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Early American History
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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Chinese Exclusion Act
1-Chinese Exclusion Act (1882): 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 and the first time government stepped in to regulate business -
Dawes Act
gave individual ownership of land to native americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively -
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The Gilded Age
1- Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
2-Philanthropy
3-Monopoly
4- Jane Addams
5-Laissez-Faire -
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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The Progressive Era
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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