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This was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the U.S. East to the U.S. West, cutting down travel across the country from 6 months to 6 days.
Transcontinental Railroad
A territory (and later state) America annexed in 1900 after white planters led a revolution and overthrew the previous Native government.
Hawaii
A canal built in Central America that revolutionized travel by allowing ships to pass through central America rather than going all the way around North or South America.
Panama Canal
This was a 4 month conflict involving the United States in 1898; it allowed America to become an empire by obtaining colonies as a result of the war.
Spanish-American War
This was a law in the late-19th century that authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands into individual plots, which were then given to each Native “family”. This greatly contributed to the genocide of tribal life and culture.
Dawes Act of 1887
A war between America and a pacific island nation’s revolutionaries after America took possession of the nation after the Spanish American War.
Philippine-American War