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Rutherford B. Hayes
He oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War. He was the 19th president and was Republican. -
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James Garfield
He was the 20th president and was a republican. His Presidency was impactful, but cut short after 200 days when he was assassinated. -
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Chester A. Arthur
He was the 21st president and was a republican. He took over James Garfield presidency after he died. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibited chinese immigration labor for 10 years, it was extended twice. -
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Grover Cleveland
He was the 22nd President and was the first democratic president selected after the civil war. -
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Required railroad rates to be "reasonable and just"
help set up price controls -
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Benjamin Harrison
He was the 23rd president and was a republican. -
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Grover Cleveland
He was also the 24th President and was a Democrat. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
"seperate but equal" supreme court decision that allowed segregation if an equal opportunity is given to both races. -
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William McKinley
He was the 25th president and was a republican -
De Lome letter
Spanish Minister wrote to the US a letter calling Mc Kinley "weak" this letter was stolen and published in the papers. -
US declares war.
US declared war because USS Maine warship was anchored in Havana Harbor. -
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Spanish American War
1st move of the US in the late 19th, early 20th century to become a global power.
Our Navy allows the US to control new territories around the world. -
Hawaii- Territory of the US
Hawaii becomes a territory of the US -
Wilmington race Riot
Black men are attacked after voting by white men outside the government building rifles. -
Treaty of Paris 1898
that involved Spain relinquishing nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire, especially Cuba, and ceding Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. -
Open Door Policy
Created beacuse the US wanted a Sphere of Cofluence in China, but didn't have access to one.
Leads to conflicts in China (Boxer Rebellion) and rivalries with other Imperial Powers -
Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Galveston, Texas, deadliest hurricane in US history
between 6000- 12000 deaths -
Eugene v. Debs
Radical political groups
Socialism reduces private ownership -
McKinley Assasination
McKinley was assasinated -
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Theodore Roosevelt
Was the 26th youngest president and was a republican party. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Theodore Roosevelt extended the Monroe Doctrine with his speech about American Power -
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
7.8 magnitude Earthquake that killed 3,000 and destroyed 80% of the city. -
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William H. Taft
Was the 27th president and was a republican. -
Election of 1912
Roosevelt- Bull Moose Party
Republican was split in 1/2 between Taft and TR
Wilson won 435 electoral votes and the election -
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Woodrow Wilson
He was the 28th president and was a democrat. -
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Panama Canal
US wanted to built a Canal but Colombia government would not allow. -
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The Great War
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria- Hungary assasinated by a Serbian terrorist named Gavrillo Princip.
This set up a chain reaction in which almost all of Europe became involved -
Lusitania
British passenger ship was sunk; 128 Americans were killed. -
Zimmermann Telegram
intercepted from Germany to Mexico in which the Germans were trying to ally with Mexico to declare war o the US and regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona -
Schenk vs US
Charles Schenk, a socialist, was arrested for printing and distributing information in a opposition to the draft. -
Treaty of Versailles 1919
signed at the end of WWI
Provisions: New Nations created (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland -
Prohibition- The Nobel Experiment
18th Amendment prohibited sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages -
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Warren G. Harding
He was the 29th president and was a republican. -
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Calvin Coolidge
He was the 30th president and was a republican -
Scopes Monkey Trial
John T. Scopes was tried for teaching Darwin evolution in a high school classroom. -
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Herbert Hoover
He was the 31st president and was a republican. -
Great Depression
many Americans were homeless, jobless, and starving the economy had a huge declined -
Hawley- Smoot Trial
Raised tariff of 20,000 different goods to protect the production of American products. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was the 32nd president and was a democrat. -
Good Neighbor Policy
Isolationist idea that the US would stay out of the affairs of other countries.
Roosevelt will challenge saying we need to "Quarantine" the aggressors -
Dust Bowl
Drought struck and prarie winds caused huge dust storms. -
Treaty of Versailles 1945
Ended WWII
Major arms reduction in the Axis countries -
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Harry S. Truman
He was the 33rd president and was a democrat. -
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Cold War
a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular. -
Truman Doctrine
it was mean't to stop the spread of communism -
Marshall Plan
An economic plan to rebuild Europe and resist communism. We continue to give aid to poor countries to help them, and also influence their political decisions. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was the 34th president and was a republican -
Brown v. Board of Education
Thrugood Marshall argued fo the NAACP
Supreme Court ruled that "seperate but equal has no place in education" -
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Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower built the interstate Highway System, main goal was quick travel for defense -
Hungarian Invasion
Hungarian rebels fight against the USSR forces, fighting against the communist forces that had been there since the end of WWII. -
Election of 1960
JFK won the election of 1960 in a close race -
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John F. Kennedy
He was the 35th president and was a democrat -
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Bay of Pigs
1959 Fidel Castro takes power of Cuba, aligns with the communists.
CIA trains refugees for an invasion and take over the island. Huge failor -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
He was the 36th president and was a democrat. -
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Richard M. Nixon
He was the 37th president and was a republican. -
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Gerald R. Ford
was the 38th president and was a republican -
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James Carter
He was the 39th president and was a democrat -
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Ronald Reagan
Was the 40th president and was a republican. -
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George H. W. Bush
he was the 41st president and was a republican -
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William J. Clinton
Was the 42nd president and was a Democrat -
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George W. Bush
He was the 43rd president and was a republican -
Terror Attacks of 9/11
Terrorists coordinated a series of attacks on the US 2 hijacked airplanes were into the world Trade Center Towers. -
Patriot Act (Anti- Terrorism)
laws expanded the governments powers to combat any further attacks. -
Hurricane Katrina
devastated New Orleans, left much of the city under water. -
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Barack Obama
he is the current president (44th) and he is a democrat and will leave office in the year 2017
