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1st black indentured servant in Jamestowns
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First Bank of America was chartered
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Invention of the Cotton Gin
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Clay's American system aka 2nd Bank of America
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Tariff of Abominations, led to the nullification crisis, tariff on imports
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Jackson vetos bill to recharter bank of america
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McCormick reaper, used to harvest grain and small crops, pulled by horse
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start of the civil war
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homestead act, 160 acres of land given to citizens in west if cultivated for 5 years
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End of the civil war
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Cattle boom, accelerates the settlement of the great plains
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knights of labor formed
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Munn v. Illinois case, set a max rate of grain storage
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Land Allison act, partial coinage of silver
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Chinese exclusion act
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Wabash V. Illinois, weakened Munn v. illinois
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American federation of labor formed
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Interstate commerce commission, controlled railroads
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sherman anti trust act
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homestead strike
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populist party organized
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Pullman boycott
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justice department invokes Sherman Anti Trust Act
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Elkins Act of 1903
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The pure drug and food act
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Immigration Act of 1907
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federal reserves act
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Start of WW1
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Clayton Anti trust act
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Immigration Avt of 1917 (literacy tests on immigrants)
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Immigration act of 1924, set quotas on number of immigrants from specific countries
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reformed act of 1924 to 150,000, established national origins system
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Smoot-hawley tariff act, raised tariffs to help great depression
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Agricultural Adjustment act, part of new deal, government paid farmers not to grow extra crops
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Wagner Act, Social security Act
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Fair Labor Standards Acts
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Neutrality Act of 1939
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Taft- Hartley Act
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, changed quotas
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consolidated Farm and rural development act
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act)