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the united states buying Alaska
William Seward arranged to buy Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million. a lot people thought he was crazy but it. in 1959 it became a state. Alaska is good for rich timber, minerals, and oil. -
the united states take hawaii
it became a territory in the same year alaska was. hawaii is important for sugar production, and the naval base at pearl harbor. in 1959 it became the 50th state of the united states. -
cubans rebel against spain
america wanted to buy cuba from spain. they said they would farther see cuba sunk in the ocean. the cuban wanted to revolt against spain but it was not successful. -
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industrializtion
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Transcontinental railroad
On may 10, 1869 the central pacific and the union pacific railroads met at promontory Utah. The nation had about 30000 miles of track. By 1890 that was nearly 6 times greater. -
The standard oil company
John d. Rockefeller in 1870 standard oil company of Ohio processed 3 % of the country’s oil. He sold the oil a lower price than it cost to produce i. he gave $500 million for providing funds to found the university of Chicago -
elcerical power
In 1876 Thomas Alva Edison first researched laboratory in Menlo, New Jersey. He perfected the light bulb and in 1880 invented the electrical power in 1890 electric power ran a lot of machines like fans printers and pressers -
First telephone
In 1876 Alexander graham bell and Thomas Watson invented the telephone. It opened way for a worldwide communication network. The telephone was good for the office world and it created new jobs for woman. Its also had a impact on the factory jobs. -
the u.s.s maine explodes
the u.s.s. maine was was ordered to cuba to bring home american citizen in protect american property the ship blew up in horbor of horbor of havana. 260 men were killed -
the nazis take over germany
adlof hitler joined a group called the national socialist german workers party aka the nazi party. they were extreme nationalism and racism. forceful leader. and anticommunist. -
the new urban scene
new york the biggest city with the 5.6 million people. next chicago with about 3 million then philadelphia with 2 million. the other said they had about 100,000. chicago was a native home for whits, african americans. irish, russians, italians, swedes, arabs, french, and chinese. -
sport heroes of the 1920s
gertude ederle in 1926 at 19 she became the first woman to swim to the english channel. andrew rude foster was a piicher and manager. he made the greatest contribution to black baseball. he was the founded the negro national league. babe rut. new york yankees slugger. he smahed a hit record of 60 funs in 1927. helen wills dominated womans tennis. winning the singles titles at the us open severn time. -
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the roaring 20's
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farmers need a lift
During the world war 1 prices went up and there was a demand for crops like wheat corn soared. After the war the prices declined by 40 percent. Between 1919 and 1921annual farm income went down from 10 billion to just over 4 billion. -
the scopes trail.
tennsesseenpassed the fist law that made crime to teach evolution. the trial was a fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in pubplic schooland in american society. the ACLU promised to defrnd any teach who would challenge the law. john t. scopes accepted the challenge. he was arrested and his and put on tril on july. he hired clearence darrow. the most famous tril lawer of the day to defind him. -
balck tuesday
Black Tuesday. On October 29. The bottom fell out of the market and nation confidence. The number of shares dumped that day was record 16.4 million. -
austria anf czechosolovakia fall.
hitler met secretly with top military advisers. he plained to absorb austria and czechosolovakia into the third reich. -
kristallnacht
its also known as night of the broken glass. nazi storm the troopers and attcked jewish home across germany. around 100 jews were killed and a hundreds killed. afterward the jews blamed the jews for the destuction -
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world war 2
