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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 Rabbit and the Bowery boys. -
The Ku Klux Klan is a white sepremacist and is against colored people. -
In 1870, he established Standard Oil, which by the early 1880s controlled some 90 percent of U.S. refineries and pipelines. -
Alexander was 29 years old when he came out with his invention of the Telephone. -
The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was the first land run into the Unassigned Lands of former Indian Territory. -
The first Ellis Island Immigration Station officially opens on January 1, 1892. Seven hundred immigrants passed through Ellis Island that day. -
L. Frank Baum is the author of The Wizard of Oz . -
Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States in 1901 at the age 42 and remains the youngest person to become president. -
J. P. Morgan formed U.S. Steel on March 2, 1901.Federal Steel Company and William Henry "Judge" Moore's National Steel Company for $492 million ($15.31 billion today). -
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer . It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. -
Ida Tarbell Publishes Her Article About Standard Oil in 1904 and was her best selling book in 1904 -
The 16th Amendment is Passed July 2, 1909. The 16th amendment established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax. -
In January 1910, over the late objections of Chinese community leaders, this hastily built immigration station was opened on the northeastern edge of Angel Island, ready to receive its first guests. -
The 17th amendment modified Article I, section 3, of the Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. Senators. -
It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York