U.S. History: 1887-2008

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    Early American History

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Constitution Written

  • Bill of Rights ratified

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    Civil War/Reconstruction

  • Homestead Act

    Provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west
  • 13th Amendment

    Abolished Slavery
  • 14th Amendment

    Citizenship and due process
  • Transcontinental Railroad completed

  • 15th Amendment

    Voting for all male citizens
  • Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell

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    The Gilded Age

    Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
    Philanthropy
    Monopoly
    Jane Addams
    Laissez-Faire
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Outlawed business monopolies
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    The Progressive Era

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Legalized segregation established "separate but equal"
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    Imperialism

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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