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the transcontinental railroad was transporting $50 million worth of freight each year. In addition to transporting western food crops and raw materials to East Coast markets and manufactured goods from East Coast cities to the West Coast. The railroad also facilitated international trade.
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Alexander Graham Bell was a inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885. Because of him technology has advanced alot.
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The electric light bulb has been called the most important invention since man-made fire. The light bulb helped to establish social order after sundown. Extended the workday well into the night, and allowed us to navigate and travel safely in the dark.
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Chinese immigrants in the 19th century worked as laborers, particularly on transcontinental railroads such as the Central Pacific Railroad. They also worked as laborers in mining, and suffered racial discrimination at every level of society. And because of this this act was created.
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The Sherman Act outlaws "every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade," and any "monopolization, attempted monopolization. Or conspiracy or combination to monopolize." Long ago, the Supreme Court decided that the Sherman Act does not prohibit every restraint of trade.
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When Ellis Island opened a great change was taking place in U.S. immigration. Fewer arrivals were coming from northern and western Europe, Germany, Ireland, Britain and the Scandinavian countries. As more and more immigrants poured in from southern and eastern Europe.
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Because of the the strike a lot of things happened. The strike raised the wages and lowered the hours. And it helped with work safety laws.
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the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire. The country they lost control of are Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands.
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The Spanish-American War broke out and the strategic use of the naval base at Pearl Harbor during the war convinced Congress to approve formal annexation. Two years later Hawaii was organized into a formal U.S. territory.And in 1959 entered the United States as the 50th state.
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Officially supported peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China. Their original aim was the destruction of the dynasty. And also of the Westerners who had a privileged position in China.
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