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Alaska purchased from russia
The U.S came to an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 Million. The treaty of Russia was negotiated and signed by secretary of state William Seward and they're Russian minister. People of the deal to purchase Alaska called it '' Seward's folly" or "Seward's Icebox ''. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Founded the bell telephone company in 1877. His success came through his Experiments in sound and helping the deaf with comuicating. He held 18 patents and 12 of those he shared with collaborators. -
Thomas Edison creates light
Thomas Edison isn't the only one who created the light bulb, he had many other notable figures help him. They tested more than 3,000 designs of light bulbs before they found the right one. No he didn't create electricity, he just created the light bulb. -
The U.S declared war on spain
This Spanish- American war ended up in a victory for the U.S . One of the main reasons being the explosion on the battleship. Cuban's were fighting to win independence from Russia. -
The start of the boxer rebellion
The boxer rebellion was an uprising of peasants in china. It basically resulted in a victory for the alliance. It was aimed for foreign cultures,religions and on. -
Tenement Act
A tenement is a house or apartment with more than 3 families living in it. New York was one of the first one's to ban these living conditions. Required houses to have certain things like bathrooms, rooms, windows and on. -
The philippine insurrection comes to an end
The conflict started when the Philippine republic objected to the U.S treaty. The war lasted from February 4, 1899 to July 2, 1902. The Filipinos viewed it as a continuation of the independence conflict. -
The triangle shirtwaist fire
The fire was started by a discarded cigarette which ended in 146 deaths. Most of the deaths were new Italian and Jewish immigrants ages 14 to 23. This fire is one of the deadliest industrial disasters is u.s history. -
The panama canal is completed and open for traffic
There was a lot of settlers going to California and Oregon and they wanted to make it easier. They built the panama canal, which helped lot's of cargo get from one place to the other. Today the panama canal is one of the busiest shipping routes. -
Women got the right to vote
Back then women weren't equal to men. Women were just supposed to stay home and take care of the kids. Towards the 19th century women fought for the right to vote and equal rights for women.
