American History II

By mollyab98
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    Extermination of the Buffalo

    The US Government paid hunters to kill as many buffalo as possible to eliminate the Indians' food source and lifestyle. In 1800 there were 65 million buffalo; in 1890 there were less than 1000 buffalo left.

  • Seward's Folly

    The Secretary of State, William H. Seward purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
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    Ulysses S. Grant was president

  • Telephone was Invented

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone which made communication quicker and easier.

  • Compromise of 1877

    Concessions were given to the South after reconstruction. This leads to the "Solid South."
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    Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws were white supremacy laws in the South. These laws created a segregated society in the South.
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    Rutherford B. Hayes was president

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    Chester A. Arthur

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    James A. Garfield was president

    1881-1881

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    This act prohibited Chinese labor immigration for 10 years, the act was extended twice.

  • Pendleton Act of 1883

    President Garfield was assassinated by a man who wanted to be in the political ofofice but he did not meet the qualifications. President Arthur passed the Pendleton Act to set up civil service exams for public office.
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    Grover Cleveland

  • Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

    This Act required RR rates to be "reasonable and just." This also helped set up price controls.
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    Benjamin Harrison

  • Sherman Antitrust Act pf 1890

    Tried to outlaw and destroy trusts, along with other devious means of eliminating competition.

  • McKinley Tariff

    All goods manufactured by a foreign country were taxed. The goal was to get people to buy more American goods.

  • Populist Party

    The Populist Party was organized in 1891 out of meetings from Farmers' Allliances.
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    Grover Cleveland

  • Yellow Peril

    The Yellow Peril was a time when Americans feared a Japanese take over.

  • Plessy VS Ferguson

    "Seperate but Equal"
    Supreme Court decision that allowed segregation if an equal opportunity is given to both races.
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    William McKinley

  • Treaty of Paris - 1898

    Ended the Spanish-American War

  • Results of the Spanish-American War

    US is established as an imperial power, US and Japan become rivals, US gains several territories.

  • Spanish-American War: The Philippines

    Admiral George Dewey led the Pacific fleet into Manilla Bay and destroyed all Spanish forces there.
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    The Spanish-American War

    Cuban Independence was wanted from Spain, Americans wanted to help Cuba.

  • Spanish-American War: Cuban Invasion

    Theodore Roosevelt resigns as assistant secretary of the Navy, then organizes a group of former soldiers called the Rough Riders to fight in Cuba

  • Hawaii

    Hawaii officially became a US territory.

  • Wilmington Race Riot

    Black men were attacked after voting by white men outside the government building with rifles. Fourteen black men were killed, this led to the rise of Jim Crow Laws.
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    Theodore Roosevelt

  • Roosevelt Corollary

    Theodore Roosevelt extended the Monroe Doctrine.
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    William Howard Taft

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    This factory in Manhattan burned down and 146 workers were killed. The fire began a movement to increase safety regulations for factories.

  • Election of 1912

    Roosevelt was running for the Bull Moose Party; Taft was running for the Republican Party; Wilson was running for the Democrat Party. Wilson won the election.
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    Woodrow Wilson

  • WWI Immediate Causes

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist named Gavrillo Princip. All of Europe became involved.
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    WWI "THE WAR TO END ALL WARS"

    Began due to Nationalism, imperialism, alliances, and militarism.

  • WWI War in Europe

    Germany invaded neutral Belgium to get into France. This makes Germany the bad guy.

  • WWI New Technology

    Tanks and Airplanes were created to use during war.

  • WWI New Warfare

    Trench Warfare and Chemical Warfare were used for the first time during WWI

  • 19th Amendment

    This amendment gave women the right to vote.
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    Warren G. Harding

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    Calvin Coolidge

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    The Great Depression

    After the Stock Market crashed, many Americans were left homeless, jobless, and starving.
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    Herbert Hoover

  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff

    Raised tariffs on 20,000 different goods to protect the production of American products. Boycotts were started against this tariff, many tariffs got as high as 59%.
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    The Dust Bowl

    Soon after the Great Depression began, the Dust Bowl began. This was a time period in which plants could not grow from the drought, and all fields dried up and turned the dut. When the wind would blow it would create terrible dust storms.

  • Good Neighbor Policy

    A plan for the US to isolate itself from the conflicts of other countries.
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    FDR

  • Atomic Bombs

    US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan, 1 on Hiroshima and 1 on Nagasaki. Japan then surrendered.
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    Harry S. Truman

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    The Cold War

    Non-violent war between the Soviet Union and the US. Both countires were ready to defend their country if the other attacked, but neither wanted to attack first.
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    Berlin Blockade

    First major crisis of the Cold War. The Soviet Union cut off supplies to Berlin, US and Britain airlifted supplies into the city for 327 days until the blockade was lifted.
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    Dwight. D. Eisenhower

  • Hungarian Invasion

    Hungarian rebels fight against the USSR forces to fight against communist forces that had been there since the end of WWII

  • U-2 Incident

    US spy airplane was shot down in the Soviet Union. Soviets threatened US saying they would bury us.
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    JFK

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Soviets placed missles capable of reaching the US in Cuba.
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    Lyndon B. Johnson

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    Richard Nixon

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    Gerald Ford

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    Jimmy Carter

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    Ronald Reagan

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    George H. W. Bush

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    Bill Clinton

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    George W. Bush

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    Barack Obama

  • GATT- 1947

    (General Agreements of Trades and Tariffs)
    The United Nations of trade agreements - many countires came together and agreed on fair tariff rates. Later it became the World Trade Organization which still exists today.