Us history 1887-2008

By Edwin.Rodriguez
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    Early American History

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    civil war / Reconstruction

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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
    1896-1899: Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    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

  • Hull House founded, 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 l

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    Roaring twenties

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    Great Depression

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    world war ll

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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-21 st century