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Haymarket strike
led by the knights of labor, took place in Chicago IL., turned violent, bombing -
Homestead strike
led by the workers of Pennsylvania, violence breaks out between Carnegie steel workers and the security was hired to lock them out -
pullman company strike
led by Eugene V. Debs and railroad workers, said workers refused to obey government injunction to return to work -
Spanish-American war
US interferes with Cubans, lost the USS Maine, Guam and Philippines given to the US, Puerto Rico was annexed to the US -
US annexes Hawaii
the US ends the Hawaii monarchy and annexes the islands of Hawaii -
The Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt gained control of it and encouraged them to become independent from Columbia. -
Franz Ferdinand assassination
Franz Ferdinand is assassinated and ultimately begins WW1 -
Gallipoli Campaign
the triple entente sought to weaken the Ottomans from the Gallipoli peninsula -
Italy switching sides
italy switches sides on Austria but not on Germany in hopes of gaining land -
Lusitania sinking
The RMS Lusitania was sunk due to the blockade the Germans had placed around Germany -
Child labor act
forbid the labor of anyone under 14 years of age -
Zimmerman note
a secret telegram from the Germans for the Mexicans to attack the US that was never received -
Russian Revolution
The Bolsheviks end the reign of the czars by killing Nicholas II and his family. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty that was placed on the Germans after WW1 that limited their army, air force, and had to pay large sums of money to the league of nations -
League of Nations
First worldwide government that consisted of US, Britain, France, and Italy until eventually being replaced by the UN -
19th Amendment
allowed the right to vote for women
