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a two-day civil disturbance in New York City evolving from what was originally a small-scale street fight between members of the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys into a citywide gang war. -
a group of Confederate veterans convened to form a secret society that they christen the “Ku Klux Klan.” -
John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company with his business partners and brother. -
Alexander Graham Bell successfully received a patent for the telephone and secured the rights to the discovery -
the 6,361,000 acres of the Cherokee Outlet was opened to settlement by means of the fourth land run -
Ellis Island officially opened as an immigration station. -
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the first fantasy written by an American to enjoy immediate success upon publication and later was made into a film that popularized color. -
J. P. Morgan formed U.S. Steel by financing the merger of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company and William Henry "Judge" Moore's National Steel Company for $492 million ($18 billion today). -
The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt started after the assassination of President William McKinley. -
Henry and 12 others invested $28,000 and created Ford Motor Company. -
Tarbell began to investigate Standard Oil; her articles appeared in every issue of McClure's between November 1902 and May 1904 and were collected into a book in November 1904. -
Passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, and ratified February 3, 1913, the 16th Amendment established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax. -
immigration station was opened on the northeastern edge of Angel Island, ready to receive its first guests. -
Passed by Congress on May 13, 1912, and ratified on April 8, 1913, the 17th Amendment modified Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators. -
Thirteen and a half months after construction started the Empire State Building was complete.