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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 Rabbits and the Bowery Boys into a citywide gang war, which occurred July 4–5, 1857.
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American white supremacist, far-right hate group
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John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company. The success of this business empire made Rockefeller one of the world's first billionaires and a celebrated philanthropist. -
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
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Men and women rushed to claim homesteads or purchase lots in one of the many new towns that existed overnight. An estimated eleven thousand agricultural homesteads were claimed. -
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, is the first fantasy written by an American to enjoy an immediate success upon publication.
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J. P. Morgan formed U.S. Steel on March 2, 1901 (incorporated on February 25, 1901), by financing the merger of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company
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The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt started on September 14, 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinley, and ended on March 4, 1909.
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First serialized in McClure's Magazine starting in 1902 and then published as a best-selling book in 1904
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Henry and 12 others invested $28,000 and created Ford Motor Company. The first car built by the Company was sold July 15, 1903.
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The 16th amendment established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax
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Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators.
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The Empire State Building formally opened on May 1, 1931.