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Alaska is purchased from Russia
The United States purchased Alaska from the Russia. The United States paid $7.2 million ($128 million today). -
Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
When the United States, completed the Transcontinental Railroad, it linked the East Coast and the West Coast. Made business go faster. -
John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller started and grew up to 90% of the Oil industry. He was the King of Oil. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell didn't really do it. Antonio Muecci actually invented it but Bell is credited for inventing it. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
Thomas Edison invents the light bulb and people can work after sun-down. Factories can produce much more even after they have no light outside. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
A United States Federal law signed by president Chester Arthur. This law prohibited all Chinese immigrants -
Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
This act outlawed businesses to be doing monopolies. Monopolies take control of a particular business. -
Ellis Island opens
Ellis Island was to keep diseased immigrants or bad immigrants out of our country. Ellis island filtered the immigrant out. -
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Strike
The workers of Carnegie Steel's refused to work so they rebelled and Carnegie had them exterminated. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This was a case of racial disputes and racial rights. In the end of this case, blacks were known as "separate but equal". -
The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Hawaii is annexed
A group of Americans that lived in Hawaii overtook Hawaii's king and then the President took over from there. -
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
This act fixed the tenements where the immigrants lived. The tenements were poorly ventilated, did not have windows leading outside, and had a closed courtyard. -
Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
Philippines were taken over by the US. If the US did not take the Philippines over then Germany would. -
Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
When these acts were passed, the meat packing industries were cleaned up and made food safer for people to eat. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
In the year 1907, Ellis island had the most immigrants come through it. They had 12 million immigrants come through. -
Henry Ford produces his first Model T
The Model T was the first car. Henry ford produced it in only black. -
Creation of NAACP
Started by W.E.B Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, and Moorfield Storey, it was to create justice for African Americans. -
The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaste fire gave us the Tenement Act of 1901. Because of the Act, we now have better buildings and inspections. -
The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
A Serbia terrorist group shot and killed the Archduke of Austria. The terrorist group also killed the archduke's wife. -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
The Panama Canal connected the East Coast and West Coast by sea. It reduced travel time by a lot. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote
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The United States enters WWI
After practically supporting GB with supplies, Germany is not very happy. So we declare war on the Axis Powers.
