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This was a two day civil disturbance in New York that evolved from a small street fight between member of the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys into a citywide gang war. -
The Ku Klux Klan, also known as the KKK or the Klan is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups. -
It was a American oil company that was the industrial empire of John D. Rockefeller and associates, controlling almost all oil production, processing, marketing, and transportation in the United States. -
Alexander Graham Bell successfully received a patent for the telephone and secured the rights to the discovery. Days later, he made the first ever telephone call to his partner, Thomas Watson. -
Men and women rushed to claim houses or purchase them. Around 11 thousand agricultural homesteads were claimed. -
There was three large ships that waited to land. Seven hundred immigrants passed through Ellis Island that day, and nearly 450,000 followed over the course of that first year. -
It is the first fantasy written by an American to enjoy an immediate success upon publication. -
J.P Morgan formed U.S steel by financing the merger of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company and William Henry "Judge" Moore's National Steel Company for $492 million ($17.3 billion today). -
Teddy became president after McKinley was assassinated. Teddy was vice president for 194 days before he became president. -
Her study of Rockefeller's practices as he built Standard Oil into one of the world's largest business monopolies took many years to complete. McClure's Magazine published it in 19 installments. -
Henry and 12 others invested in $28,000 to create Ford Motor Company. When the company had created their first car it was sold on July 15, 1903. Henry owned 25.5% of the stock in the new organization. -
The 16th amendment to the Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1913. It grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population. -
This immigration station became the major port of entry to the United States for asians and any other immigrants that came from the west. -
The 17th Amendment modified Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators. -
Construction of the immense skyscraper took less time than anyone could have anticipated, concluding after only 410 days