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There was a two-day riot due to the tension between the Bowery Boys and the Dead Rabbits. During the riots, there were 8 deaths and 100 injuries.
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The KKK was established in Pulaski Tennesse by a group of Confederate veterans.
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His business led to him being one of the world's first billionaires.
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He was granted a patent for a method of transmitting speech by telegraphy.
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Men and women were rushing to claim homesteads or to purchase lots. There were about eleven thousand agricultural homesteads claimed.
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A teenage girl named Annie Moore was the very first immigrant processed at Ellis Island.
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The writer (L. Frank Baum) made the book by hand and gave it to his sister.
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Morgan merged with other steel companies to form the world's first billion-dollar corporation; the United States Steel Corporation.
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Teddy Roosevelt became president after the assassination of President McKinley.
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Ford Motor Company was founded in Detroit Michigan. Ford and 12 other people invested $28,000 to create the company.
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All of her articles were collected into a book in 1904.
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The island was perfect because of how isolated it was. It helped with dealing with the diseases that all the new people might have brought with them.
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It was passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, but wasn't ratified until February 3, 1913.
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It was passed by Congress on May 13, 1912, but it wasn't ratified until April 8, 1913.
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The Empire State Building was the tallest in the world at the time with 102 stories.