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The Dead Rabbits Riot
A two-day civil disturbance in New York City evolved from what was originally a small-scale street fight between members of the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys into a citywide gang war. It lasted 4-5 of July because of this violence. -
The Ku Klux Klan was Established
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups. The Klan was "the first organized terror movement in American history."
It extended almost all southern states by 1870. The organization of the Ku Klux Klan coincided with the beginning of the second phase of post-Civil War Reconstruction, but more radical of the members of the Republican Party in Congress. -
John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil
John had joined forces with Samuel Andrews who he had an interest in oil refining in 1865. The company's origins date to 1863, when Rockefeller joined Maurice B. Clark and Samuel Andrews in a Cleveland, Ohio, oil-refining business. In 1865 Rockefeller bought out Clark, and two years later he invited Henry M. Flagler to join as a partner in the venture. Rockefeller routinely praised his employees. -
Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone
The telephone was created to be a method of transmitting speech. It was all by a needle connected by wire to the battery, and the battery was connected by wire to a receiver. When Bell spoke into the open end of the drumlike device, his vice made the paper and needle vibrate. The vibrations were then converted into an electric current which traveled along the wire to the receiver. -
The Great Oklahoma Land Race
Men and Women rushed to claim homesteads or to purchase lots in one of the many new towns that sprang into existence overnight. Others tried to outpace the competition, while others were shot fighting over the many claims but around 35 people had died. This was essentially when a thousand would-be settlers made a mad dash into the newly opened Oklahoma Territory to claim cheap land. It was located in the Indian Territory and was about two million acres of land opened. -
Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants
Ellis Island is 27.5 acres and it is located by the Statue of Liberty. The first immigrant to come through Ellis Island was a child. Some immigrants declined to enter and would be sailed back free of charge, as there were 29 questions to verify my identity and the medical checks. The first class and wealthy weren't checked for medical or not so but they were the first off the ship to get into the actual building. More than 12 million immigrants passed through their gates, 15,000 people a day. -
The wizard of Oz (Book) is Published
The book had about 10,000 copies. The idea was Populism- a philosophy that supported the rights of the people, and the 1896 presidential election between William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley. Also, it a written solely to pleasure children today. -
J.P. Morgan found U.S. steel
The country's most powerful banker, merged Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Corporation with nine other steel companies to form the world's largest corporation. He got involved in the creation of the United States Steel Corporation, the largest business enterprise ever launched in America. It was capitalized at $1.4 Billion. -
Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States
October 14, 1912, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt by John Schrank, a former saloonkeeper while campaigning for the presidency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Just from a roll of his papers and glasses case the bullet still got through. The probes and an x-ray showed that the bullet had lodged in Roosevelt's chest muscle. Since doctors knew it was more dangerous to take it out than leave it, so Teddy took the bullet everywhere he went. -
Ida Tarbell Publishes Her Article About Standard Oil
The History of the Standard Oil Company was the best-selling book in 1904. Ida Tarbell American journalist, lecturer, and chronicler of American industry. "Without it, none exists, with it all things are possible" - Ida Tarbell. This is one of her best quotes that is known in today's world. -
Ford Motor Company founded
Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, was Funded by Murphy and several of his friends, and with Henry Ford in the position of Superintendent. Henry Ford is a name synonymous with the automobile industry, one of the most successful and innovative business leaders of his time. Over a century ago, he laid the foundations for the modern car industry, with his groundbreaking work that changed the world. -
Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants
It functioned as both an Immigration and deportation facility, At which some 175,000 Chinese and about 60,000 Japanese immigrants were detained under oppressive conditions, generally from two weeks to six months, before being allowed to enter the United States. At Angel Island, the Objective was to exclude new arrivals, the memories of many returning visitors are therefore bittersweet. -
The 16th Amendment was passed
The Sixteenth Amendment is allow congress has the right to seize property for unpaid income tax. Before the early 20th century, most federal revenues came from tariffs rather than taxes, although Congress had often imposed excise taxes on various goods. -
The 17th Amendment is passed
Every states had 2 elected Senators, They serve 6 year term. This is when they granted for the state to have a vote on their own senators. -
The Empire State Building opens
The Empire Building was built to host corporate business offices. It was also built to be the tallest building in the world. in 1930 they had three-quarters of the Empire State Building rooms went unoccupied and some even called it the "Empty State Building"