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Manifest Destiny
was the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
Andrew Carnegie
One of the most successful men in the railroad industry. While he was working in the railroad field he also invested in iron and coal companies -
Homestead Act
was the first of all the acts. The act was siged into law by presidant Abraham Lincoln. It aloud people that have never delt with the goverment to put in an applicaton for a federal land grant. -
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Immiagration
became a big part of the american culture -
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The Gilded Age
was the spark in technology. It made Aemerica's economy nearly double ib size. -
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Eugene V. Debbs
In 1885 he was elected to the indiana state assembly with help from Terre Haute's workers. Beds was the organizer of the American Railway Union, which striked agaist the Pullman Company of chicago in 1894 -
Haymarket Riot
is also known as The Haymarket Massacre. Haymarket Riot was a bombing at a labor demenstation in Chicago at Haymarket square. -
The Dawes Act
was signed into law by Presidant Grover Cleveland. The act splits up reservations held communally by natie american tribes and split them into smaller units. -
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Klondike Gold Rush
also know as the Yukon Gold Rush or the Candian Gold Rush. It let over 100,000 imagrants to north-western part of canada in this time period. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt became the youngest perosn to enter the U.S. presdiency after the assiasination of William McKinley. Roosevelt then won his second term and was know for his anti-monoploy plan. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
was passed in 1906. The purpose was to protect the public from adulteration of foods and products -
William Jennings Bryan
became Secretary of State for Presidant Woodrow Wilson -
Federal Reserve Act
was an act of congress that created and set up the federal reserve system he central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue federal reserved notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. -
Jane Addams
Jane was the second women to recieve the Noble Piece prize in 1919 for founding Womens International League of Peace and freedom. -
Susan B. Anthony
was a pioneer crusader for the woman suffrage movement in the United States and president of the the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Her work helped pass the 19th amendement. -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14 year old Robert Bobby Franks -
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Tea Pot Dome Scandal
was a bribery that took place in the United States while under Presidancy of Warren G. Harding. -
Americana Dream
is national ethos for the United States, a set of ideals of freedom includes the opportuntity for prosperity and success and social mobility achieved threw hard work. -
Social Gospel
is a Protestant Christian intellectual movement that was most prominent in the early 20th century United States and Canada.
