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Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
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The first telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell.
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Settled the 1876 presidential election
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Prohibited chinese labor immigration for 10 years.
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Decided that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.
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United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry
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Tried to outlaw and destroy trusts
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Put a tax on all goods manufactured by a foreign country.
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Also called the "Peoples party"
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Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".
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A conflict between Spain and the United States
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14 black men where killed by white men after voting
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Allowed free trade for foreign nations anywhere in China
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Theodore Roosevelt extended the Monroe doctrine with his speech about American power. He said that the United States should be the "policemen" of the Western Hemisphere
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A 7.8 magnitude earth quake that rocked San Fransico
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killed 146 workers and started a movement to increase saftey regulations for factories.
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Archduke Frans Ferdnand of Austria-Hungary was assinated by a serbian terrorist. This set off a chain reaction in which almost all of Europe became involved.
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A way to ship goods between the Atlantic and Pacific quickly and cheaply
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Black American citizens migrate Northward to work in cities such as New York and Chicago
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Treaty of Versaillles ended the war. It created new nations including Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia, and Finland.New lands were given to France and England.
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Created new nations including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.
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John T. Scopes was tried for teaching Darwin evolution in a high school classroom.
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Many Americans were homeless, jobless & starving. The unemployment rate was 25%
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Also called "Black Tuesday", The bottom fell out of the market and investors tried to sell off everything before prices fell too far. $30 billion in wealth had disappeared
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The president could lend or lease goods to anyone whose defence was vital to the United States.
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Both the US and the soviet union will spy and prepare for war even though they never get close to fighting.
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9 day conflict between Israel and Egypt over control of the suez canal. England and France helped Israel
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Hungarian rebals fight against the USSR forces, fighting against the communist forces that had been there since the end of WWII
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American U-2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union. Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev threatened "we will bury you."
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Fidel Castro takes power of Cuba in 1959 and aligns with the communists. CIA train refugees for an invasion and takeover of the island.
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Soviets had placed missles capable of reaching the US in Cuba. Kennedy blockaded the island and forced the soviets to agree ti disnabtle the sites.
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Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
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The Soviet Union cut off trade into Berlin hoping to force democratic nations to surrendor their sectors.
