u.s. history:1887-2008

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    early american history

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    civil war/reconstruction

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    the gilded age

    1.Rockefeller/Carneige(Captains of industry vs. Robber Barons)
    2.Philanthropy
    3.Monopoly
    4.Jane Addams
    5.Laissez-Faire
  • Chinese exclusion act

    prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first US national immigration act
  • pendleton civil service act

    awarded government jobs based on merit
  • Interstate Commerce Act

    ensure railroad set “reasonable and just” rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business
  • dawes act

    gave individual ownership of land to native americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively
  • Hull of house,first of many settlements

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    the progressive era

  • Klondike Gold Rush(alaska)

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    imperialism

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    world war 1

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    roaring twenties

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    great depression

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    world war 2

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    early cold war

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    civil rights era

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    vietnam war

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    end of the cold war

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    1990s-21st century