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The first inexpensive mass-producing steel method.
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A major boom in gold mining in the Pikes Peak country of the Kansas and Nebraska territory.
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Where applicants could acquire federal land, typically called a homestead.
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Allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S states.
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A technological marvel, this railroad connected the West Coast with the East, making travel much easier and less dangerous.
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An overwhelming victory from combined forces of several Native American tribes, the US will have to increase their efforts to pull Natives onto reservation lands.
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An organization created in Texas in order to form cooperatives. They set up retail stores and marketing organizations to give them more control market-wise.
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The first government-run boarding school for Native American children, this school worked to try to assimilate Native children into American society.
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The first electric light bulb, capable of lighting up a room for many hours.
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Meant to curb the influx of Chinese immigrants into the US, this act prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years.
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The switch was flipped, and hundreds of homes were now provided with electricity.
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A gift from the people of France, this statue symbolized centennial freedom and the US' relationship with the French.
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This national federation of labor unions was formed to voice the working class, and to fight back against labor forces in hopes to improve overall working conditions.
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Designed to regulate the railroad industry, this law applied the Constitution's "Commerce Clause" to railroads, particularly its monopolistic practices.
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In an attempt to assimilate Native Americans into white culture, the Dawes Act broke up reservation land (often populated by tribes) to be parceled to individuals.
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In a way that was unique and innovative at the time, Jacob Riis used photographs to depict the reality of quality of living in New York's slums.
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A major impact on the US military and Congress, this book was written on the theme that sea supremacy was key for a nation's political and commercial success.
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This law prescribed free competition, which worked to end monopolistic practices, which were rapidly on the rise.
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The last showdown between the US Army and Native Americans, the 7th Cavalry regiment slaughtered hundreds of Sioux people to end Indian resistance.
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One of the most influential essays from a American historian, this essay discussed the "frontier" and American culture and what could follow after.
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This was a major strike relating to worker conditions that severely disrupted railroad traffic. This was also the first time that injunction was used to break a strike.
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A landmark court case, one that included the "separate but equal" doctrine.
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This case stated that limitations on working time for miners was unconstitutional.
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In the aftermath of the sinking of the USS Maine on February 15, 1898, the US declared war on Spain in April 25.
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Spurred by the nationalism by the Spanish-American war, the US annexed the Hawaiian Islands in 1898.
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The US paid Spain 20 million dollars to annex the entirety of the Philippine Islands. This would not allow to be stood by the natives...
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This act allowed designation of irrigation sites and establish reclamation funds from the sale of the public lands to finance said sites.
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This act regulated the immigration of "aliens" into the country.
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Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as dividing North and South America, this canal served as a conduit for maritime trade.
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A landmark case in which the court ruled that the New York statue forbidding bakers of maximum work hours violated their right of contract under the 14th amendment of the US Constitution.
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This book served to expose the corruption and treatment of workers in the meat-packing industry in the hopes that new food safety laws would be passed.
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This act prohibited the sale of misbranded and adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce. This also laid the foundation for the creation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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A landmark decision which stated that businesses are prohibited from making female employees work shifts of longer than 10 hours.
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A civil rights organization founded in 1909, this group served to advance justice for African Americans,
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Passed on May 13th, 1912, and ratified on April 8th, 1913, the 17th amendment allowed voters to cast direct votes on US senators.
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In December 1st of 1913, Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire vehicle, which took significantly less time than traditional systems.
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This law created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the US, which would establish economic stability in the US.
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These were the first German-built submarines ever built in existence.
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After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the world would go on to start a conflict that would become super deadly.
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This act furthered the antitrust regime and states the prohibition of price discrimination; selling the same product and charging different prices depending on who is purchasing the goods.
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The RMS Lusitania, a British-registered ocean liner, was sunk by a German Navy U-boat on May 7, 1915
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With German submarine attacks on merchant and passenger ships in 1917, the US formally declared war on Germany in April 7th, 1917.
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The Selective Service Act allowed the federal government to expand their military through conscription, or drafting. People ages 18 through 45 are required to register for Selective Service.
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After four years of gruesome fighting, and the collapse of the German Army, Germany sought an armistice with the Allies.
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This amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited the sale of alcohol in the country.
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This amendment to the Constitution prohibited states from denying people the right to vote on the basis of gender, effectively allowing women to vote for the first time.
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This act limited the number of immigrants allowed into the US through a national origins quota.
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A law that severely restricted immigration through national quotas that discriminated against immigrants from Europe and basically cut off Asian people from the American country.
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A legal case in which John Scopes, a high school teacher, was accused of violating a Tennessee Act which prohibited the teachings of human evolution.