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Gilded Age-US Entry to WWI
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13th Amendment POLITICAL
Was accepted by the House in January 31, 1865 and ratified by the states in December 6, 1865. Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. -
American Federalation of Labor SOCIAL
Labor Union, pushes for american working rights, founded by Samuel Gomper -
14th Amendment POLITICAL
14th amendment, the amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War and was adopted in July 9, 1868 -
Creation of the 1st professional baseball team SPORTS/ENTERTAINMENT/OTHER
Created the 1st proffessional baseball team in the US. This led to a more fun past time. 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings. -
15th Amendment POLITICAL
prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments. -
Alexander Graham Bell Telephone Invention ECONOMIC
Learned to pass 2 signals through one wire, then learned to do 4 over one wire, help spread messages alot faster speeding up trade and goods. Creation of the telephone. -
Battle of Little Bighorn CONFLICT/OTHER
US army vs. western Sioux -
Great Railroad Strike POLITICAL
Happened when a third wage reduction happened, they wouldn't let the freight cars go through. Led to use of military force to put down. -
Knights Of Labor Go Public, SOCIAL
Knights of labor was created around December 28, 1869, however it only became actually important around 1880, because they grew, and became popular with the working class people. They wanted better working conditiions and rejected socialism and anarchism -
John D. Rockefeller creates Standard Oil Trust ECONOMIC
An American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Created to create the idea of standard oil, and was the best at oil. -
Chinese Exlusion Act, IMMGRATION/OTHER
One of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. FIrst of it's kind to bann a specific ethnicity and suspended chinese immigration. -
Haymarket Square Riot SOCIAL
Protest that involved a bombing blamed on Knights of Labor, one police officcer died. Led to disspute agaisnt groups -
Interstate Commerce Act ECONOMIC
An act to help regulate and dimm down monopolies, particuarly in the Rail Road Companies, demanding "railroad rates be fair and just". -
Hull House built in Chicago SOCIAL
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr found the Hull House in Chicago (1889), helps immigrants and support immigrants. -
National American Women Suffrage Association founded SOCIAL
Created for women suffrage in 1890. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act POLITICAL(mainly)/ECONOMIC
First Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. Helped stop a bit of corruption in goverments, and stop monopolies. -
Carnegie Hall ARCHITECTURE/OTHER
Carnegia Hall opened to the public on May 24 1891. -
John Muir founds the Sierra Club SOCIAL
John Muir founded the Sierra Club, wanted conservation of the enviorement. Sierra Mountains. -
Economic Depression of 1893 ECONOMIC
Failure in banking and stocks, led to an economic depression and fear for money. -
J.P. Morgan arranges gold purchases to rescue U.S. Treasury ECONOMY
J. Pierpont Morgan promised to form an international syndicate to buy gold and protect the Treasury from further withdrawals. Help saved the US from a 2 year economic debt. -
Ragtime Popularity MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT/OTHER
Ragtime rhythm was already inventend, but became popular between 1895-1918, because of Scott Joplin (APUSH), and was known as "Ragged Rhythm" -
Plessy vs. Ferguson POLITICAL
Was a Supreme Court case which coined the idea "Seperate, but Equal", making segragation legal. -
Spanish American War POLITICAL
Spanish American war started due to intervention with Cuban independence war. -
Treaty of Paris of 1898 POlLITICAL
Ended the Spanish American War, leaded with American victory and land grants to Cuba, and ceding Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. -
J.P. Morgan creates U.S. Steel Company ECONOMIC
Created steel company, providing large amounts of steel to newly created buildings during the time such as the frame of skyscrappers. As a result becoming one of the most richest men in the world during the time. -
Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” is published SOCIAL
Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. Showing the different problems, mainly in the social and politicla area. -
Atlanta Race Riot breaks out SOCIAL
Mass civil disturbance in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), which began the evening of September 22 and lasted until September 24, 1906. -
NAACP SOCIAL
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. -
The black workers of the Deep South Create Blues MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT/OTHER
Created Soul Music, came from black workers in the south. -
Federal Reserve Act ECONOMY
An act that created and established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes. -
Assembly Line created leading to faster production rates ECONOMY
Help created a better system of creation of goods, using common parts, to speed up production as well as help fix products (gave exchangeable parts. -
Armory show of modern art held in New York City ART/OTHER
Showed art, armor of different types, usuaslly sculptures.
