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declaration of independence
the declaration of independence is a document that was approved by congress -
us constitution
it established America's national government and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787 -
bill of rights
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans' rights in relation to their government -
Nativism
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Political Machines
political organization in which a person or small group with authority that has enough votes or is popular enough to have control over political administration or any type of government in a city, -
tenement
a piece of land held by an owner. -
Homestead Act
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Klondike Gold Rush
Skookum Jim and his family found gold near the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. -
Eminent Domain
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. -
Social Darwinism
the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better. -
Lost Generation
Hemingway, Matisse, Picasso, Pound, Anderson and F. Scott Fitzgerald. from 1883-1900 -
Tin Pan Alley
the physical location of the New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters -
Muckraker
a group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing. -
Homestead Strike 1892
the Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead Pennsylvania discharged workers from the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers Union -
Referendum
a general vote by the electorate on a single political question -
Henry Ford
His introduction of the automobile into the mass market transformed agricultural economies in the United States made his first automobile in 1908 -
settlement house movement
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1920s - characteristics of the decade
intense social unrest and reaction -
Harlem Renaissance
a golden age for African American artists -
American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
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Charles A. Lindbergh
was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25, he achieved instantaneous world fame by making the first nonstop flight -
Chester W. Nimitz
he was Fleet Admiral of the US Navy and Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet during World War II.On June 15, 1939, he was appointed chief of the Bureau of Navigation -
douglas macarthur
general who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II. he also lead the korean war in 1939 -
Bracero program
Mexican men to work legally in the United States on short-term labor contracts. An executive order called the Mexican Farm Labor Program established the Bracero Program in 1942 -
george s. patton
At 6:00 a.m. on December 21, 1945, General George S. Patton, Jr. passed away in his sleep -
Omar Bradley
Army officer who commanded the Twelfth Army Group, which helped ensure the Allied victory over Germany during World War ll
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and sent Army troops to enforce federal court orders which integrated schools in Little Rock, Arkansas
