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The Dead Rabbits Riot July 4 1857. It was a two day disturbance in New York between the dead rabbits and Bowery boys
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The Ku Klux Klan is Established December 24, 1865 the KKK is a white supremacist, Protestant led Christian extremist group, they’re known as americas first terrorist group
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John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil January 10, 1870, it became the first great US business. Created a monopoly that got broken up by 1911
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Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone march 7 1876 to achieve his goal of listening to voices over wires. It’s important today because everybody uses cell phones.
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The Great Oklahoma Land Race April 22 1889. series of events between 1889 and 1895 where the government opened up unassigned lands in the Oklahoma Territory to white settlers who raced
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Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants January 1 1892 the United States needed a centralized, federal system to manage the influx of new arrivals
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The Wizard of Oz is Published January 1901 because L. Frank was struggling and was encouraged to write kids stories.
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Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States September 14, 1901. He was the youngest president, he also earned the first Nobel peace prize
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Ford Motor Company is Founded June 16 1903 it was an investment with Henry ford and 12 other investors. It’s important because it created the assembly line which made making cars much easier
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Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants January 21 1910. It was a a immigration station on the west coast that was used as a detention and processing center. It became a history of Asian exclusion
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The Empire State Building Opens may 1, 1931 it was opened to host corporate business and symbolize American resilience during the Great Depression. It became a big tourist attraction