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Standard Oil Company
The oil industry boomed in the 1880s, 1890s, and 1900s. John D. Rockefeller and his oil company using horizontal integration, leaving all the other oil companies in the dust.This standard oil company was one of America's first monopolies. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act was when the government outlawed railroad rebates and kickbacks. Some people would not listen, therefore the Interstate Commerce Commission was established. This helped by regulating the number of monopolies. -
Spain declared war on the United States
Right before Spain had declared war on us, the United States had blocked Cuba's ports. The teller amendment had been added by Congress for the declaration of this war. The US Navy had destroyed Spain's Atlantic fleet and US troops captured Perto Rico. -
US Steel Corporation
Andrew Carnegie was the intelligent man that turned a production plant into a steel empire. Vertical integration was used as a business tactic in the steel company. Along came J.P. Morgan who bought this steel empire from Rockefeller and turned it into the US Steel Corporation. -
Central American Canal
The Central American Canal would link the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific ocean. There was much fighting about the canal, but eventually the independent country of Panama had agreed to the constitution, independence, and flag. -
Japan goes to war with Russia
Roosevelt had agreed to the annexation of Korea, in return though, Japan promised to not get involved with China, Hawaii, and the Philippines. This had allowed the United States to strengthen their position in Asia and the Pacific. -
Henry Ford and the Model T
During this time, the Model T was a car that everyone, or most people could afford to buy. Even though it may have not been the best car around, it was definitely the most popular car. The mass production of this car was definitely a smart idea. -
Limit on Immigrants to the United States
Many people had came to America for fortune or to escape their old country of poverty and or persecution. In about 8 years, only around 150,000 immigrants were allowed in the United States every year. -
Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market crashed during the time of Depression. Right before this had happened, the 20s were a big time of prosperity. Many people had borrowed mass amounts of money from the banks, which would eventually thousands of banks would close and many people lost most of their money. -
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
The FERA was established in 1933 and was one of the first major New Deal relief programs. This program attempted to provide recovery and relief from the Depression. Projects that they constructed were school construction, landscaping, and clothing distribution. -
Reciprocal Trade Agreement of 1934
Under this agreement, the United States was able to negotiate tariff rates with individual nations. If a nation were to reduce their barriers, the President of the United States was able to reciprocate without Congress. The Soviets were at the top of the list to settle issues with. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
With the debate over isolation at the time, public opinion had aided intervention in the war. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was a big surprise. The United States decided to enter the war on the allies side now. -
Korean War
Between North and South Korea, a war had begun. North Korea was not our partner in crime, yet they were our enemy. The United Nations would give South Korea military support. North Korea had actually drove away South Korea and the United States back to the city of Pusan. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A lovely African American lady named Rosa Parks, would not give her seat up to a white man. Especially because of the fact that blacks were not to be premitted in the front of the bus, this caused a lot of commotion. She was put in jail, thus starting the civil rights movement. -
Space Race
Sputnik was launched and started the space age. Not long after that, a dog was the first thing to enter Earth's orbit and aboard Sputnik. National security and pride were both very precise motives for space exploration. -
Women's Movement
Women were treated very unfairly, until they realized that they could do something about it. Some women were sexually harassed in their workplace. There would be an end to this. Women were granted equal pay for equal work, domestic violence would be vanished, and an end to sexual harassment. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Two nations both had the power of nuclear weapons. These nuclear weapons would be used against each other. Photos had been released and had scared and opened people's eyes. Luckily, the matter of these nuclear weapons would be discussed peacefully. -
March on Washington
Protests from the streets, to marching for their freedom, African Americans wanted their equality. During the civil rights movement, African Americans would protest, while whites did not like that. Whites would be violent as in the police using clubs, dogs, and even fire hoses. This would end up with the March on Washington, which attracted about 200,000 people. -
World Trade Center Attack
Terrorists from the group known as al-Qaeda, had boarded four planes, eventually hijacking them and crashing into major landmarks. Three out of four of them had struck the targets that were planned, the other plane had crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Two of the planes had crashed into the Twin Towers, the other crashing into the Pentagon. More than 3,000 people's lives were taken that day, including first responders. -
First African American elected as President of the United States
Barack Obama was the first African American President elected into office as president. He was the 44th President to the United States, yet he finally accomplished something. His father was from Kenya and his mother was from Kansas, yet he was born in Hawaii. -
Assassination of Osama Bin Laden
The leader of the group that had hijacked and crashed 4 planes in 2001, killing over three thousand people, had finally took his last breath. This day, two helicopter lifted off, with Navy Seals inside, on a mission to assassinate this terrible human being. Once they had raided to find Bin Laden, they had shot him. After he was dead, they Navy Seals planned to take Bin Laden's body and dump it in the sea. That's what Bin Laden gets for making his life all about killing people.
