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Between 1895 and 1904, particularly between 1898 and 1902, a wave of mergers rocked the American economy. In nine years, four thousand companies, 20% of the economy, were folded into rival firms. In nearly every major industry, newly consolidated firms such as General Electric and DuPont dominated their market. Forty-one separate consolidations each controlled over 70 percent of the market in their respective industries.
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William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.
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In 1901, financier J. P. Morgan oversaw the formation of United States Steel, built from eight leading steel companies. Industrialization was built on steel, and one firm (the world’s first billion-dollar company) controlled the market.
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Socialist mayors were elected in thirty-three cities and towns, from Berkeley, California, to Schenectady, New York, and two socialists, Victor Berger from Wisconsin and Meyer London from New York, won congressional seats.
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The President of the United States, William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of music on the grounds of the pan American Exposition In Buffalo , New York. After his death, Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States.
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr., often referred to as Teddy or his initials T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
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Wilbur and Orville after observing birds in flight, they noticed how the birds glide through the air. They believed they could use the technique warping and changing the wings to sustain flight. On December 17th Wilbur and Orville successfully flew a glider , later leading to the invention of the modern day airplane.
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Struck San Francisco 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday April 18th 1906. The city was demolished with people devastated and 3,000 dead. At the end of the Earthquake it destroyed 80% of San Francisco.
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NYC stock exchange dropped 50%, thus made many USA banks go bankrupt. Caused nation to Panic even more, during already having economic troubles. Caused by market liquidly and the loss in confidence in depositors. The Knickerbocker trust collapsed and the word spread causing people to pull money out of the banks.
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Nations Oldest an Longest most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization. More than half a million members they pushed for equality and voter mobilization.
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William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States and the tenth chief justice of the United States, the only person to have held both offices.
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The doors of the factory had been chained shut to prevent employees from taking unauthorized breaks (the managers who held the keys saved themselves) A rickety fire ladder on the side of the building collapsed immediately. Women lined the rooftop and windows of the ten-story building and jumped, landing in a “mangled, bloody pulp.” Life nets held by firemen tore at the impact of the falling bodies. By the time the fire burned itself out, 71 workers were injured and 146 had died.
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John D. Rockefeller Owned 88% of oil controlling the oil market which had to be stopped. The supreme court later put a stop to John D. Rockefeller rain over the oil market.
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The 16th amendment established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election
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The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
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Work began 1881, finished in 1914, now that the canal was finished it prevented ships from having to travel around South America. The Panama Canal was one of the hardest engineering Projects but it cut the time in half to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific. While ships used the canal it brought economic growth among US West Coast and nations along the Pacific. Jimmy carter later gave back the canal to Panamanian in 1977.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Upon being assassinated, WWI broke out.
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Austria declared war on Serbia for failure to meet all of the demands.
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World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918
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Germany declared war on Russia to protect Austria after warnings directed at Tsar Nicholas II failed to stop Russian preparations for war.
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Germans sank the RMS Lusitania. Over a hundred American lives were lost.
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USA joined Allies Britain, France, and Russia to fight in WW1. Under John J Pershing 2,000,000 fought on the battle fields of France Over the assassination of Franz Ferdinand Archduke of Austria. Many Americans opposed the war they would rather choose to be neutral.
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In the spring of 1918, a strain of the flu virus appeared in the farm country of Haskell County, Kansas, and hit nearby Camp Funston, one of the largest army training camps in the nation. The virus spread like wildfire. It killed approximately 50 million people worldwide
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The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and was ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919.
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Treaty of Versailles, 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.
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Four days into the voyage unable to steer away from a iceberg quick enough the Titanic took a blow to the starboard. The titanic was suppose to be able to stay afloat with 4 flooded compartments tops, also the boat didn't carry half as many life boats needed, poor capacity and evacuation. Over 3,000 people died as the Titanic sunk. When the public got wind of the titanic it caused public outrage.
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Promoting equal voting rights to women, no state shall not deny the right to vote on account of sex. The amendment was introduce in 1887, it took 40 years in which women's rights became militant. Conducting campaigns & Congressional passage, reinforced by women in Industry in WW1 resulted in the adoption of the 19th Amendment.