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America Becoming A New Power
The late 1800's and early 1900's were essential for the U.S. to become the country that it has become now. -
The Battle of Wounded Knee
Last signifigant battle between Native Americans and the U.S. -
First showing of a kinetoscope by Thomas Edison
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General Electric is formed
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Women get the right to vote in Colorado
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First underground public transportation opens in Boston
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U.S. Annexation of Hawaii
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End of Spanish-American War
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President McKinley is shot
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McKinley dies. Theodore Roosevelt Becomes U.S. President
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Benjamin Holt invents the Tractor
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Las Vegas is formed
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Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
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Wright brothers are the first people to create and fly a plane
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First Model T is produced
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Boy Scouts of America founded
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Girl Scouts formed
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Panama Canal is done
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Beginning of WW1 -
Wilson declares neutrality
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Bell and Thomas achieve the first telephone call between New York and San Francisco
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The U.S.entered the war
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German Surrender, end of WW1
