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Imperialism
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Foreign Policy
Immigration Quotas
Yellow Journalism -
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Early American History
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Declaration of Independence signed
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Constitution written
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Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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Homestead Act
provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west -
13th Amendment:
abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
citizenship & due process -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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15th Amendment:
voting for all male citizens -
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The giled age (Big five)
Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
Philanthropy
Monopoly
Jane Addams
Laissez-Faire -
Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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The Gilded Age
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Chinese Exclusion Act (1882):
prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first US national immigration act -
Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883):
awarded government jobs based on merit -
Interstate Commerce Act (1887):
Interstate Commerce Act (1887): ensure railroad set “reasonable and just” rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business -
Dawes Act (1887):
gave individual ownership of land to native americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively -
Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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The Progressive Era
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Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed business monopolies -
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Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)
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USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War
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Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States
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Imperialism
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Open Door Policy
initiated free trade with China -
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Progressive era
Muckrakers
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
The Great Migration
NAACP
Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism) -
Roosevelt Corollary
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
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Panama Canal Built
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published
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Meat Inspection Act
Meat Inspection Act (1906): law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat -
Pure Food and Drug Act
regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines -
NAACP Founded
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Dollar Diplomacy (1909):
Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America -
NAACP Founded
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16th Amendment:
established the federal income tax -
17th Amendment:
direct election of U.S. Senators -
Federal Reserve Act
established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry -
WWI
Alvin York
Homefront
M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI)
Sussex Pledge
American Expeditionary Forces -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I
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World War I
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: Sinking of the Lusitania
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National Parks System created
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National Parks System created
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Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the British, warned the U.S. of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany
-The United States enters WWI on the Allied side
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Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the war
Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers -
President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
statement of principles for peace after World War I, included no colonialism, freedom of the seas, and a League of Nations -
Treaty of Versailles
: peace treaty that ended World War I, required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize -
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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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United Nations formed
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22nd Amendment:
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
Containment- stopping the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- US and Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- Mikhail Gorbachev
Communism- Berlin Wall came down, borders opened
Domino Theory- when one country does one thing the other ones follow -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century