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Congress finally authorized a transcontinental railway to be made.
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The Union and Central Pacific railways finally came together conncecting the country.
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Train companies hired their own constructuion company and then paid them at an inflated price getting away with tons a of money until they were caught.
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people were taking out loans but were unable to make a profit and tus could not pay back their loan ruining the governments credit.
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the government offically stopped coinage the the silver dollar
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said the government would tar to withdraw the paper money so all paper money would have it's face value in gold.
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Boss Tweed ran the biggest Polotical machine and had bought himself into power. they stole revenue from income taxes.
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone allowing information to be spread faster than before.
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Made Hays the president in return for withdrawing federal troops from the south.
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First Lagre-scale attempt by washin gton to control business in the intrest of society.
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Closed American doors to anyone innigrating from China.
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Civil service reform, you havve to take a test to get any federal job.
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Allowed peopl to enforce rules against the blacks.
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Local thimes were different from town to town so they made time in relation to the railways to avoid crashes and such.
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Grover Cleveland was the first democrat since Buchanan to become the president ending a long republican office claim.
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There was a fight that broke out at Haymarket when some one threw a stick of dynamite it killed sevel dozen people including the police.
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The governments first real act of trying to control business excesses.
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Raised tariff to the highest price they had seen. 48.4% farmers were unhappy and left even further in debt.
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The very last spike of the five transcontinental railroads of the 19th century was hammered in.
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Lasting for about four or so years, thousands of business closed and the entire country was in a pinch
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The Cubans were tired of the Spanish "oppressor" and revloted partly because of the economy and the US tariff.
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Spain sent General Weyler and he crushed their rebelions by putting them into concentration capms, thus they could not help the other fighters.
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Even though this man was removed from Cuba, their conditons continued to get worse and worse.
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Early that year, the Maine was sent out for a so called friendly visit but it was really sent out to protect and evacuate Americans if anything bad went down.
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Herst put out an article sayinf that a letter written by D.Lome the spanish minister in the US, that said he felt that McKinley "was an ear-to-the-ground politician who lacked good faith" he had to resigh afterwards
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an already stressed situation turns into a motivation to go to war with Spain.
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Teddy Roosevelt told George Dewey to attack the Philippines even though it was now Teddy's place to do so
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McKinley sent his request to congress to go into war to free Cuba
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Dewey caries out Teddy Roosevelt's order and claims a huge victory.
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Even though hearst made it sound as if the spanish blew up the Maine, the spanish went in and came up with the conclusion that something went wrong in the boiler room which blew up the ship...but of course no one listned..
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Spain had " satisfied its honor" so they sighned an armistice
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The American troops captured Manila
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Hawii is annexed
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The Teller Amendment said that the US would leave Cuba after they had freed them from Spain
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Bryan convinced them to set a treaty and give the Filipinos their independece
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The people of Hawii were given a US citizenship following their annexation
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The supreme Court decided that even though the filipinos were under US rule they did not get full citizenship.
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the Cuban's were forced to wirte the Platt amendment into thier constitution and it kept them bonded to the US while still following the Teller amendment.
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Keeping to the Teller amendment, the US leaves the Cuban's to themselves
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When he died, everyone paid thier respects including the Latin American republics who were glad for the help from the US.
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Bill that Taft signed eventhough his capmaign promises said he would not.
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Roosevelt went to Kansas and did his speech about the New Nationalism
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Secretary Ballinger opened land in Alaska,Wyoming, and Montana. the peole and conservationists were not very happy about it.
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Taft pressed an Anti trust suit against U.S Steel making roosevelt extremely angry
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many girls died in this fire that they could have survived if the exits had not been locked. this fire led to rules and regulations to keep it from happening again
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the standard oil company was judged to be in violation of the Sherman Anti- Tryst Act
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Taft wins the republican nomination over T.Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt wrote to seven state governers that he would accept the Republican nomination
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this amendment allowed the people direct election of U.S senators.
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July, Austria presented Serbia with an "ultimatum". An they wanted to end all anti-Austrian activity . The Serbian leaders agreed to most of Austria’s demands, but Austria still declared war
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Germany sunk this ship with their U-boats
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Germany was to stop sinking ships
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Wilson declares American's dedication to neutral right "peace without victory"
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Germany declared they wouls sink all ships in the war zone
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This avt made Spying illegal
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Note from Germany to Mexico stating that Germany would aid in a fight to gain back their land.
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United States eneter wwi
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Revolution when communists took over germany
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Made it illegal for people to say things that couls hinder the war efforts.
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Pershing was in charge of the huge 1million man force.
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Ended WWI
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Prohibited alcohol
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Gave women the right to vote
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Reduced Immigration into the US to 3%
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Reduced the 3% immigration to 2%
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Trial where C.Darwin's theory lost and was thrown out of schools.
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Case where the ruling showed the tension during the red scare.
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the "outlawry of war" the pact was weak and offered no protection
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Was made to help farmers, it then created the Federal Farm Board
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"Black Tuesday" the day the stock market crashed and started the great depression.
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Provided for the FDIC wich insured people money and trust in the banks
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Removed Prohibition
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Got rid of the lame duck period for the president
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Countries sigh off to agree to lower tarrif and help trades
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Grants the Philippine independence on July 4th 1946
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Gave workers the right to unionize and strike
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Japan attacked a clearly marked american ship raising red flags for the americans
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Hitler and stalin invade poland and begin the war in europe
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Hitler invaded Belgium and others causing the us to begin preparing to get invloved.
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Japan made an attack on American soil rousing the country into a soild and dangerous force
