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A two-day riot between The Dead Rabbits Gang and the Bowery Boys. -
Standard Oil becomes the biggest oil company in the country leading the Rockefellers to be one of the richest families in the U.S. -
Alexander believed that he could transmit long-distance messages through a wire thus the telephone was created. -
A race with the reward of unclaimed land. -
Ellis Island from 1892 to 1954 processed over 12 million immigrants from Europe. -
One of the most popular stories known to young and old about a girl by the name of Dorothy from Kansas who gets transported to the magical land of Oz where she makes new friends on her way to the mystic wizard who could be her only chance to get home but the Wicked Witch of the West hunts her down for her slippers. -
He became one of the richest men in the U.S. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president after William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. -
Henry Ford believed cars should be available to people besides the rich, this also leads to the invention of the assembly line. -
Ida Tarbell exposed Standard Oil as an evil monopoly that needed to be broken apart into separate companies. -
Leads to the right for congress to collect taxes -
Angel Island stands on the West coast of Los Angeles processing immigrants mainly from Asia. -
A senator has to be elected -
A popular national landmark used to house corporate offices.