lome letter and the blowing up of the American battle ship "The Maine" Mckinley declared war.
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The Rise of Medical Science allowed Doctors to become familiar with new technologies which allowed them to recognize other causes of diseases and preventions of diseases as well. In 1899 Aspirin was first synthesized.
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The Wright Brothers constructed an improved plane, from the original developed in 1899, that flew over 23 miles
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The Panama Canal creatied a channe through Central America and linked the Atlantic and the Pacific ocean.
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President Wilsons 14 proposals which he claimed the nation was fighting.
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The fear of the spread of Communism to the U.S
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Due to the 18th amendment any consumption of alcholic beverages were now illegal.
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The eighteenth Amendment went into effect prohibiting manufacturing, sale, transportation, and consumption of alcholic beverages.
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The teapot dome scandal involved the rich naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome to be secretely released to two wealthy buisness men in exchange for half a million dollars.
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The trial took place over the evolutionist teachings of science teacher john scopes.
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A proposal by Secretary of State Frank Kellogg with a multilateral treaty outlawing war as an instument of national policy.
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The New York stock market crashed causing millions of people
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http://mayfieldfhs.wikispaces.com/1st-The+Scottsboro+BoysNine black teenagers were arressted for vagrancy and disorder, and than later convicted of rape of two white women.
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Established to Protect large banks from being affected by the failures of smaller banks.
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The NRA instituted many regulations that are currently labor laws
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The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to open formal diplomatic relations.
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In an effort to assist African Americans, The president created the Black Cabinet which was an informal network of officeholders that made efforts to ensure that New Deal relief programs did not exclude Blacks.
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A steady decline in rainfall and an accompanying increase in heat throughout Texas and into the Dakotas. These dry areas expiernced weeks of violent dust storms.
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The Japenesse struck Pearl Harbor for two hours wounding and killing over 3.500 people, sunk and damaged 18 ships, and destroyed over 350 aircrafts.
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Under huge pressure from the military and political leaders, the president authorized the army to force Japanese Americans into relocation centers
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The Americans destroyed four of Japan's aircraft carriers along with destroying Japan's naval strength aswell.
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DDT was a new pesticide that was harmful to bugs, and allowed soldiers to fight off tropical diseases these insects carried.
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Japan Surrendered bringing World War 2 to an end.
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http://www.marshallfoundation.org/TheMarshallPlan.htmA plan created by secretary of the state George Marshall to help rebuild the European economy.
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Economic growth broke out during the early 1950's which led to the government spending money on military, schools,housing, welfare, and interstate highways.
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The acusations against people who were thought to have communist ties.
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The economic boom in the Far West due to mining.
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Communist North Korean troops poured across the border into South Korea, intent on reunifying the country through force of arms.
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The counterculture created an exgeratted expression of impulses, bringing long hair, flamboyan clothing, and a permissive view of sex and drugs through the larger society
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More than 400 members of 67 tribes gathered together to form the Declaration of Indian Purpose which implied the "right to choose our own way of life" and the "responsability of preserving our precious heritage."
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Civil rights demonstration, where over 200,000 demonstraters marched down the mall in Washington in support for the legislation and broadcast the power of the growing movement
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The Space program known as Apollo, whose purpose was to land men on the moon, and in 1969 July 20th Neil Armstrong successfully made that trip
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A burglary at Watergate office building in Washington. The five men that committed the burgarly had ties with the White House and were paid money to break in.
