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Industrialism
The transition from manual labor to factory labor, which was still manual but not as laborious
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Sand Creek Massacre
Americans soldiers killed approximately half of the Cheyenne; a tribe of roughly 800 men, women, and children. Killing mainly women and children as they surrounded and descended upon the tribe. Scalping and disemboweling whomever they could lay hands on, and shooting those who ran. http://www.ushistory.org/us/40a.asp -
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Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1882 congress passed a law baring Chinese men and women from entry, 25yrs later they place another ban on Japanese people. Gradually including criminals, contract workers, the mentally ill, anarchist, and alcoholics. By 1917 you needed to be able to pass the test of literacy, and by 1924 an absolute cap was placed on the flow of immigrants into the U.S. based off of ethnicity.
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Panic of 1893
Dog eat dog world in the industry field. Companies who couldn't supply quality product for a cheapest price were driven into the ground through bankruptcy. The Economy nearly doubling in size.
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Imperialism
From 1898 to 1915 the U.S conquered numerous regions of the globe and went on to establish itself as a global power structure and a force to be reckoned with.
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Labor Unions
Kids were working long days to the point were most kids working weren't able to attend school. No workers compensation for injuries on the job. Pregnancies would lead to your termination at work. Labor Unions started popping up, but were unorganized in the sense that they couldn't agree on common goals.
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World War 1
To engage or not to engage. That is the question. Well unfortunately the decision to not not engage was soon forced by the efforts of Britain. After two and a half years of being a bystander and trying to maintain peace with both sides. The U.S. is forced into the war by an attack made from Germany.
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Treaties and Leagues
President Wilson made a list of 14 points he wanted to focus on to help prevent future wars, but the other members at the meeting where more concerned with reparation from Germany. When he returned with the treaty of Versailles the senate rejected it. The U.S. sat on the sidelines for the next 20yrs as the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations lead the nations into a more gruesome battle than before.
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Harlem Renaissance
Music, poetry, novels, and more. The black community came up loud and proud making it nearly impossible for the white community to ignore their presence.
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The Great Deppression
The combination of stock market crash, the business' quick expansion, and the widening gap between the companies revenue and the wages of their employees helped lead to the evolution of the great depression. With the 1% holding over 1/3rd of the wealth in the U.S.
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World War 2
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
As means to try and get the Japanese to forfeit the war, Americans dropped a nuclear bomb on the City of Hiroshima and then 3 days later on the City of Nagasaki. Japan surrendered 5 days later on the 14th with a death toll of 250,000+ from vaporization, radiation, and/or illnesses from injury. http://www.ushistory.org/us/51g.asp -
The Cold War and Korean War
One war led to the other and destruction and chaos reign. These wars were fought to gain control and ultimately prevent world war 3 from taking place.
