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Alaska is purchased from Russia
600,000 acres were bought from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. One of the reasons Russia wante to sell it was because it was hard to defend. There were a lot of resources including oil in Alaska so the U.S. knew they wanted it. -
Completeion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Americans were proud because they thought the railroad showed hey were very industrious. It helped people and goods to be shipped across the continent. It helped people feel connected with each other. -
John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
His first refinery was opened in Cleveland OH. Many people thought he did business in unethical ways because he tried to run other companies out of business. In 10 years he controlled 90% of the oil production. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone
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Thomas Edison bring light to the world with the lightbulb
He used his carbon fillament invention in the first light bulb that could be used commercially. It actually wasn't the first light bulb. It made a huge impact on the way people lived. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor AFL
It created the largest labor federation in the world. Samuel Gompers was the longest standing president of the group. It gave men and women safety and better working conditions with a guarantee of pay. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
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Ellis Island Open
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Carnegies Homestead Strike
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Hawaii is Annexed
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Rudyard Kipling published "The White Man's Burden" in NY Sun
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Start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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Tenement Act
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
It said that the Western Himisphere were not allowed to be colonized or conquered by countries in Europe. It also said that the U.S. had the right to protect the western hemisphere from any control that Europe might want to have. It also said that the United States would "intervene as a last resort". -
Upton Sinclair releases "The Jungle"
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Pure food and Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Henry Ford produced his first Model T Car
This car was made because Henry Ford thought it was important to have the average American be able to afford one. He got the idea off of watching assembly lines in meat packing plants and made the assembly line work for cars. It changed society. -
Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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Assassination on Austria's Archduke Franz Fedinand starts WWI
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Panama Canal is completed and opened for Traffic
It was opened in order to make a short cut from the Pacific to the Atlantic oceans instead of going all the way around the continent of South America. It helped make it possible to ship lots of goods that would not have been shipped before. It cost almost 25,000lives when it was being built. -
The United States enters WWI
President Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany. Germany had used the submarines to attack other ships. He also decided to man boats with the Navy by Executive order because there were Senators who would not pass it. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment-Prohibition
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Women got the Right to Vote
It guaranteed women the right to vote even if they did not agree with their husbands. They had started fighting for the right to vote decades before it happened. Wyoming was the first state to let women vote.
