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Electric Power and LIghting
Thomas A. Edison announces his development of electric power, which led to the Second Industrial Revolution. -
"biggest invention of the age"
New York "Daily Graphic" published a fictitious interview with Thomas A. Edison. The piece described a new Edison machine that could create forty types of food and drink with just air, water, and dirt. -
Segregation Begins
Some of the first segregation laws were put in place in Tennessee (1800s), including schools, stores, entertainment industries, and bathrooms. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress suspended the immigration of all Chinese laborers -
Henry Grady's speech
In New York, Atlanta Constitution editor Henry Grady proclaimed that "The South is dead." -
Interstate Commerce Act
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First legal segregated railroad cars
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Beginning of Motion Pictures
Beginning in 1888, Edison began developing pictures and innovated the rolling of film in 1889. By 1896, the Edison Vitascope could project the motion pictures onto a screen or wall. -
Hull House
Jane Addams founded the Hull House in Chicago with her friend Ellen Gates Starr. The Hull House's purpose was to offer services to disadvantaged populations. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Congress passed this Act to limit anticompetitive practices. -
Triple Entente
Germany's alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy led to Great Britain, France, and Russia allying. -
Frederick Douglass Death
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Roosevelt appointed as assistant secretary of the navy
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Havana Harbor
President McKinley orders battleship Maine to the Havana harbor. After a couple weeks, the Maine was exploded by enemy forces. Americans immediately blamed the Spanish. -
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Spanish-American and Philippine-American War
Marked a crucial turning point in American interventions concerning abroad affairs. -
War is Declared
Congress officially declared war on Spain after the exploding of the Maine in Havana harbor -
Sam Hose accused
Sam Hose, a black man in Georgia, was accused of killing his white employer and raping his wife. He was tortured and burned alive in an act of racial discrimination called lynching. -
Open Door Policy
Secretary of state John Hay created the Open Door Policy, which called for every Western power to have equal access to Chinese markets. He did this out of fear that other imperial powers would take chunks out of China's economy. -
Treaty of Paris
Emilio Aguinaldo inaugurated as president of the First Philippine Republic. Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish-American War and gave Spain $20 million in exchange for the Philippine Islands. -
"Hatchetation"
Carrie A. Nation broke bottles and bars in the Carey Hotel in protest of the rising inclusion of African American women. -
Lacey Act
The Lacey Act of 1900 banned the shipment of species killed illegally across state lines. It originated from upper and middle-class women fighting for birds that were hunted excessively. National wildlife refuges and key laws were also put into place to protect various animals