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Potato Famine
Caused by the failure of successive potato crops.
More than a million Irish came to the United States during the famine. -
Karl Marx/ Comm Manifesto
German Philosopher.
he invented the communism. -
Bessermer porcess
It was a way to make better steel.
It created a lot of new job opportunities. -
Potato Famine
The famine began in the year 1845 as it shows in the time line and then ends this date. -
First oil well
Lead to industrialism.
Located in Pennsylvania. -
Seward Pur hase
Is the purchase of Alaska.
Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. -
Chinese Exclusion
Caused by the jealousy of the white workers of the Union Pacific.
The chinese people is taking the job away from the white workers. -
Rock Springs Massacre
White workers of the Union Pacific set fire to the chinatown where the chinese workers live.
A lot of chinese people died during this event, and the ones left alive have to move away with their families. -
New Colossus
Its was poem write because of a contest.
The poem talk about liberty. -
Philippines becomes a US Colony
The process began during the spanish american war.
Soldiers that were not more in labor and other military-men were among the first Americans to become long-term Philippine residents and settlers. -
Hull House
House were immigrant can live.
Houses for refugees. -
Philippines becomes a US Colony
The process for the Philippines to become a US colony lasted one year. -
How the other Half Lives
A book by Jacob Riis.
He took the camera to took picture of the poor people. -
Homestead Strike
Labour dispute between the Carnegie company and many of its workers.
The strike pitted the company’s management . -
Annexation of Hawaii
Extended U.S. territory into the Pacific.
Highlighted resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power. -
USS Maine Explodes
killed 260 men on board on February.
No one know how exactly the Main explode. Some people said it was the enemies other a band located bomb in the main. -
White Man´s Burden
Is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling.
the poem is showing how the United States is taking over the world. -
Platt Amendment
Established the terms under which the United States would end its military occupation of Cuba.
The Platt Amendment laid down eight conditions to which the Cuban Government had to agree before the withdrawal of U.S. forces and the transfer of sovereignty would begin. -
Panamanian Independence
Colombian Senate refused to ratify the treaty, hoping for more cash.
Panama declares independence for finishing the construction of the canal. -
Triangle shirt Factory
Women's were trap in fire and could not escape. This even help to create new job laws for safe.
Occurred in New York City. -
Ludlow Massacre
Was coal miners in Colorado.
Rockefeller monopoly. -
Assassination of FF:
The assassination of the archduke of Austria Hungary Franz Ferdinand.
He was killed by serbians. -
Sinking of The Lusitania
The sinking of Lusitania was the first cause for US to enter war.
It carry people and secret weapons for Great Britain. -
Zimmerman note/telegram
Second cause for the United States for going to war.
A coded telegram that German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann sent to the German minister in Mexico proposing that if the United States entered the war, Mexico and Germany should become allies. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers.
This document ended the participation of Russia in the WWI. -
Treaty of Versailles
Is trying to end the war without someone wining. Like a peace without war.
Is a peace document. -
US rejects League of Nations
The congress in the United States would not approve the thoughts of a democrat.
This cause the League of Nations not to work.