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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
The idea of the telephone came to Bell when we was on a visit with his mother who is hearing impaired. He used a needle and water to change the electric currents that lead to sound transmitting. Society was ecstatic at the idea of the telephone and now being able to reach out to loved ones who are far away. -
Alaska is Purchased from Russia
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
The completion of the railroads helped to connect the people and have a safer way of travel. This also helped to ship goods farther. This lead to more money and more product for the manufacturer. -
John D. Rockefeller Started Standard Oil
The first oil refinery that Rockefeller made was near Cleveland. He began to buy out oil companies. He later became the first man to start a monopoly. -
Thomas Edison Brings Light to the World with the Light Bulb
Edison built the first light bulb that worked. It worked by sending an electric current through a then piece of platinum causing it to heat up and glow creating light. Though this was a huge break through, it only lasted a few hours before the metal would melt. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers Founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Ellis Island Opens
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Peak Year of Immigration Through Ellis Island
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Carnegie Steel's Homestead Act
Carnegie hired another man to do his dirty work. This lead to the workers to go on strike due to inhumane conditions. The man hired called upon a army for hiring that would shoot the protester down. -
Plessy V.S. Ferguson
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The U.S. Declares War on Spain
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Hawaii is Annexed
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The Philippine Insurrection Comes to an End
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Rudyard Kipling Published " The White Man's Burden" in The New York Sun
This was a poem involving the US in the Philippine war and how the US assumed control over the Filipino people. The assumed meaning of the poem is said to mean imperialism was thought of to raise up other of color by whites. -
The Start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Tenement Act
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President McKinley is Assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt become President
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Western Hemisphere
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Upton Sinclair releases "The Jungle"
The expose of meat packing companies and their appalling methods to meat processing. This lead to new federal laws on food laws. Along with almost causing Roosevelt to become a vegetarian. -
Pure Food and Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
The books like " The Jungle" lead to the food and drug companies being exposed on dangerous handling of products people eat or take. This later lead to major change in factories. Along with less deaths overall within just a few years of the law being enforced. -
Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
Model T cars lead to everyone being able to have a car. Not just the wealthy like before. This lead to Americans going out on more trips with the family. -
The Creation of NAACP
A group that was made to fight for the equality of colored people. With NAACP more colored votes were happening. And being counted toward the matter. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The United States enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
