U.S. History: 1887-2008

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    Early American History

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    Civil War/Reconstruction

  • 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