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Alaska Purchase
The USA purchased Alaska for 7.2 million dollars from Russia. This show the desire for the United states to attain more land. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone which is a major step in communication in the United States. -
Flight
The Wright brother make the first ever controlled flight of an aircraft. This shows the desire for new transportation in the United States as well as the innovative ideas during the age of industry. -
End of Monopoly
The US supreme court deems Standard Oil a monopoly and forces Rockefeller to dissolve it. This shows how there was a desire to create opportunity for people to become successful. -
Women in Congress
Jeanette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to congress. This completely changed how society was and gave women more rights and opportunity to be their own person. -
Stock Market
The stock market crashes which forms the great depression. This is a time when America was at a low and the American Dream was not thriving. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor which kills many Americans. This causes the US to enter the war and pulls out of the depression due to the need for industry to militarize. -
Atomic Bomb
The US drops the atomic bomb on Japan making them surrender and well as declaring the US as the clear dominant power.
