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One of the worlds wealthiest men started standard oil in 1839. It all started by investing in an old refinery his friends had which became the biggest in Clevland. Over the next years he found more partners and grew his business into a multi million dollar company.
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Russia wanted to sell their Alaska territory due to the lack of being able to live there. Reasons for that were there lack of resources of things such as gold and the fear of being taken over by the United Kingdom. Most reactions to this Purchase were positive but some still opposed.
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Alexander Graham Bells invention of the telephone in 1876 was something that now today is so much more advanced and an everyday tool in most peoples lives. Even though faced with several lawsuits Alexander got his glory in the end.
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Aroused by the Spanish American war the US annexed Hawii in 1898. This did this due to worry that Hawii would join the Eurpoen nation Empire.
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The Boxer Rebellion is a Chinese secret organization called the Society of Righteous and Harmonious led uprising to spread western culture. The movement started in 1800 in Bejing area and they killed Chinese christians and missionaries and destroyed churchs and property.
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The 25th President Mckinley was assassinated at the Pan American Exposition at the Temple of Music In Buffalo. He was shot twice in his stomach by the anarchists Leon Czolgosz.
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The message that Upton Sinclair's book is about is the disgusting ways of the Meatpacking industry. Due to this book the Meat spackings problems were brought to the public and new saftey laws were rulled out. Without his book nowadays who knows meat could still be bad.
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The fire that was started in 1911 killed up to 145 workers almost all of these deaths were preventable but due to the lack of safety procedures, those people weren't so lucky. This tradegy brought much needed attention to the very unsafe enviorments that the workers were exsposed too. This attention is what lead to many new safety laws.
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After the US Senate voted 82 to 6 the Germans declared war on the US. In 1914 when the war erupted President Wilson pledged neutrality for the US. This did not stop Germany and the US from becoming more frustrated with each other. Until Germany sunk many of the Us ships and that's when the war began.
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Beginning in the 1800's women began picketing to fight for there right to vote. Between 1878 when the amendment was introduced to the Congress until 1920 when it was passed women fought tirelessly to win the fight for there freedom. Through all of the descimnation that went on around them they prevaiked and now today we have this previelage.
