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John D Rockefeller Starts Standard Oil
During his life Rockefeller donated more than 500 million to various philanthropic causes. Rockefeller became one of the worlds wealthiest men. Controlling 90% of all oil in United States at his peak. -
Alaska is purchased from Russia
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completion of transcontinental railroad
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephoone
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Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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pres McKinley is assassinated and progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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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 steels homestead strike
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The US declares war on Spain.
The Spanish American War lasted three months two weeks and four days. The Cubans were treated badly by the Spanish. This caused Cuba to leave a desire for independence. -
Plessy V Ferguson
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Hawaii is annexed
The influence of European and American settlers began to alter traditional ways of life.The traditional Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown in favor of a constitutional monarchy. The struggle for control of Hawaii was at its height. -
Rudyard Kipling published "The White Mans Burden" in the New York sun
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The start of the boxer rebellion
The boxers to control of neighborhoods, attacked foreign soldiers, and killed foreign residence. The siege lasted for two months. The Europeans quickly ran out of food but not alcohol. -
Tenement Act
A typical tenement building had 5 to 7 stories. The tenement occupied nearly all of the lot which it was built. Little air and light could get in. -
The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the US right to intervene in the western
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Upton Sinclair releases "The Jungle"
Sinclair did seven weeks worth of research on location. Five publishers rejected 'The Jungle". A silent film version came out in 1914. -
The United States enters WWI
The united states declared neutrality until German submarine warfare threatened American commercial shipping. There were 53,402 battle deaths. Both houses of congress had voted in favor of a declaration of war, within 4 days. -
Pure food and drug act and the meat exception act are passed
The law reformed to inspect all cattle, swine, sheep, goats and horses before they were slaughtered. The law also applied to imported products. The law reformed the meat packaging industry. -
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
Voting rights were often denied. They started the Niagara event. Calling for equal rights. -
The triangle shirt waste fire
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The assassination on Austria's archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The panama canal is completed and opened for traffic
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment- prohibition
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Woman got the right to vote
Not all woman were eligible to vote. Woman had to be over 30 and home owners. A decade later full suffrage for all woman 21+ was granted a decade later with the second representation of the people act. -
The Philippine insurrection comes to an end
