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John D. Rockefeller starts standard oil
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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander came to the U.S as a teacher of the death. He was 20 Years old when he invented the telephone or at least started to. The telephone allowed people to communication over any distance. -
Alaska purchase
The purches to Alaska was $7.2 million. The treaty was by signed and the deal was closed by secretary of state, William Seward.By buying Alaska Seward increased the size of the U.S by 20 percent. -
Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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light bulb
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chinese exclusion act
This act was a law restricting immigration into the United States.
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor
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Panama Canal
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Elis Island opens
- About 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island.
- Out of the 12 million immigrants most of them came from Southern and Eastern Europe.
- the doors were officially closed on Nov. 12th 1954, Elis Island brought more then 12 million immagrints into the U.S
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Plessy v Ferguson
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U.S declares war on spain
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Hawwii is annexed
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Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion Causes were Natural disasters that were blamed on the Christians and fuelled anti-foreign feelings. Their goal was the removal of foreign influence from China. -
Tenement act
This act was made cause of the conditions some families were living in. For example over sized families were forced into small apartments, safty was also an issue and sanitation -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive, Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
Theo died from Pulmonary embolism, which is a condition in which one or more arteries in the lungs become blocked by a blood clot. Theo was the youngest president in history, also dealed with the coal strike. destoryed the beef trust. -
Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem
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triangle shirtwaste fire
Factory in New York burned up killing 145 workers. Exit doors were closed causing works to not being able to get out, some even jumped out through windows. Fire lasted up to half an hour and out the 500 workers 145 died most of them being young women. -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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perk year of immigration through Elis Island
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Henry Fords first model car
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Creaton of the NAACP
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United States enters WWI
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Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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18th Amendment
This amendment was the only one that was appealed and failed in 1919. It was made to prohibit alcohol drinking because drinking led to violence -
womens right to vote
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, & Lucy Stone were important people in the women's rights movement. The womens Suffrage help pass the 19th amendement which gave the right for women to vote. The women also started a hunger strike while being held in prison. -
“The White Man’s Burden”
