apush timeline periods 6-9

Question 1

Several Southern states are readmitted back into the Union

Answer 1

1870

Question 2

Yellowstone National Park is created

Answer 2

1872

Question 3

Panic of 1873 takes place and leads to another economic US recession

Answer 3

1873

Question 4

Munn v. Illinois court case established the public regulation of utilities

Answer 4

1876

Question 5

Thomas Edison invents the light bulb

The Knights of Labor goes public and becomes largest Union of its time

Answer 5

1879

Question 6

Election of 1880 sees James Garfield elected president

Answer 6

1880

Question 7

James Garfield is assassinated and VP Chester Arthur takes over

Answer 7

1881

Question 8

The Chinese Exclusion Act is passed and bans future immigrants from Asia

Answer 8

1882

Question 9

Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is passed that says Gov. jobs are based on merits and not who you know

Answer 9

1883

Question 10

Elections of 1884 sees Grover Cleveland elected as president

Answer 10

1884

Question 11

Haymarket Riot takes place

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) is founded and would replace the Union Knights of Labor

Answer 11

1886

Question 12

Dawes Severalty Act is passed and divides up land from Native Americans

Answer 12

1887

Question 13

Election of 1888 sees Benjamin Harrison is elected president

Answer 13

1888

Question 14

Several states in the North and Northwest are added (ND, SD, MT, WA)

Jane Addams founds the Hull House to assist women and immigrants in building careers

Answer 14

1889

Question 15

The Sherman Antitrust Act is passed that makes a company running a monopoly illegal

Answer 15

1890

Question 16

Jacob Riis published “How the Other Half Lives” showing the world how poor Americans live

Answer 16

1890

Question 17

Yosemite National Park is created

Answer 17

1890

Question 18

Wounded Knee Massacre takes place where US troops killed several Lakota Indians (End of the American Indian Wars)

Answer 18

1890

Question 19

James Naismith invents basketball at the YMCA as a new indoor sport

Answer 19

1891

Question 20

Homestead Strike takes place at Carnegie’s Steel company in Pittsburgh, PA and was a major defeat for Union Workers

Answer 20

1892

Question 21

Grover Cleveland is elected president and the final of the HGACHC presidents

Answer 21

1892

Question 22

Panic of 1893 becomes worst recessions of the 19th century

Answer 22

1893

Question 23

General Jacob Coxey’s Army marches on Washington for the populist party demanding Gov. create jobs

Answer 23

1894

Question 24

Pullman Strike takes place due to railroad workers responding to wage cuts

Answer 24

1894

Question 25

Plessy v. Ferguson court case affirms “separate but equal” public facilities especially on trains

Answer 25

1896

Question 26

William Mckinley is elected president

Answer 26

1896

Question 27

The USS Maine explodes in Havana and Spain is blamed beginning the Spanish American War

Answer 27

1898

Question 28

Roosevelt and his Rough Riders invades Cuba and San Juan Hill and defeats the Spaniards

Answer 28

1898

Question 29

Battle of Manila Bay sees US successful in taking over the Philippines

Answer 29

1898

Question 30

The Treaty of Paris (1898) ends the Spanish American War

Answer 30

1898

Question 31

The Teller Amendment was passed to help Cuba gain independence

Answer 31

1899

Question 32

US takes over the island of Samoa

Answer 32

1899

Question 33

The Open Door Policy is announced leaving China open for several countries

Answer 33

1899

Question 34

Gold Standard Act is passed and establishes that gold is what gives our paper money value

Answer 34

1900

Question 35

Howard Taft becomes the leader of our newly annexed land of the Philippines

Answer 35

1900

Question 36

Boxer Rebellion saw Chinese rebels fights back against foreigners in their nation

Answer 36

1900

Question 37

Boxer Rebellion saw Chinese rebels fights back against foreigners in their nation

Answer 37

1900

Question 38

William McKinley is assassinated with VP Teddy Roosevelt taking over as new President

Answer 38

1901

Question 39

The Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty was signed giving US control of the Panama Canal

Answer 39

1903

Question 40

The Wright brothers made their first powered flight

Answer 40

1903

Question 41

The Roosevelt Corollary was added to the Monroe Doctrine to fight Europeans out of Latin America

Answer 41

1904

Question 42

Teddy Roosevelt is elected as president

Answer 42

1904

Question 43

Hepburn Act was signed giving the ICC power to regulate commerce

Answer 43

1906

Question 44

The Pure and Food Drug Act was passed as well as the Meat Inspection Act which would eventually establish what is used today called the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Answer 44

1906

Question 45

The Gentlemen’s Agreement was signed to allow Japanese-American children to attend school but Japan must slow down immigration to the US

Answer 45

1907

Question 46

Aldrich-Vreeland Act was passed which gave national banks the ability to issue emergency currency

Answer 46

1908

Question 47

Ford Model T is available for sale on the market

Answer 47

1908

Question 48

Howard Taft was elected as president

Answer 48

1908

Question 49

William Taft implemented his Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 49

1809

Question 50

W.E.B. Du Bois creates the NAACP to help blacks achieve equality

Answer 50

1809

Question 51

Standard Oil Company v. United States divides up Standard oil due to it being a monopoly

Answer 51

1911

Question 52

Teddy Roosevelt creates the Bull Moose Party to campaign for president and gets shot

Answer 52

1912

Question 53

16th amendment is established creating the income tax

Answer 53

1913

Question 54

17th amendment is established to allow the direct election of Senators

Answer 54

1913

Question 55

The Underwood Tariff was signed into law lowering tariff rates from 40% to 25%

Answer 55

1913

Question 56

The Federal Reserve is created and establishes a central bank of the US

Answer 56

1913