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Gilded Age Continues
The Gilded Age continues -
The Dawes Act
Regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States. -
Rutherford B. Hayes is Sworn in
Rutherford B. Hayes is now the 19th president of the U.S. -
The Great Railroad Strike
Series of violent rail strikes across the United States in 1877 -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States for 10 years -
Interstate Commerce Act is established
The Interstate Commerce Act addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidelines for how the railroads could do business -
Populist Party Emerges
Emerged in the early 1890s as an important force in the Southern and Western United States, but declined rapidly after the 1896 United States presidential election in which most of its natural constituency was absorbed by the Bryan wing of the Democratic Party. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Was made to curtail combinations of power that interfere with trade and reduce economic competition -
Plessy v. Ferguson
the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state-sponsored racial segregation, establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine. -
The Progressive Era Begins
A period of reform movements aimed at addressing social and economic problems, including corruption, inequality, and industrial abuses. -
WW1 Begins
An international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. -
U.S Enters WW1
The United States officially entered World War I on April 6, 1917, after President Woodrow Wilson requested a declaration of war from Congress -
WW1 Ends (Treaty of Versailles)
A peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France, on June 28, 1919; it took force on January 10, 1920. -
Roaring 20s
A period of great social, economic, and cultural change in the United States. -
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Also known as Black Tuesday, was a major stock market crash that began on October 24, 1929, and culminated on October 29, leading to the Great Depression. -
The Great Depression
a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939, marked by high unemployment, poverty, and widespread bank and business failures, originating in the US with the stock market crash of 1929. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President
He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. -
WW2 Begins
The German invasion of Poland which led to declarations of war by France and Britain two days later. The war's origins stemmed from unresolved tensions after World War I, the rise of fascism and militarism, and aggressive expansion by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. -
Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during World War II, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 150,000 to 246,000 people. These bombings, the only instances of nuclear weapons used in armed conflict, led to Japan's surrender and the end of the war -
End of WW2
Truman announced Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. The news spread quickly and celebrations erupted across the United States.