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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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U.S. Important Dates
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad linked the U.S. from the east to the west. Two railroad companies were racing each other because of this. It opened up ways for faster traveling in the United States. -
John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
After this invention, the Bell Telphone Company was founded. It converted sound to an electrical signal. It was originally named the electrical speech machine. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
The first lightbulb was carbon filament. This was made with energy passing through metal wires which heated up and produced light. It was made for his lamp. -
Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ellis Island opens
Ellis Island was opened up to immigrants. On the first day, 700 people came over. After that 450,000 people followed. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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Hawaii is annexed
Hawaii was forcefully annexed by the U.S. This upset President McKinley who chose to just never deal with it. It stayed annexed for a long time. -
The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Tenement Act
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
Theodore Roosevelt becomes one of the most productive and proactive presidents of the United States. He passes many laws and regulations which help the U.S. He leads into another generation of productive presidents. -
The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Western Hem
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
The Jungle is a book that portrays the harsh conditions of immigrants in America. It affected the meatpacking industry. This created laws to help food packing. -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
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Creation of the NAACP
The NAACP was an advocate for colored, mainly black people, in the United States. It was supported by both black and white people. It is the oldest organization in the U.S. -
The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire
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The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
Many Americans did not want the U.S. to enter the war. However, they entered due to the sinking of American merchant ships. This was because the U.S. ended good relations with Germany. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
Women gain the right to vote with the 19th amendment. This amendment was guaranteed to all women regardless of race. This was supported by the republican party
