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Was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
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a small placer deposit near the mouth of Little Dry Creek that yielded about 20 troy ounces (622 grams) of gold
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he Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead
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Made it possible for states to establish public colleges funded by the development or sale of associated federal land grants.
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America's first transcontinental railroad was a 1,911-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S.
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The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south-central Montana
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Was first organized in Texas in the mid-1870s and soon spread to other states and territories in the South and Midwest.
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Generally known as Carlisle Indian Industrial School, was the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918
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It worked by passing electricity through a thin platinum filament in the glass vacuum bulb, which delayed the filament from melting.
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It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States.
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Thomas Edison demonstrated the benefits of electric light to Wall street bankers, ushering in the age of electricity.
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Was a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL–CIO.
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The Interstate Commerce Act created an Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry. With this act, the railroads became the first industry subject to Federal regulation
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The Dawes Act of 1887 regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States.
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. A pioneer in the use of photography as an agent of social reform, Jacob Riis immigrated to the United States in 1870.
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He argued for the paramount importance of sea power in national historical supremacy.
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The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. The Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts.
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Was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army.
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He argued that the moving western frontier shaped American democracy and the American character from the colonial era until 1890.
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The Pullman Strike was two interrelated strikes in 1894 that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression.
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Was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality,
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Is a US labor law case in which the US Supreme Court held a limitation on working time for miners and smelters as constitutional.
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Extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and highlighted resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power
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Began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
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In 1898, the United States annexed the Philippines, a country in Asia made up of many islands. This country had been handed over from Spain.
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Is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West.
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The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America
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Is a part of United States antitrust law with the goal of adding further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime; the Clayton Act seeks to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency.
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To expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry.
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A case in which the Court held that the New York statute forbidding bakers from working more than 60 hours a week or 10 hours a day violated the Fourteenth amendment.
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The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency.
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A case in which the Court found that limiting the number of work hours for women did not violate the right to contract in the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
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That act provided, among other things, that anyone receiving, concealing, or buying goods, wares, or merchandise, knowing them to have been illegally imported
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Allowing voters to cast direct votes for the U.S. senators in each state
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Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile.
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Established a central bank for the United States and fostered stability in the country's banking system
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The first German submarine, the U-1, was built in 1905. Developed into Germany's most powerful weapon
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Was a major global conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was fought between two coalitions, the Allies and the Central Powers.
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Caused international outrage and helped turn public opinion against Germany, particularly in the then-neutral United States.
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Authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription
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Established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
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After more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front fell silent.
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Granted women the right to vote
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Limited number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota.
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Was a federal law that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe.
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The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France.
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The trial of John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, for teaching the theory of evolution in violation of state law