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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
John D. Rockefeller was a famous business leader and was the king of oil at that time. The Standard oil created it own transportation it's oil with purchase of pipelines and terminals. Also Standard Oil had a near monopoly of the oil business in the US. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Bell would receive a large amount of lawsuits because other inventors claimed they invented the telephone. Bell also made the first telephone call on January , 1915. 100,000's of people owned a telephone in their house at that time. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ellis Island opens
The Ellis Island was a gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the US. Ellis island was the first and largest federal immigrant processing station. Their was also inspections for people had to go through in order to get into the country. If you were sick, or had some sort of disease , you could not get in and had to be sent back to your country. -
Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
The US declared war because of the sinking of the Battleship Maine. In the end it took almost 10 months of war for the Spain to lose. Also because of this lost the Spain lost control over the remains of its overseas empires. -
Hawaii is annexed
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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
The "boxers" were a Chinese secret organization that believed if they performed physical exercises it would make them withstand bullets. Also they attacked and killed Chinese Christians and Christian missionaries and other terrible acts. Japan organized a multinational force to crush the rebellion. -
Tenement Act
This act was one of the reforms of the Progressive Era. The act was enforced because there were around 10 or more people in one crowded apartment. This cause the spread of several diseases and other deadly results. -
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 Wesern Hem
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
The act was a key piece of Progressive Era Legislation. The act was the most daunting intrusion by federal authorities . The act also includes strong consumer controls on pharmaceutical and medical markets. -
Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
The model T of course changed the way Americans live, work ,and travel forever. The car was affordable for the everyday american. The model T came in a various of body styles,color, and seating too. -
Creation of the NAACP
NAACP was founded by an interracial group of activists. The NAACP tried to equal right and eliminate racial prejudice. It also achieve goals through judicial system and other peaceful protests. -
The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire
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The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
America were one of Britain's trading partners before the start of the war. Although the US joined allies with Britain and other countries to fight WW1. Several US ships were sunken or damaged during a route to Britain. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
It took a long time of pain and suffering in order for all women would get their right to vote. WW1 also dramatically changed women's role in society. During the campaign they would go on hunger strikes and other things in order to be heard by the people.
