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The Dead Rabbits riot was a two-day civil disturbance in New York City evolving from what was originally a small-scale street fight between members of the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys into a citywide gang war -
The Ku Klux Klan also commonly shortened to the Klan, is an American Protestant-led white supremacist, far-right hate group. -
John D. Rockefeller created the Standard Oil Company by merging several Cleveland refineries, with the help of partners like Samuel Andrews and Henry M. Flagler. -
Alexander Graham Bell was granted the U.S. patent for the telephone -
The Oklahoma Land Rush was a series of events where the U.S. government opened up millions of acres of formerly Native American land for settlement -
Ellis Island officially opened to process immigrants on. The first immigrant processed was a 17-year-old girl named Annie Moore from Ireland. For over 62 years, Ellis Island served as the main entry point for more than 12 million immigrants arriving in the United States until it closed in 1954.