us history 1887-2008

By alysa.maxfield
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    early American history

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    civil war/reconstruction

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    the gilded age

    Rockefeller/Carnegie ( captains of industry vs Robert barons)
    Philanthropy
    Monopoly
    Jane Addams
    Laissez-Faire

  • 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

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    roaring twenties

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    great depression

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    world war 2

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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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    1900s-21st century