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Civil war ends
The Civil War actually ended on my birthday -
KKK forms
KKK formed in Tennessee -
The U.S. buys Alaska from Russia
Bought for 7.2 million dollars -
Last spike of the transcontinental railroad driven in
known as the golden spike and symbolizes settlement in the west -
Financial black friday
In attempts to corner the gold market -
Standard Oil Company incorporated
by John D. Rockefeller -
Chicago Fire
192 million dollars in losses -
Hawaii signs a trade treaty
granting it exclusive trading rights. -
End of Reconstruction
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Period: to
15 Million new immigrants
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U.S. populaton exceeds 75 million
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U.S. Steel founded by JP Morgan
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Ford motor company formed
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Titanic Sinks
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WW1 begins in Europe
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Roosevelt establishes New Deal
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WW2 begins
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D Day
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School desegregation Little Rock Arkansas
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Alaska and Hawaii are the last two states to Join U.S.
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JFK becomes president
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Nixon Re elected
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George W Bush Elected
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Hubble telescope launched
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terrorist attacks
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Micheal Jackson Dies
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Oil Spill
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Donald Trump becomes president
