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| Law passed in 1862 which gave citizens 160 acres of western land for free if they lived on the land for 5 years and made improvements. |
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| Law passed in 1887 which encouraged Native Americans to become "Americanized" and adopt farming as a new way of life. |
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| The Chinese Exclusion Act |
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| Law passed in 1882 which banned Chinese immigration for 10 years. This ban became permanent in 1902 and was not repealed until 1943. |
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| The Sherman Anti-trust Act |
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| Law passed in 1890 which made it illegal for businesses to combine in order to control a market and squeeze out competition. |
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| Reform movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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| This amendment gave Congress the power to collect income tax in 1913. |
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| This amendment granted women suffrage in the U.S. in 1920. |
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| This amendment to the Cuban Constitution gave the U.S. the power to intervene in Cuban Affairs in 1901. |
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| Supreme Court case which upheld Jim Crow laws as constitutional. |
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| This 1904 foreign policy statement expanded the Monroe Doctrine to allow the U.S. to intervene in Latin American domestic affairs. |
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