U.S. History: 1877-2008

By ava.lopez
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    Early American History

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    Civil War/Reconstruction

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    The Gilded Age

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first US national immigration act

  • Pendleton Civil Service Act

    awarded government jobs based on merit

  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Ensure railroad set "reasonable and just" rate the first time government stepped in to regulate business

  • Dawes Act

    gave individual ownership of land to native Americans instead of the time owning things collectively

  • Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses

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    The Progressive Era

  • Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska) starts

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    Imperialism

  • Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska) ends

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    World War I

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War II

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    Early Cold War

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Vietnam War

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    End of the Cold War

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    1990s-21st Century