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John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
By the early 1800's Standard oil controlled some 90% of U.S. refinaries and pipelines. -
Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
This train route across the United States took 6 years to build. It was built almost entirely by hand. It had a big impact. It made traveling cheaper and faster. Everyone was able to use it instead of just the rich. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander became famous for his telephone. The telephone impacted the United States a great deal. Now people could communicate much faster, and through great distances. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
Because of the light bulb people now had access to light all times of the day, they did not have to rely on fire or sun. It was safer, and lead to more discovery. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Hawaii is annexed
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Sherman Anti-trust act
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Carnegie Steel's Homstead Strike
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Ellis Island opens
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Plessy V Ferguson
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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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
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Tenement Act
One of the first acts to start the end of tenements. Tenement acts were dangerous and deadly. Good Hygiene was scarce, and so was electricity and bathrooms. -
Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
Pres. McKinley was the third U.S. president to be fatally shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was then carried from the Temple of Music and taken to hospital. But the only qualified doctor that was available was a gynecologist. -
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
1) This act was passed to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture and sale of drugs and food.
2) This act came out because of the condition of meat packing industries, it was really bad and needed to be changed. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
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creation of the NAACP
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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
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Ratification of the 18th Ammendment - prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
The 19th amendment that gave all American women the right to vote. With lots of time, effort, and a very difficult struggle they achieved this mile stone. There was many marches and protests to achieve the 19th amendment.
