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Sell forms the largest company in the world
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The two Wright brothers test their flying contraption at 10:35 in the morning. The less than $1,000 craft distanced 37 meters in 12 seconds during the first successful flight.
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Roosevelt Corollary reaffirms and expands Monroe Doctrine by proclaiming that the U.S. had the right to intervene in any Latin American nation with fiscal deficiencies or administrative upheavals.
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Novel exposes unhealthy working conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry.
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Japan would no longer issue passports for workers going to the United States.
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American navy displays sixteen battleships on a trip around the world.
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After peasants and workers started protests, the Mexican government led by Porfirio Diaz was overthrown by Francisco Madero and hundreds of thousands Mexican citizens flee to the U.S.
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Fire kills immigrant female workers after doors were locked by managers and the fire ladder collapsed.
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Income tax Is established.
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New system allowed for a centralized control over the nation's credit and currency
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Unrest in Mexico leads to United States
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Archduke Ferdinand and his wife are murdered by Serbians which in turn sparks WWI.
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Canal provides a short path between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans which saved thousands of nautical miles.
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Commission attempted to prevent monopolies and unfair business practices.
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By closing loopholes in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, the decisions of large companies are regulated more closely .
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British liner with over one hundred American onboard was struck by German torpedoes and sunk.
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After killing seventeen Americans and burning the town center, Pancho Villa is pursued by thousands of troops.
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Largest expansion of the U.S.navy is approved.
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Germany's foreign minister sends secret telegram to Mexican counterpart to offer restoration of territories lost to the U.S. if Mexico will attack America.
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All men ages 21 through 30 are required to register for the draft.
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Anyone speaking against the U.S. government would be fined and imprisoned.
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Vladimir Lenin lead Bolsheviks to overthrow provisional Russian government.
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The Fourteen Points was designed to eliminate secret agreements, open the sea trade, reduce arms, and establish the League of Nations to help prevent future world wars through negotiations.
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Protesters could not publicly resist war. Any violation would result in imprisonment.
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Riots happen across America as a result of racial tension with returning military servicemen.
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Alcoholic beverages are banned from being manufactured, transported, or sold.
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Treaty marked the official end to WWI.
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Women allowed to vote.