U.S. History

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    Manifest Destiny

    U.S believed to be destined by God to expand dominion and spread democracy across the entire United States.
  • Infected Blankets

    Infected Blankets

    Americans gave Indians small pox through infected blankets
  • John D. Rockefeller

    John D. Rockefeller

    Standard Oil Company
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    Reconstruction

    A time period to try to end slavery
  • Reconstruction

    Civil War people attempted to redress the lack of fairness
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    Equal rights to African Americans
  • Carnegie Steel

    Carnegie Steel

    Used steel to design a stronger bridge,
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    Guilded Age

    Looked good on the outside bad on the inside
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    U.S. Imperialism

    Making a country more powerful to gain more land
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    The right for African Americans to vote
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn

    Custer's last stand
  • Building of Panama Canal

    Building of Panama Canal

    Passage way for ships
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    Law providing each American Indian land of there own
  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism

    Fake news during the 1890s
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre

    U.S army slaughtered Indians
  • Queen Liliuokalani Overthrow

    Queen Liliuokalani Overthrow

    America wanted sugar which meant more money
  • Plessy V. Fergeuson

    Plessy V. Fergeuson

    USA supreme court commanded segregation was legal
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    Progressivism

    Time in history where society gets better
  • American-Spanish War

    American-Spanish War

    Cuba tried gaining independence from Spain, U.S. declared freedom for Cuba. Spain then declares war on the U.S. The American Spanish war ended on 12-10-1898
  • The Jungle

    The Jungle

    Awful working and living conditions
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

    U.S. organization for segregation
  • Break up of standard oil

    Break up of standard oil

    Standard oil split up into smaller companies around America
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    Tragedy due to lack of safe working conditions
  • Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

    Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

    Children under a certain age can not work
  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

    Banning Alcohol transportation
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Women voting rights