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The first transcontinental railroad was completed when the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific met at Promontory Point, Utah.
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Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company, and controlled over 90% of the oil in America at their peak.
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Edison received his patent for the incandescent light bulb which used tungsten to prevent the filament from burning up when electric current passed through it.
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On February 15, 1898, the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 268 men and shocking the people of the United States.
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On May 29, 1898, 1060 Rough Riders, and future president Theodore Roosevelt set off for Cuba.
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The treaty of Paris was signed on December 10, 1898, after many negotiations between the two countries, and it came into effect on April 11, 1899, thus ending the Spanish-American war.
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After McKinley's death, vice president Theodore Roosevelt is administered the oath of office.
