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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
The transcontinental railroad opened up trade and travel. It was unheard of its time. It also opened up and connected the states which were isolated before -
John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
The phone has revolutionized the world and has changed communications for everyone. With the phone it is easier to relay information and to talk to others far away. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
The light bulb really changed the world. It made it so people would not need lamp oil because it was dangerous and bad. it also increased working hours and made it so people would work longer. and it made it less dangerous at night -
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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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
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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”
When Upton Sinclair wrote the jungle it was important because it exposed the meat packing industry and how gross it was. It resulted in many meat packing and food industry standards. It also helped people not from New york to understand the situation -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
The car is something that is seen as a necessity now but it wasn't even invented back in the day. With cars travel was made simple and easy. It was easier for people to get around. -
Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire
The Triangle shirtwaist fire was a very important although tragic event because of the safety precautions that were made in order to prevent that. First factories were made to have emergency exits and other important things. -
The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
WW1 itself is a very extreme and intense event which caused and led to many deaths and inventions. Since WW1 was important that means that the event that incited it is also very important. If this event had not happened WW1 may have not started. -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
The U.S. entered the war after being taunted and disrespected by germany. One reason was that German submarines sunk the lusitania, a ship carrying citizens. Another was the Zimmerman note which was sent by germany and was meant to be sent to Mexico, the note asked Mexico to join the war and attack the U.S -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote
Back in the 1900s women were not allowed the same rights as men had. Suffragists fought for women's right to vote because they thought that it was that, a right that should be given to every citizen. Suffragists spent many years to obtain the right to vote and they got it by protesting, signing petitions and get donations.
