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Alexander Graham Bell's invention fundamentally changed the way that we communicate. Without this invention our messages would take much longer to communicate and might have ended up with armies at the time not being able to communicate as easily with base. Without this invention messages could've still taken hours or even days to deliver.
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This railroad revolutionized the way that we transported goods. It connect the Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the San Francisco Bay. This also allowed us to travel to other parts of the country much easier.
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Edison's invention revolutionized the world. It allowed us to see without need to burn oil in a lamp, so it made kerosene more available for other things. With the invention of the light bulb people were able to extend there day since the night would not be in complete darkness.
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The Sherman Antitrust Act regulated competition between business. It made it so that A business could not have a monopoly over an industry. Prevented power from reducing economic competition.
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This case allowed for separate but equal. what this meant was that black people would still have rights but they would not be let in the same places as white people. This later led to the Jim Crow Laws which were meant to discriminate against black people.
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The Boxer Rebellion greatly weakened China. The Boxers were fighting against western control over China. They made the Western Imperial powers realize that trying to make China a colony was a bad idea.
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Upton Sinclair reveals the horror of the meat packing industry. He detail the filthy condition of the factory and the tools used to prepare the meat. This leads to the Pure food and Drug act.
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The war caused the U.S. economy to skyrocket. It solidified America as a leader in military and industrial power. The U.S. entering the war finally broke the stalemate between the Powers, because of their large population and vast resources.
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This was an attempt to stop crime and other social problems, but it did not go according to plan. It led to a rise in organized crime. It led to a rise in crime because people would make and sell alcohol illegally and made a lot of money from it.
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This was a huge victory for the women's rights movement. However after this women were still discriminated against. Suffragists continued fighting for more women's rights.
