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U-boats were Germany's only weapon of advantage as Britain effectively blocked German ports to supplies.
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The Bessemer Process was the first inexpensive industrial process that made steel from pig iron.
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Gold was discovered there in Pikes Peak
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Any adult, or citizen, who had never been borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
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This act set aside federal lands to create colleges to benefit the agricultural and mechanical arts.
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The completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
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A law that strengthened the rate-making power of the Interstate Commerce Commission, reflecting the era's desire to control the power of the railroads.
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This battle happened because the second 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie were critical factors that pitted Plains Indians tribes against the US. federal government. The refusal of Lakota & Cheyenne tribes to live within the boundaries of Indian reservations led to the U.S. government's decision to seize the Black Hills & force the Indian tribes onto reservations.
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An American agrarian movement that sought to improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy
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In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Edison built the first high resistance, incandescent electric light
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This school was operated with the mission to "kill the Indian' and "save the Man." This meant that the administrators forced students to speak English, wear Anglo-American clothing, and act according to U.S. values and cultures.
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This was a U.S. federal law that prohibited all Chinese immigration into the United States
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Thomas Edison lights up Manhattan, New York City with the light bulb
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The statue of liberty was a copper statue that was a gift from the people from France.
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A labor union formed by Samuel Gompers in order to voice the working class
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This made railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation
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Regulated land rights on tribal territories within the U.S.
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His book was about an analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire from 1660-1783
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His book was more about "How the other life lives" which included factual descriptions of the slum conditions in New York City.
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His book was about an analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire from 1660-1783
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His book was about an analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire from 1660-1783
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This is the rule of free competition among those involved in commence
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This massacre is when the U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of Lakota (native american) men, women, and children in attempt to suppress a religious movement.
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His essay was about "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" which defined the relationship between the frontier and American culture and contemplated what might follow
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The workers at Pullman Palace went on strike until July 20th because of layoffs, wage cuts, and firings. Eventually, some 125,000-250,000 railroad workers in 27 states joined their cause, stifling the national rail network west of Chigaco.
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This was the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that racial segregation laws didn't violate the Constitution as long as the facilities for each race was equal in quality. This was a belief known as "separate but equal"
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Holden v Hardy is a U.S. labor law in which the U.S. Supreme Court held a limitation on working time for miners and smelters as constitutional
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There are two main reasons the war started; America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the explosion of the battleship
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This is when the U.S. territory extended into the Pacific, which highlighted results from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific Power.
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The U.S. paid Spain $20 million to annex the entire Philippine group of islands.
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The legislation authorized the Secretary of the Interior to designate irrigation sites and to establish a reclamation fund from the sale of public lands to finance the projects
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The Panama Canal was built because Americans and British leaders and businessman wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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Sinclair wrote this book to expose the appalling work conditions in the meat-packing industry. It shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws.
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The Supreme Court ruled that a New York law setting maximum working hours for bakers was unconstitutional
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This prohibited the sale of misbranded or adultrated food and drugs buying or selling
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A U.S Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether a state could limit the amount of hours a women could work while not also limiting the hours of men.
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This is America's oldest and largest civil rights organization. It was formed in NYC and was partially in response to the ongoing violence against Black Americans around the country.
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Allows voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators. Before the 17th amendment, senators were chosen by state legislatures
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Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. It reduced the time it took to build a car from 12 hours to 1 hour and 30ish minutes.
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This law created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.
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The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand set off a chain of events that led to war in early August.
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A piece of legislation, passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law, defines unethical business practices, such as price fixing ad monopolies. Also upholds various rights of labor
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The Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat
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The U.S. senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany
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Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription.
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With Germany on the verge of chaos and civil war, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated, resulting in the country becoming a republic and its new leader, Chancellor Friedrich Ebert, asking the Allies for an armistice. Finally, the fighting was over
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Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors
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This amendment granted women the right to vote
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This immigration act limited numbers of immigrants allowed entry in the U.S. through the national origins quota
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The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota
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A high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state-funded school