Lecture Discussion 8 Timeline

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    The Native American Wars

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    A wave of 5 million people from Northern Europe immigrate to the United States.

  • The Worst of the Irish Potato Famines strikes.

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    A doubled wave of 10 million people immigrate to the United States from Northern Europe and other small areas.

  • California passed the Chinese Exclusion Act act in this decade.

  • Up until this year, anyone could enter America as long as they weren't visibly ill.

  • The United States made the Chinese Exclusion Act a federal law.

  • The census indicates that the location of immigration from other countries to the United States has changed.

  • The Native American Wars come to an end when 150 Sioux people are killed at the Massacre at Wounded Knee Creek.

  • In this decade, many did not like the types of people coming to America.

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    The wace grows exponentially, as 20 million people from Southern and Eastern Europe come to the United States.

  • Fredrick Turner Jackson sees an issue in America, as there was no frontier left to conquer.

  • The Annual Meeting of the American History Association is held in Chicago with Frederick Turner Jackson as President.

  • The Depression of 1893 strikes during the economic chaos o the 1890s.

  • The Pledge of Allegiance is created by Francis Bellamy as an attempt to sell more flags.

  • The Immigration Restriction League is established.

  • In this decade, the acts of the Immigration Restriction League are able to be passed.

  • In this decade, the phrase "Under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance to distinguish America from the "godless communists".