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Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned Chinese immigration -
Hull House opened
opened by Jane Addams who is named the "mother of social work" -
NAWSA founded
Established by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to win womens rights -
Plessy v Ferguson
established seperate but equal -
USS Maine explodes
Americans blamed Spain
Reason for Spanish-American War -
March on San Juan Hill
Rough Riders marched up San Juan Hill
Helped win war -
Roosevelt joins Rough Riders
Second in command
Volunteer Cavalry in Spanish-American War -
US annexes Hawaii
Had Pacific naval base in Pearl Harbor -
Platt Amendment
Limited Cuba's government
Established 2 US Naval bases -
William McKinley assassinated
Theodore Roosevelt became 26th president -
Phillipenes becomes US territory
Allowed US to influence Pacific regions of the world -
Panama revolts against Columbia
caused problem with canal building -
Roosevelt Corollary
Said US had the right to intervene in the Western Hemisphere
Also called Big Stick Diplomacy -
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
uncovered truth about meatpacking industry
was muckracker -
NAACP founded
Founded by W.E.B. Dubois
devoted to progress of African American community -
Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire
increased demand for safer working conditions -
17th Amendment
US Senators would be elected directly by the people -
Panama Canal Opened
Connected Pacific and Atlantic Oceans -
18th Amendment
Made alcohol illegal