U.S. History: 1887-2008

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    Early American History

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    Civil War/Reconstruction

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    The Gilded Age

    1. Rockefeller/Carnegie: founder of the Standard Oil Company/a US industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry
    2. Philanthropy: the act of voluntary giving by individuals to promote the common good.
    3. Monopoly: A situation which a single company owns all of the market for a product or service
    4. Jane Addams: was a peace activist and leader of the settlement house movement
    5. Laissez-Faire: an economic theory that opposed any government intervention in business affairs.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinsese 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 into the regulate business
  • Dawes Act

    Gave individual ownership of land to native Americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively
  • Hull House

    First of many settlement houses
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    The Progressive Era

  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Alaska
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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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    1990's-21st Century