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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of Transcontinental railroad
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JOhn D Rockefeller starts standard Oil
In order to start the 1st standard oil refinery Rockefeller had to borrow money to buy out some of his partners. Standard oil did mainly everything such as make its own barrels for scientists to figure out new uses for petroleum. His practices led to congress passing antitrust laws. This led to the first ideas of Monopoly. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Bell was a influential scientist, engineer, and inventor. The first phone call was between Graham and Thomas Watson.Graham believed that the telephone would shape communication all around the world. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with light bulb
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Chinese Exclusion Act
This was a U.S. federal law signed by president Chester A. Prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The same year another law passed which was the immigration act of 1882 which restricted immigrants from Europe. The act lasted 10 years and extended and extra 10 years. -
Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Anti-trust act
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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
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Hawaii is annexed
This event made U.S. territory expand all the way into the Pacific. Hawaii was not legally annexed by the U.S. The United states wanted HAwaii because of their sugar plantations. Hawaii was worth more than their beautiful views, they had a lot of money value. -
Rudyard Kipling published ¨the white mans burden¨ in the New York Times
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Tenement act
These are houses that reforms stayed in. Tenement is a house that houses more than 3 families. Immigrants usually stayed in these and worked in that community or area. -
Pres. McKinley is assassinated and progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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The Philippine insurrection comes to an end
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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Upton Sinclair releases ¨the jungle¨
This was wrote to expose the meat packaging company. This exposed the terrible working conditions and how disgusting it actually was. This led to new federal laws to fix these working conditions. -
Pure food and drug act and the meat inspection act are passes
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Peak year of IMmigration through ellis island
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Henry Ford produces his first model T car
The first colors of the model T car were grey, blue, green, and red. The model T car had 9 different body styles to choose from. The automobiles were fast, light, and strong. -
Creation of the NAACP
The NAACP means National association for the advancement of colored people. Created by a group of white progressives. The NAACP fought for civil rights an.d equal rights for colored people. -
The triangle Shirt waste fire
This was a fire that women got trapped in during a work day. Over 100 women died because the doors were locked and there was no fire exits. The people who locked the doors went on trial for manslaughter. -
The assassination of Austria´s Archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WW1
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Panama canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
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women get right to vote
This was the whole reason the term ¨Women´s suffrage¨ came around. Women believed they should have the same rights as men. This caused the women´s suffrage movement to start so they could fight for the right to vote. -
Ratification of 18th amendment (prohibition)
