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Bell's success originally came from him and his family trying to make new ways to help with deaf communication. His hometown, Edinburgh, Scotland, was known as the "Athens of the North" for its culture of science and arts. He held 18 patents by himself and he shared 12 with collaborators.
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Federal law proscribed entry of an ethnic working group on the premise that it endangered the good order of certain localities. The act even placed restrictions over Chinese who had already been living in the U.S. If they left, they had to obtain certifications to re-enter.
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This act was named after Ohio Senator John Sherman, who was a chairman of the Senate finance committee and the Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes. The Sherman Antitrust Act was the first step the U.S. Congress took to prohibit trusts. A trust is an arrangement where stockholders in different companies transfer their shares into a single set of trustees.
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Spain was the first European nation to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean, explore and colonize the Amerindian nations of the Western Hemisphere. Representatives of the United States and Spain signed a peace treaty on December 10, 1998 in Paris. As a result, Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire.
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It mandated the installation of lighting, better ventilation, and indoor bathrooms. The usual tenement was about four stories tall and housed 10-20 families on a narrow twenty-five foot wide lot. The new law mandated that all rooms have windows and each apartment have its own toilet facilities.
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The Model T was the earliest effort to make a car that most people could actually buy. Other types were manufactured in Germany and Springfield, but were not affordable to most people. The Model T was actually affordable and it became so popular at one point that a majority of Americans owned one.
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An average of 1,900 people passed through the immigration station every day. Most successfully passed through in a matter of hours. However, others could be detained for days or weeks.
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The fire killed 145 workers. Most of the victims died as a result of neglected safety features and locked doors inside the factory. This tragedy brought a huge amount of attention to the dangerous sweatshop conditions of factories.
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the U.S. joined its allies, Russia, Britain, and France, to fight in World War I. More than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France under the command of Major General John J. Pershing. Many Americans were not happy with this and wanted to remain neutral.
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The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. women organized, petitioned, and picketed. When New York adopted woman suffrage in 1917 and President Wilson changed his position to support an amendment in 1918, the political balance began to shift.
