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Creation of the NAACP
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, this is important because this is the first time we have ever had communication from a long distance where we actually spoke to each other. -
Alaska is purchased from Russia
The significant part of us buying Alaska is that it made us a bigger country and we were still expanding at the time. -
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
Standard Oli was the first way people got light into their homes before light bulb. Standard Oli did not have a bad name, that scared consumers away from it. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
This was the first product that could compete with Rockefeller's monopoly on the oil industry. It also sparked the use of electricity. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Ellis Island opens
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Hawaii is annexed
Hawii being annexed was a big thing because it was one of the first islands we got in the pacific. -
Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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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 Wesern Hem
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
The Pure Food and Drug Act was good because before it there was almost no regulations when it came to making food. For example, the meat industry was nitrous for not being sanitary. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
The Model T was big because it was one of the most affordable cars that were made. Before the car the only way to get around was trains or horses. The car solved many problems with horses. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
This event started one of the world's greatest conflict. At the time it was called the great war because of how big it was, they said it would be the war to end all wars. -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
The united states finally decide to enter the world's greatest conflict. The United States joined due to a civilian ship being sunk by the Germans. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
This allowed women to vote on things that would favor them and not just men. It also allowed them to become more equal to men.
