US History

By aleeciaday
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    Manifest Destiny

    East to West expansion
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    Reconstruction

    rebuilding of the U.S.

  • 14th Amendment

    making everyone equal

  • 15th Amendment

    African American men the right to vote
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    Gilded Age

    rapid income growth

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Custer killed everyone by not waiting

  • Panama Canal

    faster shipping port

  • Dawes Act

    Land rights on US tribal territories
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    U.S. Imperialism

    spreading U.S. culture to everyone

  • Wounded Knee Creek Massacre

    Slaughter of Lakota Indians

  • Carnegie Steel

    first steel company near Pittsburgh

  • Overthrowing Queen Liliuokalani

    U.S. wanting to take over Hawaii

  • Plessy V. Ferguson

    had equal rights but are still separate
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    Progressivisum

    political reform over the U.S.

  • Spanish American War

    a war that happened when a U.S. ship blew up

  • The Jungle

    exposing the working conditions in meat packing plants

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    massive deaths of woman being locked in rooms for hours working

  • Trust Busting

    starting of different companies

  • Child Labor Laws

    taking kids out of the work force

  • 19th Amendment

    letting woman vote

  • Prohibition Protest

    banning of alcohol