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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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