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Purchase of Alaska
On March 30, 1867, the United States agreed to
purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars,
about two cents an acre. A check for $7,200,000.00 was
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The Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 outlawed all contracts, combinations, or conspiracies in restraint of trade, and all monopolies. It was named for Senator John Sherman of Ohio, who was a chairman of the Senate finance committee and the Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes. -
The Klondike Gold Rush
In August 1896 Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie, and George Washington Carmack discovered gold in Alaska. This ignited many people to travel to Alaska in search of riches. However, the results are similar to the California Gold Rush. Many people were not successful in their searches and did not find much gold, -
Hawaii Annexation Ceremony
The Hawaiian sugarcane crops were a great source of wealth and of sugar. When the US took Hawaii, the Navy got a important base at Pearl Harbor. This helped the US to project its power across the Pacific. On July 12, 1898, the Hawaiian islands were officially annexed by the United States. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
In response to unsubstantiated claims and unwholesome products, Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. The Act halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling. -
Women's Suffrage Parade
The Woman Suffrage Procession, in 1913, was the first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. It was also the first large, organized march on Washington for political purposes. The procession was organized by the suffragists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns for the National American Woman Suffrage Association. -
The 17th Amendment
The 17th amendment provides for regular people to elect their senators. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, elected by the people -
National Women's Party
In 1913, Paul and Burns organized the National Woman’s Party (NWP), adopted the radical tactics of the British suffragettes, and campaigned for the first Equal Rights Amendment.The most prominent leader of the National Woman's Party was Alice Paul, and its most notable event was the 1917–1919 Silent Sentinels vigil outside the gates of the White House. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The U.S. intercepted a note from Germany to Mexico. It promised to help get Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona back to Mexico in return for an alliance and attacking the United States. This was a major cause of the U.S. declaring war. -
Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918, enacted during World War I, made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" -
The Eighteenth Amendment
DescriptionThe Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of "intoxicating liquors" in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and was ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919. It was eventually repealed in 1920. -
The nineteenth amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. Initially introduced to Congress in 1878, several attempts to pass a women's suffrage amendment failed until passing the House of Representatives on May 21, 1919, followed by the Senate on June 4, 1919. -
19th Amendment
Finally, on Aug. 20, 1920, the 19th Amendment became
part of the United States Constitution when Tennessee
became the 36th state to ratify it. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." -
Scopes Trial
Trial opened on July 10, 1925 and became a national sensation. Scopes was convicted and fined, and the law against teaching the theory of evolution remained. He was found guilty and fined $100. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the fourth and last day of the stock market crash of 1929. It took place on October 29, 1929.1 Investors traded a record 16.4 million shares. They lost $14 billion on the New York Stock Exchange, worth $206 billion in 2019 dollars. -
Smoot Hawley Tariff
The Tariff Act of 1930, commonly known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff, was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States. Sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, it was signed by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930.
