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Boss Tweed
William M. Tweed otherwise known as Boss Tweed was a director of the Erie Railroad, the 10th National Bank, and the New York printing company. He was part of the senate and house of representatives . The was convicted for stealing in between 25-45 million dollars through political corruption. -
Andrew Carneige
Andrew Carnegie is still one of the richest men ever with a net worth of 309 million dollars. He gained this in the American steel industry and investing in iron and steel companies. He was an immigrant from Scotland and turned it around. He founded the Carnegie Steel Company. When he died he became a huge philanthropist. -
A.A Aimes
A.A Aimes was a political figure, physician, veteran . He is most known for being the mayor of Minneapolis. He had a huge scandal when he fired nearly half of the Minneapolis police fore. He hired his brother, criminals, political allies, and henchmen. He did this to run illegal gambling joints. When caught, he ran away, was found in Chicago. He was sent to jail, then died soon after getting out. -
Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly was a famous writer. She is most known for two things. She pretended to be mentally ill to get into an infamous asylum. She made an expose and it was extremely popular. She also traveled around the world in 80 days. She was racing another female writer at the time. She beat her by making it out with a at 72 days. -
Great Chicago Fire
Nobody knows why the Great Chicago Fire happened. What we do know is this thing spread like crazy. From the drought conditions, to wind, to pollution. These are all reasons why it spread. Rain made it die out. In the end, 120-300 people died and 28% of the city was left homeless. -
Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown flood happened because the South Fork Dam broke. It broke because of heavy rainfall and neglect by the owner. 14.55 million cubic meters of water were released. 2,208 Pennsylvanians ended up dying. To this day it was the worst flood to ever hit Pennsylvania. -
Annexing of Hawaii
The US wanted to grow plants year round. Nearby was the country of Hawaii. When the US came, Queen Liliʻuokalani surrendered not wanting her people to get hurt. In 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state. -
McKinley Assassination
Leon Czolgosz murdered our 25th President. He came up to him with what looked like a handshake, but was a gun. He shot him. McKinley died from bullet wounds. The reason behind this was that Leon was an anarchist, he believed that that power was too much for one man. -
The Jungle
The jungle is a book by Upton Sinclair. It is about Lithuanian immigrant. It exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meat industry at the time. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Accident
The Triangle Shirtwaist Accident happened because supposedly a cigarette bud was put where the cotton was. It started on the 10th floor. The fire escape broke, so did the elevators, Firemen couldn't reach them. People jumped instead of burning in the fire. In the end 146 people died.
