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The dead rabbits riot was a two day civil dispute in New York that erupted from a small fight between members of the dead rabbits and the Bowery boys, two gangs who had a city wide “war” happening with one another. -
The KKK is a protest based and Christian extremism cult known for its violent acts against people of color, and many historians have claimed they were Americas first terrorist group. -
This business was built of Rockefeller's previous company which he had been expanding in the years leading up to 1870. -
Bell filed for his patent on the same day as another inventor with a similar invention, he got the patent officially for an “improved in telegraphy.” He made the first phone call to his assistant in the next from saying “Mr. Watson come here I want to see you!” -
In 1889 the U.S government opened nearly 2 million acres of “unclaimed lands” to the American settlers, at noon a signal was sounded and 10s of thousands of Americans raced on horseback, wagons and trains for the first come first serve land. -
Ellis island officially opened for immigrants to begin coming to America in 1892, one of the first people to come though Ellis island was Annie Moore, and 17 year old from Ireland who was treated more like a celebrity than a person looking for a new start. -
The first addition of the wizard of oz had 10,000 printed copies and was sold in advance to its release date. -
Teddy Roosevelt was the 26th president and took over after McKinley was assassinated, Roosevelt was known as the trust buster and is what many would consider the outline for modern presidents. -
J.P. Morgan didn't found steel, he companies with Carnegie‘s steel company making them the biggest corporation in the world at the time. -
Ida Tarbell wrote a book about exposing the monopoly Rockefeller had build in the oil business, her book at 19 installments. -
The ford motor company was founded in 1903 in Detroit, the company has the fifth largest automobiles sales in the world. -
Angel island, often called Ellis of the west opened in 1910 and primarily saw Chinese and Japanese immigrants, Angel island was much less forgiving than Ellis island. -
The 17th amendment gave people the right to vote for their senators because the senators were getting corrupted and power hungry. -
The 16th amendment allowed for congress to collect taxes on paychecks. -
The Empire State Building, the most photographed building in America, opened in 1931 after 1 year and 43 days of construction. However the building didn’t begin making profit until the 1950’s due to the Great Depression and world war 2.