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Alaska was purchased for $7.2 million. This marked the end of Russia's presence on the Pacific coast. Russia was afraid Britain would seize Alaska or it would be invaded by America. Americans saw this as an opportunity to further its tade in China and protect the West Coast from the British.
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President Chester A. Arthur prohibited all Chinese laborers through this federal law. This was the first time Federal law prohibited any type of immigration. The Chinese Exclusion Act ended 10 years later. Congress repealed all exclusion acts in 1943.
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This became the first and largest immigration station. Around 12 million immigrants came through Ellis Island. Immigrants helped with America's economic production. Annie Moore, from Cork County, Ireland was the first immigrant to processed.
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A group of small businessmen overthrew the Queen to acquire Hawaii. It was a territory until 1959 when it became a state. Hawaii was important to the U.S. because it is a valuable coaling station and naval base.
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"The White Man's Burden" is a poem about the Philippine-American war. Kipling wants the U.S. to accept the "burden" of taking over the empire. This poem is an example of imperialism.
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The insurrection began when the First Philippine Republic rejected the Treaty of Paris. The treaty's terms included the United States taking possession of the Philippines from Spain. There were at least 200,000 Filipino civilian deaths that resulted from mostly famine and disease.
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The Pure Food & Drug Act prohibited the sale of misbranded or tainted food and drugs in interstate commerce. This also was the foundation for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Meat Inspection Act prohibited degrading or misbranding meat products being sold as food. It also ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the oldest and largest civil rights organization. The NAACP wants to ensure equality through all aspects of life for minority groups in the U.S. The NAACP helped with abolishing segregation.
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The 18th amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes. Prohibition failed because there was an increase in crime, corruption, and violence, which prohibition was trying to decrease. This amendment was repealed in 1933.
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The 19th amendment allowed women to vote. People who fought for the women's right to vote were called suffragists. Some famous suffragists include Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Ida B. Wells. World War I helped women win the right to suffrage because President Wilson saw the importance of women during the war.
