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Machine made cigarettes came into the picture. This was a huge boost in agriculture for the South.
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Civil War general Grant defeats Seymour in the 1868 election, and unfortunately puts all the wrong people into powerful positions.
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John D. Rockefeller established the standard oil company using illegal tactics to beat out his competitors.
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Kerosene became the fourth most valuable export from America. It was much better than the whaling industry.
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Boss Tweed becomes a powefull political machine by recruiting Irish to powerfull positions in order to get their votes towards Tamny Hall.
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By 1872 about 32 labor unions had been established to protect the rights of workers.
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Many businesses went into bankruptcy due to the increase in railroads, sunken mines, and more factories.
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Stated that greenbacks would be withdrawn from circulation and paper money would be redeemed and backed up by gold.
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Hayes and Tilden run against each other in the presidential election, and Tilden (Democrat) looses by one electoral vote.
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After winning th eelection by one vote, Republicans withdraw troops from Southern areas to keep peace with the Democrats. This also caused a downfall in racial equality in the South,
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Replacing president Hayes, James A. Garfield was killed by Charles Guiteau after only about a year in office,
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This act stopped all Chinese immigrants from comming to America,
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This act formed a civil service commision.
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Part of the transccontinental, this railroad was one out of four and the first to be completed.
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After 28 years of republican presidents, Grover Cleveland, a democrat, takes office.
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This proposed that the government raise tariffs to 48%.
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This said every contract, conspiracy, and combination werre illegal when trading. Monopolies became exposed and were found to be restraining trade.
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Pinkerton detectives made their way to Carnegie steel to stop strikers, but they were undefeated.
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A newly formed peoples party made up of mostly farmers supporting Watson as their candidate.
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Grover Cleveland becomes the first president to be reelected after a defeat. During this time a depression was forming.
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Coxey's Army marches in in an attempt to end the Pullman Palace Car strike.
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Cuban citizens rebel against the Spanish misrule by destroying property and many other things.
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People living in Venezuela fought for the ownership of the jungle area between themselves and British Guiana.
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General Weyler was finally removed from Cube after setting up camps similar to concentration camps in WWII. He was given the nickname "Butcher".
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American ship the Maine mysteriously explodes. 260 people were killed, and talk of Spanish arbitration began,
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Dewey stationed in Hong Kong recieves the message from Roosevelt to descend to the Philippine islands.
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McKinley sent the message to congress to send troops to help free the Cubans.
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Dewey destroys all Spanish ships in his path. It was a great victory!
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In order to get supplies to Dewey in the Philippines, and agreement was reached with Honolulu for joint annexation.
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Troops led by Emilo Aguinaldo had finally arrived and captured Manila.
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The idea of annexing Hawaii to the United States had been temporarily forgotten.
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Negotiatiors meet in Paris to fully decide what the United Sates would recieve from the war. The biggest problem were the Philippines.
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The Senate ratifies the treaty allowing the United States ownership of the islands.
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Hawaii had finally become a territory.
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The United States makes its very first trip to China.
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This limited the degree of popular government in Puerto Rice, and also would eventually allow them to have US citizenship.
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During the election of 1900, Mckinley succesfully defeats William Jennings Bryan.
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These proved that the Supreme Court believed that the Constitution did not fully apply to the new territories.
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Mckinley is killed allowing Roosevelt to assume his position.
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President Cleveland had died which worried Latin Amercans about their promised protection by the Monroe Doctrine.
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Secretary of State, Knox proposed we buy the Manchurian railroadsand give them to China under a self-liquidating arrangement. Russia and Japan rejected this idea.
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Raised tariffs which outraged progressives. Taft signing this bill broke any promise he had made.
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Hiram Johnson was elected governor of the State of California.
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Secretary Ballinger opened the areas of Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska. He was criticized by Gifford Pinchot, the chief of the Agriculture Department.
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Taft attacks the U.S. Steel Corporation in which Roosevelt previously defended.
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146 women were killed in a fire due to the bolted doors and lack of fire exits.
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Roosevelt accepts the nomination to be the republican candidate, but instead Taft gets the nomination.
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Woodrow Wilson defeats both Taft and Roosevelt in the presidential election.
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Established direct election of US senators.
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The begining of World War I.
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This council was established to aid in war and most importantly mobilization.
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German announced that they would sink all ships in their war zone including any that were American.
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Britain had intercepted a note sent to Mexico from Germany that asked Mexico to become an alliance to Germany, Britain turned the note over to the United States which pushed Wilson to declare war.
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President Wilson declared for the United States to join the fight against Germany.
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This act was established to put an end to spying.
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This rebellion was the start of communist parties in America.
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Wilson delievered the 14 Points speech to try to make all allies happy and destroy Germany's government. He wanted to abolish secrete treaties, have freedom of the seas, remove economic barriers, reduce tariffs, and adjust colonial claims.
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The Sedition Act was once again brought back to punish anyone who spoke against the government.
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American troops arrive for their first engagement in the war to aid France.
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Germany's Kaiser is taken out of his position, and today we celebrate this armistice as Veteran's Day.
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With the passage of this amendment, al alcoholic drinks were banned. This caused many people to steal and sneak these beverages into the country.
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Wilson begins a tour that promotes his League of Nations. Nobody seems to agree with his idea, and he has a stroke due to stress.
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Atorney General Palmer took drastic measures to round up suspected communists and deport them to Russia.
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The 19th amendment was ratified which gave women the right to vote.
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Harding defeats James Cox and bacomes the first Republican president after several years of Democrats.
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A new version of the KKK was formed, but this newer group was basically anti everything.Especiall;y communisim and immigration.
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This act was passed to slow imigration by only allowing 3 percent from each country to enter the United States.
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This act was passed shortly after the Emergency Quota Act to reduce immigration from 3% to 2%.
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John Scopes battled William Jennings Bryan about the teachings of evolution in schools.
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Author F.Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby; a novel taking place during the "roaring twenties".
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FDR begins withdrawing troops from Latin America and passes the Good Neighor Policy.
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The purpose of this conference was to stabalize each nation's currency and stabalize trade rates.
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This act granted the Philippine's independence from America.
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Mussolini send troops into Ethiopia to gain their territory due to the large amount of oil supplies. This event caused America's decision to remain neutral.
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American ship the Panay was attacked by the Japenese. The ship was located in Chinese waters, and Tokyo had offered to pay for the damage.
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World leaders meet in Munich where Hitler and Mussolini promise to stop their aggresiveness. The dictators were not appeased at the conference and contiinued their fighting.
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Hitler and Stalin decide to become allies and also split Poland evenly.
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This act stated that any country trading with the United States must pay with cash.
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This act prohibited politicians the campaign.
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France's protection wall is weak in specific areas allowing Germany to attack. France escapes wtih the help of the British rescue troug the English Channel.
