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Alaska purchased from Russia
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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller was one of the world's richest man in his era. His first oil refinery in Cleveland in 1870 started a new way of life. This invention of his oil refinery brought competitors in other countries to buy and purchase from Rockefeller. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
This tiny invention by Thomas Edison is used in our lives every day. His experiments involved fabrics and testing of several metal filaments. He started at the beginning of 1878, it took him about 10 months to produce the first light bulb. -
Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
This act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. This was also the first act passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trust. Several states had passed similar laws, but they were limited to intrastate businesses. -
Ellis Island opens
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
The United States declared war with Spain because of the sinking of the Battleship Maine. After eight months, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.This happened because spain could not control their overseas empire. -
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
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
The start of the Boxer Rebellion started with the Chinese secret organization led a force against the Japanese. The Rebels were physical exercise group who believed they could withstand bullets. From June to August, the Boxers surrounded the foreign district of Beijing. -
Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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Tenement Act
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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 book, "The Jungle" was mainly created to show the health factors in the meat industry. As it went on, people were concerned with the information Sinclair was putting into the book. Not only was it showing inside information, it portayed the harsh treatment of immigrants. -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produces his first Model T
Henry Ford first product, the quadricycle, was a beginning to a million dollar industry. Still to this day we buy and drive around ford cars in honor of his invention. In 1908, this invention was then dissolved after two and a half years. -
Creation of the NAACP
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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
Looking back at the invention shows how helpful it was to produce such a faster route. The Panama canal made transporting good and products to other countries/destinations way easier. This waterway takes up 51 miles of Panama, which forced a lot of digging up of the earth. -
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.
When the 19th Amendment got passed in 1920, it was a big step. This not only took a big step to equalized female and males, but it brought more opinions to voting. Women fought for awhile to get the choice to vote, when it came to be, they were more than proud. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
After Bells invention of the telephone, hundreds of lawsuits were claimed to him. None of the lawsuits ended up successful. The device was one of the most exciting things to be invented in awhile.
