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"PE" Muckrackers investegate and report on social problems
Wrote and photographed about what they've seen. -
"IMP" The US forces Japan to start trade.
The US put Japan at gun point and forced them to trade. One of the main reasons was because of all the coal Japan had to run our steam ships.
I picked this event because japan had a lot of things to trade its Japans main source income. -
"IGA" Congress passes and lincoln signs the Homestead Act
United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land, typically called a "homestead", at little or no cost. -
"IMP" The US buys Alaska from Russia.
The US bought Alaska because of the gold, fur and other recources. I picked this event because i think it was very rich with gold,il and fur. -
"IGA"The Transcontental Railroad was finished.
The Transcontinental Railroad was built between 1863 and 1869. It was 1,776 miles long and went from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast.
I picked this event because it could transport new cities, people and supplies. -
"IGA" Carnegie Steel Corperations is founded
Created a machine that can melt down and mold steel. -
"IGA" Rockefeller starts standard Oil
He started the oil company, a few years later hes on of the richest men alive I picked this event because if we didn't have any steel we wouldn't have skyscrapers. -
"IGA"Alexander G. Bell invents the telephone.
invented the phone, He tryied for a long time to invent it, -
"IGA" Edison invents the light bulb
the light buld was an outbreak in electricity and that sparked up alot of things. -
"PE" Sam Gompers starts the AFL
American Federation of Labor(AFL) was the first labor union is the US. -
"IGA"Millions of new immagrants arrive in the US.
!890-1920 this lasted till. lots of immagrants came to the US. -
"PE"State Government Reforms
1890-1920. Process that allowed recalling and voting on new laws. -
"IMP" the US anexed Hawaii
The US added hawaii to the country.
i think this is an important event because its a good base for the military and the navy. -
"IMP" the US wins the Spanish American war.
The US knew that they could win because they are a lot bigger. The US dominated the Spanish in war. this is important because, the spanish American war made the US very powerful in the world. -
"IGA"Urbanization swells city population, changes culture,causes problems.
there was alot of crime,diseases,problems for the people who lived there. -
"PE" Pesedent T. Roosevelt
All the acts that Roosevelt passed where to make ecinomic and social justice so everyone could have a fair chance. -
"IGA" The wright brothers test the first gasoline powered airplane.
The 2 crazy brothers tried many times to make the first plne but failed, accept for 1 time when they made a gas powered plane it flew like a bird. -
"IMP" President Roosevelt takes Panama Canal
The US took the Canal because it was a quicker route than going around 5000 miles. -
"IGA" Henry Ford Created the model T.
Henry Ford made the first "QUADRUCYCLE" wich broke out A LOT of car companies and millions of dollars. -
"PE" W.E.B. Dubois starts the NAACP
The NAACP was for all Black people to have more rights. -
"PE"16 amendment
The Congress will have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source, without apportionment among the several states, and without any census or enumeration. i picked this because it still affects us today. -
"PE" W. Wilson supports progressives.
The Fedral Reserve Act made a central banking system that could servouse a lot of people and give out loans. -
"PE" 17 Amendment
Changed the way Senators where elected. Two Senators were elected per state and each got one vote. This is important because it makes the peoples voice be heard fairly. -
"PE"18 Amendment
Banned transport and selling of alcohol. this is important because, having no alcohal in the US was a big deal. -
"PE" 19 Amendment
All women the right to vote. This is important because women got equal rights.