US History

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    U.S. Imperialism

    economic influence for the US
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Huge purchase for the U.S., Was territory of Louisiana
  • American System

    American System

    National economic plan
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    Manifest Destiny

    Widely Held cultural belief, territorial expansion
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

    series of forced relocations of the Native Americans
  • Texas Revolution

    Texas Revolution

    Rebellion of colonist, putting up resistance
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    Reconstruction

    era period of recovery in the U.S.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    Equal protection for everyone under laws
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    the right to allow citizens in the U.S. to vote
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    Guilded Age

    American Civil War
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle between Lakota people and the U.S. Army
  • Building of Panama Canal

    Building of Panama Canal

    Set of Locks that fill up with water that escorts ships for shortcuts.
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    Regulated land rights on tribal territories
  • Wounded Knee Creek Massacre

    Wounded Knee Creek Massacre

    domestic massacre of 300 Lakota people
  • Carnegie Steel

    Carnegie Steel

    Steel Producing Company
  • Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani

    Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani

    Group of business men and and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. (Hawaii)
  • Plessy V Ferguson

    Plessy V Ferguson

    Landmark decision of U.S. supreme court
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    Progressivism

    (Support), Political movement in U.S. , change in government
  • Spanish American War

    Spanish American War

    Armed conflict between Spain and the United States
  • Trust busting/Break up of Standard oil

    Trust busting/Break up of Standard oil

    Eliminating competitions, Trusts could charge whatever price they wanted. corporate greeds, determined product prices
  • The Jungle Written

    The Jungle Written

    book Novel written by Upton Sinclair, expose of conditions
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    Factory Fire, Deadliest Industrial Disaster in the history of Greenwich Village neighborhood Manhattan, New York City.
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    congress has power to collect taxes on incomes.
  • Keating-Owen Child Labor Act (Wicks Bill)

    Keating-Owen Child Labor Act (Wicks Bill)

    Short lived statute enacted by U.S. congress sought to address child labor
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Women had the right to vote, Equal rights to voting
  • Prohibition Protests

    Prohibition Protests

    Period of time that had a lot of violence, gangs, a lot alcohol consumption