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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Declares the U.S. Right to Intervene in the Western Hem
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John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
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Alaska Gets Purchased from Russia
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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
On June 10th of 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was finally complete after six long, grueling years. Anywhere from 50-150 Chinese men were killed making this railroad, due to mudslides, landslides, and other storms and natural disasters. Racism was living and thriving back in this time, in wats thay we can't even begin to guess where? -
Alexander Graham Bell Invents Telephone
What's one thing you never leave the house without? Your cell phone!! Thanks to Alexander Graham Bell and his brilliance, this technology exists! While the clunkly wood and brass machine he invented isn't the sleek plastic/steel and glass tab of tech you carry around today, he started the thought of 'voice messages and distanced conversation'! -
Thomas Edison Brings Light to the World with the Light Bulb
Do you have night vision? I don't, and I need light to see in my house at night, and I'm sure you do too. We have Thomas Edison to thank for this wonderful little bit of technology! -
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 Homestead Strike Begins
Do you ever see trains running through the country or perhaps the city you live in? I do. All. The. Time. Seriously, it's cool to see the graffiti and all but they hold traffic up all the time! But at least Mr. Andrew Carnegie came up with the Bessemer Process, bringing us higher quantities and faster production times for steel way back in the day. Downside; his employees kept getting hurt, resulting in a strike! -
Plessy v Ferguson
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The U.S. Declares War on Spain
Yet another war for the US! Good or bad, who the heck knows back in 1898? Not the citizens, that's for sure! We declared war on Spain on April 25, 1898, blaming them for blowing us the USS Maine. It could've been an accident, it could've been an act of terrorism from Spain, or even the Spanish rebels. To this day, we still don't know. One way or another, a war ensued, and to NOBODY'S surprise, we won. -
Hawaii gets Annexed
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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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Pres. McKinley is Assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President
Leon Czolgosz changed the fate of America, seemingly for the better, on September 14th of 1901. As he was shaking the hand of President McKinley, this man shot out President in the abdomen, killing him quickly. After Mr. McKinley's death, Mr. Roosevelt stepped up as President. -
The Philippine Insurrection Comes to an End
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Upton Sinclair Releases “The Jungle”
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are Passed
After Upton Sinclair released his book, detailing the cruel, and disgusting ways of the meat packing industry, the Pure Food & Drug Act and Meat Inspection Acts are passed. The public had found out about human body parts, quite often fingers, and full, live, rats and the rats' feces being ground up into their meat, they were disgusted. That's quite possibly the only thing that I could stand to use to make myself quit eating meat, but now those regulations keep everyone in the US alive. -
Peak Year of Immigration Through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford Produces his First Model T
How often do you drive? Twice, maybe three times a day? Well if you didn't have your motor vehicle, you'd be riding a horse, buggy, or walking to and from your destination. Because you are not, thank Henry Ford for creating the automobile! The first ever motor vehicle was a Model T by Henry Ford back in 1908. Cars are only 110 years old!! -
NAACP was Founded
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand Starts WWI
Do you ever feel completely pointless in the world? Like you won't ever make a difference? Well, I'm going to stop you right there! Did you know that THE FIRST WORLD WAR WAS STARTED OVER ONE MAN? That's right, a single dude and his wife. Of course, he had high social and political status, but you get my memo. One measly Archduke and his pregnant got shot and the whole world goes into a war because of the tension it caused. You better hope he wasn't feeling insignificant. -
The Panama Canal is Completed and Opened for Traffic
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The United States Enters WWI
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Women Got the Right to Vote
Are you a woman? Do you vote? Well, whether you do or don't, a hundred years ago you wouldn't have been allowed too! You'd have to wait until June 4th, of 1919. The 19th amendment allows women to vote in all elections. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
