US History

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    Manifest Destiny

    Manifest Destiny was the belief that settlers were destined to expand across North America.
  • US began trade with Japan

    US began trade with Japan

    The US parked ships on the coast of Japan and intimidated them into trading with us
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    Reconstruction

    Fixing the South following the Civil War.
  • 14th Amendment Passed

    14th Amendment Passed

    Citizenship rights
  • 15th Amendment Passed

    15th Amendment Passed

    African American men could vote
  • Battle of Little Big Horn

    Battle of Little Big Horn

    armed engagement between Natives and Custard's army
  • Custard Died

    Custard Died

    Custard died at the Battle of Little Big Horn
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    Gilded Age

    Age of rapid economical growth
  • Standard Oil Founded

    Standard Oil Founded

    Rockefeller started Standard Oil
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    Allowed the sale of Native Land
  • Wounded Knee

    Wounded Knee

    Calvery attacked Native women and Children
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    Progressivism

    Social Reform Movement
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    US Imperialism

    Taking over land outside of our borders
  • Carnegie Steel Founded

    Carnegie Steel Founded

    Carnegie started his business in steel
  • Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani

    Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani

    The business men overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    OG Rosa Parks
  • Spanish-American War

    Spanish-American War

    Conflict arose between Spain and the US
  • Trust busting/Breaking Up of Standard Oil

    Trust busting/Breaking Up of Standard Oil

    The US began to break up monopolies starting with Standard Oil
  • Building of Panama Canal

    Building of Panama Canal

    The US started building the canal
  • The Jungle Written

    The Jungle Written

    Article about what goes into our food
  • NAACP Founded

    NAACP Founded

    Civil Rights Organization
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    The building caught fire and many died due to no fire codes
  • Clayton Anti trust act

    Clayton Anti trust act

    the goal of adding further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime
  • Keating-Owen Child Labor laws

    Keating-Owen Child Labor laws

    Regulates Child Labor Laws
  • Passing of 19th Amendment

    Passing of 19th Amendment

    Votes for Women
  • Prohibition Protests

    Prohibition Protests

    nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages