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Alaska is purchased from Russia
Russia controlled most of the area of Alaska from 1700's until 1867. On March 30, 1867 the united states purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. During WWII Japanese occupied two Alaskan Islands, Attu and Kiska for around 15 months. -
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
The Standard Oil company was in Ohio. By 1882 he had a near-monopoly of the oil business. Rockefeller ran this company until 1897. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was a teacher to the deaf. He had the idea of "electronic speech" while visiting his mother in Canada. When he invented the first telephone the first words said were to his assistant Thomas Watson and they were "Mr. Watson come here I want to see you." -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
Edison brought the practical electric light bulb for everyone to use in their daily lives. His invention changed the world. It took him about a year to fully accommodate a long lasting one. -
Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Ellis Island opens
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Carnegie Steel's Homestead Strike
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Plessy vs Ferguson
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
They declared war on Spain because america supporting the struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule. Another reason was the mysterious explosions of a battleship in Havana Harbor. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris -
Hawaii is annexed
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Rudyard Kipling published "The White Man's Burden" in The New York Sun
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Tenement Act
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President McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Western Hem
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Upton Sinclair releases "the Jungle"
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
This document was signed by Theodore Roosevelt. It was a key piece of the progressive Era. It stated that all food and drugs meant for human consumption pass strict testing to make sure everything was and stayed safe. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis island
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Henry For produced his first Model T
The model T was the first automobile built by Ford. The cars were built in assembly lines. It was a practical, durable, and affordable car. -
Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Assassination on Austria's archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
Ferdinands wife was also shot to death by Bosnian Serb. They were both on a visit to the capital of Sarajevo. Ferdinand was a target since he was next in line for the throne and very wealthy. Another reason is because the people in Balkans were angered by Austrias annexation of Bosnia a few years earlier -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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Ratification of the 18th Amendments- Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote
Women's suffrage is the 19th amendment. women were fighting for this right from 1848-1920.Wyoming gave women the right to vote as early as 1869.
