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Geroge Washington
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John Adams
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Thomas Jeffersin
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James Madison
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James Monroe
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John Quincy Adamas
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Andrew Jackson
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Martin Van Buren
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Manifest Destiny
The belief that it is the right of Americans to move west. This all happened after the reconstruction in the United States -
William Henry Harrison
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John Tyler
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James K. Polk
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Zachary Tyler
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Millard Fillmore
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Franklin Pierce
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James Buchanan
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Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson
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Exodusters
Free slaves who migrated after the Civil War. They were basically black cowboys. -
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Seperate but Equal
The supreme court ruling for Plessy V Ferguson, that blacks would have serperate but equal quarters and education. This meant that they would have sperate restaurants, restrooms, schools, and water fountains, and so on. -
Ulysses S. Grant
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Jim Crow Laws
A set of local laws enforced by a community. Segregated whites and blacks. Prevented blacks from voting and introduced literacy laws. -
Rutherford B. Hayes
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James A. Garfield
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Chester A. Arthur
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Pendelton Act
Began after the assassination of President Andrew Garfield. The act set up strict regulations and standard for people who ran for political offices. Started Civil Service Exams. -
Grover Cleveland
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Benjamin Harrison
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
A vaguely worded document that tried to end monopolies. It was hard to enforce because of its poor writing. It was the first to try and outlaw trusts. -
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Imperial America
A time in which the US wanted to conquer more land and grow in power. We started war against Spain to take it's land. -
Ellis Island
An island off the coast of New York. It served as a stopping place for immigrants so that they could under go quotas and testing. -
Willmington Race Riot
White voters were made that blacks could vote in their town. They decided to grab their guns and started killing blacks who tried to vote. -
Spanish American War
Empirial America begana war with Spain. We started it in the Philipeans, fought in Cuba, but battle the Spanish. We gained Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Alaska during this time. -
Election of 1912
Former President Roosevelt and Taft ran against one another with Republican ideas but they were both popular and split the vote. Woodrow Wilson won the race as a Democrat. -
Clayton Act
A better case against trusts. This Act made monopolies illegal so that people could not corrupt governements using money and denying its country of the resource they owned. Enforced that businesses needed competition. -
Flappers
Women who decided to stand out amongst the crowd. They dressed in far more comfortable clothes and were not afraid to show a little skin. This created a movement among women to be more individual and not go by certain standards. -
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Prohibition
The 18th amendment making alcohol in the United States illegal. This led to a ton of bootlegging of alcohol. Speak easies opened as secret clubs that served alcohol. Alcohol was made and transported by organized criminals like the mafia all of the US. -
Nativists
The fear of European radicalism and culture. Set quotas on how many Europeans could immigrate into the states. Asians were considered inelligable. -
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The Great Depression
It began with a stock market crash that left thousands of investors as broke. The banks didn't have money to give out due to all the selling of stocks. The Dust Bowl made things worse during this time. -
Harlem Renaissance
The rise of black arts and culture. Musicians and artists like Longston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington came about enlightening the world. -
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The Dust Bowl
Wind started to carry dirt in the air. A large drought caused the great plains to be dry and the tilling for farming loosened up all the soil. -
Sun Belt
A region in the US stretching from Southeast to Southwest. Increased population and industry during this time. -
Indian Reorganization Act
An act set up to expand Indian reservations. Helped to lessen the tension between Indians and whites. -
Civil Rights Act
This act ended discrimination for all ethnicities, cultures, gender, and so on. This granted true freedom for all American citizens. Racism would still exist but discrimination in jobs would not be tolerated.