US History

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    Manifest Destiny

    Belief of expansion westward during the 19th century.
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    Reconstruction

    Marked important chapter in history of civil rights.
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    Gilded Age

    Rapid economic growth, even in the northern and western United States.
  • 14th Amendment Passed

    14th Amendment Passed

    Citizenship to all people that are naturally born in the country.
  • 15th Amendment Passed

    15th Amendment Passed

    African American men the right to vote.
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    U.S. Imperialism

    Expanding all influences of the United States.
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn

    Known as the Battle of Greasy, and was the worst U.S army defeat by Plains War.
  • Building of Panama Canal

    Building of Panama Canal

    Built dams into making it one big canal.
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    The Federal Government separated the tribal lands.
  • Wounded Knee Creek Massacre

    Wounded Knee Creek Massacre

    Domestic massacre that killed three hundred Lakota people.
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    Progressivism

    A movement that has ideas, issues & impulses from the Society of America.
  • Carnegie Steel Founded

    Carnegie Steel Founded

    Created by Andrew Carnegie during the 19th century.
  • Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani

    Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani

    Last monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
  • Plessy V. Ferguson

    Plessy V. Ferguson

    In supreme court to decide of racial segregation.
  • Spanish- American War

    Spanish- American War

    Spain and the United States was involved in a armed conflict.
  • The Jungle Written

    The Jungle Written

    Was wrote about the working conditions in the meat packing industry.
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    Deadliest industrial disaster in the city of New York.
  • Trust-busting/breakup of Standard Oil

    Trust-busting/breakup of Standard Oil

    Supreme court wanted standard oil be under the Sherman Antitrust Act, and had to be split up into 34 companies.
  • Keating- Owen Child Labor Act

    Keating- Owen Child Labor Act

    Short- lived statue enacted by the US congress, which was about child laboring.
  • Passing of 19th Amendment

    Passing of 19th Amendment

    Giving women the right to vote.
  • Prohibition Protests

    Prohibition Protests

    Took away alcohol, and nobody didn't like the idea, so everyone protested.