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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
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Invention of the telephone
The invention of the telephone was the logical next step to the previous telegraph. It was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. This was the first time a human voice had become transferable. -
Invention of the Light bulb
The light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison. This brought light to people's homes as well as their streets. This light is responsible for home and workplace safety. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ellis Island opens
Annie Moore from Ireland was the first immigrant to be processed. It received over 12 million future Americans from 1892 to 1954. They came across the seas in crowded boats. -
Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
During this strike, protesters were accidentally killed. This hurt the reputation of the steel mill, as the Pinkertons who caused the killings were hired by the mill. Some Pinkertons were killed in action as well. -
Plessy v Ferguson
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Hawaii is annexed
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
Boxers were the name given to the rebelling citizens. The rebellion began with the assassination of 2 priests by 2 boxer members. They wanted to separate from foreigners. -
Tenement Act
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Western Hemisphere
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
The release of this book ties in with the pure food and drug act. The book itself held accounts of the horrible working conditions of the meatpacking industry. Along with the Muckrakers, this book was a main reason the Pure food and drug act was passed. -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
This change was helped to be brought about by the Muckrakers. The muckrakers exposed the filth of the meatpacking industries through journalism. They brought to light the unsanitary working conditions of the factories, which cuased public outcry. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
The first model t marked the creation of one of the first commercially available automobiles. The colors of the first Model T cars were not black. They instead came in grey, green, blue, and red. -
Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Assassination of Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
He was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. The boy was 19 years old at the time. He was armed by the "Black Hand" -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
Also called Suffrage. The 19th amendment guaranteed all women in America the right to vote. Women earned this right through picketing and protesting beginning in the 1800s.
