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1.Alaska is purchased from Russia
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2. Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
One hundred fifty years ago the first railroad was built and it changed everything. May 10th 1869 The final spike was driven in the ground, Utah joining the tracks of central pacific and Union pacific railroads. -
3. John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
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4. Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander wanted to build a phonautograph but he wanted to be close to the ear to see if sound waves could transform to reconizable symbols.The idea was to help deaf people see the words. -
5. Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
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6. Chinese Exclusion Act
It was a federal law signed by president chester prohibiting all immigration of chinese laborers. -
7. Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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8. Sherman Antitrust Act
The first federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. Also the first measure passed by U.S congress to prohibit trusts. -
9. Ellis Island opens
served for more than 60 years until it closed in 1954. Located at the start of the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey -
10. Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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11. Hawaii is annexed
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12. Plessy v Ferguson
Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. -
13. The U.S. declares war on Spain
The reasons for the war was because america's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor. -
14. Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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15.The start of the Boxer Rebellion
the ruling Chinese Qing dynasty became even weaker and foreign influence in China continued. ( staged by an anti-foreigner Chinese society known for their "boxing" skills in physical exercise and defense.) -
16. Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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17. The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
After learning of the location of Aguinaldo's secret headquarters from a captured courier, Funston personally led an audacious mission into the mountains of northern Luzon. -
18. The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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19. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem
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20. Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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21. Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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22. Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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23. Tenement Act
outlawed the construction of the dumbbell-shaped style tenement housing and set minimum size requirements for the housing. Also had installation of lighting, better ventilation, and indoor bathrooms. -
24. Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
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25. Creation of the NAACP
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26. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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27. The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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28. Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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29. Women got the right to vote.
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30. The United States enters WWI
