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Rockefeller built his first oil system in Cleveland which turned into a big company. He tried to take oil from many different countries but he was breaking the law. In the end him having all this oil made transportation much more easier.
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Alexander went to the United States to become a teacher to the deaf. Him always missing his mom, he came up with an idea of electronic speech. They formed a Bell company in 1877 and which now is known as AT&T.
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The Sherman act was the first federal act that outlawed business practices. Having this law prohibits combinations, contracts or conspiracies. This act affected the Labor unions which caused Pullman workers to get arrested.
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This island was located in the upper bay just off of New Jersey coast. The first person who arrived on this island is a 15 year old -Annie Moore, who is from Ireland. When Ellis opened, it was full of over 12 million immigrants.
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Hawaii played an important part in the interest of the U.S economy. Before the United States bought out Hawaii, Hawaii was owned by Alaska. It was a kingdom and became a republic, then after the U.S took over it became a state. So really Hawaii was a huge part of the United States.
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The boxer rebellion supported peasant uprising that attempted to drive all the foreigners from China. It was also caused by both foreign and domestic internal tensions. So the boxer rebellion was very important because the Europeans finally ceased their ambitions of colonizing China.
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This act banned the construction of dark, poorly ventilated tenement buildings. The houses were seven floors high that housed 2.3 millions people. So living conditions were awful, they barley met the standards of safety.
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In the Pure Food and Drug Act the purpose was to protect the public against adulteration of food or misbranding. This act was passed in the House Of Representatives, Pure food and drug act lead into Upton Sinclair's Book "The Jungle".
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Upton Sinclair wrote this book to expose the work conditions in the meat packing industry. Its meaning of "the jungle" is about human greed and all the social damages. A major reform movement had emerged in the 20th century.
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Women have fought for the women right to vote since the nineteenth century. When women heard that black people had the right to vote, they thought they would be able to vote soon. Women campaigned peacefully and the Parliament took no notice of them.
