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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad May 10 1869
The first railroad that went from coast to coast was finished. It went from west coast to east coast. -
Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
The connecting of two railways creating the first railroad to go from coast to coast. It went from west coast to east coast. This event made traveling from the west coast to east coast easier and faster and also boosted the industrial revolution. -
John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
built his first oil refinery near Cleveland and in 1870 incorporated the Standard Oil Company. Later he bhought more oil refineries and he became the biggest oil seller in the country. He had a monopoly over the oil industry and he became one of the most important persons on starting the industrial revolution in America. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ellis Island opens
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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. Plessy v Ferguson
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Hawaii is annexed
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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
Tenements are run-down, low-rent appartment buildings clustered together in the poorest areas of the city. The Tenement act outlawed the construction of unsafe unhealthy tenements. It stated
that all new buildings have to have: windows in every room, open courtyards, indoor toilets, proper ventilation, adequate lighting, fire safeguards and more. -
The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
Upton Sinclare was a mutkraker hwo wanted to expose the meat packing industry. Sinclair released his book "The Jungle" that was about the secrets of meat packing industry. This lead to new laws like meat inspection act and Pure food and drug act. -
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
After people found out how the meatpacking and food industry works thanks to Sinclare's book "The Jungle" they wanted change. President started the Pure food and drug act that states hoe the food and drugs should be made and handled. The meat inspection act stated how the meat should be packed, handled, and that it should have a expiring date. -
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
The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths. The doors were locked so there were zero changes of escape. This Led to NY State reforms of safety measures, factory inspections, and sanitation standards. -
. The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
The completion of the Panama Canal Speeded up the time to get from Atlantic to the Pacific. This was a great moment to industrialization. Now transporting goods from the east coast to China would be easier and faster. -
The United States enters WWI
The United State entered the WWI and that led to the end of the war. Us decided they have to join in because no progress was made and people were dying. Us solved the war by joining and was the key to peace. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
Prohibition made selling, manufacturing and transoprting alcohol illegal. Some people-mostly women- were trying to get prohibition through for a long time. Alcohol was blamed for poverty, violence against women and crime. -
Women got the right to vote.
The 19th amendment was passed and women got the right to vote after years of fighting. It was a big moment and a turn point in the US history.
