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U-boats created
They were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. -
Bessemer Process
Production of steel -
Discovery of Gold in Pikes Peak
Gold was discovered in Pikes Peak -
Homestead Act
Several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain -
Morrill Land grant act
Statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states -
Transcontinental r/r completed
A contiguous railroad track age, that crosses a continental land mass -
Battle of little bighorn
It was fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south-central Montana. -
Farmers alliance created
It was first organized in Texas and soon spread to other states and territories in the South and Midwest. -
Thomas Edison invents light bulb
Incandescent electric light -
Carlisle school established
It was the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States. -
Chinese exclusion act
A US federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. -
Edison lights up NYC
He flipped the switch on his Pearl Street power station -
Statue of Liberty built
The monument would honor the United States' centennial of independence and the friendship with France. -
American federation of labor founded
A national federation of labor unions in the US. -
Interstate commerce act passed
It is US federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry. -
Dawes act
It regulated land rights on tribal territories within the US. -
Jacob Riis published his book of photos
His book stimulated the first significant New York legislation to curb poor conditions in tenement housing. -
Alfred T Mahan writes his book on sea power
It was a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire. -
Sherman ant-trust act passed
A US antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce. -
Wounded knee massacre
It was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. -
Fredrick Jackson Turner writes essay of settling the west
The availability of unsettled land throughout much of American history was the most important factor determining national development -
Pullman strike
It was two interrelated strikes that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression. -
Plessy v Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution. -
Holden v hardy
It was a US labor law case in which the US Supreme Court held a limitation on working time for miners and smelters as constitutional. -
Spanish American War begins
Internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Hawaii is annexed
Extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and highlighted resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power. -
Phillipines islands are annexed
The US paid Spain $20 million to annex the entire Philippine archipelago. -
Newlands Reclamation act
It is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. -
Panama Canal is built
It was built because American, British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. -
Sinclair’s the Jungle written
Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. -
Lochner v New York
It was when the Supreme Court ruled that a New York law setting maximum working hours for bakers was unconstitutional. -
Pure Food and drug act passed
It prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce. -
Muller V Oregon
It was a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether a state could limit the amount of hours a woman could work while not also limiting the hours of men. -
Founding of the NAACP
It is a civil rights organization in the United States, as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. -
Hepner act
It imposes the forfeiture and liability to pay double the value of the goods received, concealed, or purchased. -
17th adm
It established the direct election of United States senators in each state. -
Ford Motor company's first full assembly line starts
Henry Ford and his employees successfully began using this innovation at our Highland Park assembly plant. -
Federal Reserve act
It was passed by the 63rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. -
Beginning of the first world war
It was a major global conflict that was fought between two coalitions, the Allies and the Central Powers. -
Clayton Antitrust act
It was part of US antitrust law with the goal of adding further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime -
Lusitania Sunk
It was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War. -
US enters WWI
Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships. -
Selective Service act
It authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription. -
WWI ends
The armistice between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending World War I. -
18th adm
It established the prohibition of alcohol in the US. -
19th adm
It prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to vote. -
Immigration quota act
It was formulated mainly in response to the large influx of Southern and Eastern Europeans and restricted their immigration to the United States. -
National origins act
It limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. -
Scopes trial
It was the moniker journalist H. L. Mencken applied to the 1925 prosecution of a criminal action brought by the state of Tennessee.