U.S. History: 1877-2008

early american history

Period: 1776 to 1860

civil war/ reconstruction

Period: 1860 to 1877

the gilded age

Period: 1877 to 1900

1. Rockefeller/Carnegie
   
2. philanthropy
3. monopoly
4. jane Adams
5. laissez-faire

chinese exclusion act

May 6, 1882

prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers was the first immigration act

pendleton civil service act

Jan 16, 1883

gave government jobs based on being good

interstate commerce act

Feb 4, 1887

made sure rail road companies had a set rate that you would have to pay to use them so they cant price gauge

dawes act

Feb 8, 1887

gave individual ownership of land to Native Americans

hull house founded, first of many settlement houses

1889

the progressive era

Period: 1890 to 1920

klondike gold rush people go to alaska to find gold

1896

ended 1899

imperialism

Period: 1898 to 1910

world war I

Period: 1914 to 1918

roaring twenties

Period: 1920 to 1929

great depression

Period: 1929 to 1939

world war II

Period: 1939 to 1945

early cold war

Period: 1945 to 1960

civil rights era

Period: 1950 to 1970

vietnam war

Period: 1954 to 1976

end of the cold war

Period: 1970 to 1991

1990's-21st century

Period: 1990 to 2008