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The Dead Rabbits riot was a two-day civil disturbance in New York City evolving from what was originally a small-scale street fight between members of the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys into a citywide gang war -
The Ku Klux Klan also commonly shortened to the Klan, is an American Protestant-led white supremacist, far-right hate group. -
John D. Rockefeller created the Standard Oil Company by merging several Cleveland refineries, with the help of partners like Samuel Andrews and Henry M. Flagler. -
Alexander Graham Bell was granted the U.S. patent for the telephone -
The Oklahoma Land Rush was a series of events where the U.S. government opened up millions of acres of formerly Native American land for settlement -
Ellis Island officially opened to process immigrants on. The first immigrant processed was a 17-year-old girl named Annie Moore from Ireland. For over 62 years, Ellis Island served as the main entry point for more than 12 million immigrants arriving in the United States until it closed in 1954. -
The original The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum was released on May 17, 1900, with the first copies going to print that day and publicly released to the public on September 1, 1900.
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Yes, J.P. Morgan founded the United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) in 1901 by orchestrating the merger of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with Federal Steel Company and other smaller firms, creating the world's first billion-dollar corporation and the largest enterprise in America at the time -
Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan, with a vision to build affordable cars for the masses, a goal realized with the iconic Model T and revolutionary assembly line production, transforming the auto industry. -
Ida Tarbell published her groundbreaking investigative series, "The History of the Standard Oil Company," in McClure's Magazine. -
He was the Vice President under McKinley and, at age 42, became the youngest person to assume the office of president. He was later elected to a full term in 1904, serving until 1909. -
The 16th Amendment, granting Congress the power to levy income taxes, was passed by Congress in July 1909 and officially ratified on February 3, 1913, fundamentally changing federal revenue by allowing direct income taxes without state apportionment, establishing the modern federal income tax system. -
Angel Island Immigration Station officially opened on January 21, 1910, in San Francisco Bay as the West Coast's answer to Ellis Island, but it functioned primarily as a harsh detention and interrogation center, especially for Chinese immigrants targeted by exclusion laws, forcing thousands to endure long waits, invasive tests, and potential deportation before entering the U.S -
The 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which mandated the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote, was passed by Congress on May 13, 1912, and officially ratified on April 8, 1913 -
The Empire State Building officially opened on May 1, 1931, with President Herbert Hoover symbolically flipping the lights on from the White House, marking the completion of a remarkably fast construction project that began in 1930 and made it the world's tallest building.