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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
Connects both end of the country to each other. Helps with trade. The United Staes becomes more unified. -
John D Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light
The light bulb changes the world to this day. The light bulb has given way to all indoor lights thus far. It also set up the way for many more inventions to come. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the AFL
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Anti-Trust Act starts the busting of monopolies. Monopolies would ruin the economy because all money would go to one person. Teddy Roosevelt also helped in ending a lot of monopolies. -
Ellis Island Opens
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Carnegie Steel's Homestead Strike
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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The US declares war on Spain
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Rudyard Kipling published "The White Man's Burden"
The book discussed how white men felt that since the were so perfect that they had to help others. White man had a duty to make everyone who is less than them better. An excuse used for imperialism -
The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Tenement Act
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Pres. McKinely is assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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Upton Sinclair releases "the Jungle"
The jungle is a book that reveals bad thing that happen in the food industry. After the book is published the government investigates and passes the Pure food and drug act. It keeps the people safe and makes sure that what the public consumes is safe. -
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares teh US right to intervene in the Western Hemisphere
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Pure Food And Drug Act were Passed
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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
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The organization that fights for equal rights for black people. -
The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was a fire in a warehouse. The warehouse was full of girls and women who worked long hours and were treated unfairly. The girls and women died during the fire because they were locked in the warehouse and there were no windows.The fire set off a train of events that caused work conditions to improve over time. -
The assassination on Austria's archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panamanian Canal is completed and opened for traffic
The canal is the only passage way for ships to go directly through North America. The canal cut shipping times because ships didn't have to go around south american. The Process still took about 12 hours. -
The Untied States enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment- Prohibition
It was legal to drink and sell alcohol in the US again. Crime rates went up after ratification. The citizens were mostly happy about ratification overall. -
Women get the right to vote
Women got the right to vote with the 19th amendment. Women are able to vote on whatever political matter they feel. -
Hawaii is Annexed
