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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
rockefeller used oil and a patent to make standard oil. This led to him becoming the most powerfull man in the world. And still today he was the richest man in the world -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
bell's invention of the telephone was a very importand to america it allowed instant communiation. At the time bell's telephone was the best and easiest way to communicate. The phone is still used today. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Ellis Island opens
ellis island was on of 2 ways immigrants came to america. almost only europeans came through this island. The most immigrants that come through in one day was 11,000. -
Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
Thomas Edison is known as the greatest inventor in america. He made many modernday essentails like the lightbulb and mass communiton. Just These 2 inventions made expansion in the U.S very fast. -
The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Hawaii is annexed
Hawaii was a necesity to grow and become a world power. obtaining hawaii would give access to many new trading routes and military power. Hawaii also had suger plantations -
Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
The boxer rebellion was an uprising against foreigners in China. Peasants started the uprising but was backed by the government. They ended up killing over 100,000 foreigners. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Tenement Act
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes Presidentf
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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 Wesern Hem
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
The release of "The Jungle" woke up the nation. This book talked about how bad the workplace was for industrial workers. This book led to new laws and regulations to improve the workplace -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Henry Ford produced his first Model T
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Creation of the NAACP
An interracial american organization created to stop the sepregation of african americans. They also pushed to stop descrimination in houseing. education, employment and voting. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
This tradegy opened the nation's eyes. Nobody had any idea about the poor working condition in the factories. The fire kill 146 workers this caused the creation of federal regulations. -
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
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote
