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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. -
The Ku Klux Klan commonly shortened to KKK or Klan, is an American Protestant-led Christian extremist, white supremacist, far-right hate group. -
John D. Rockefeller created the Standard Oil Company on January 10, 1870, by incorporating his existing oil refinery business with his brother William, Henry Flagler, and others, starting with a capitalization of $1 million. -
Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone on March 7, 1876. -
The Great Oklahoma Land Race, more formally known as the Oklahoma Land Runs, refers to a series of events between 1889 and 1895 when the U.S. government opened designated lands within the Indian Territory for settlement by non-Native American homesteaders. -
Ellis Island, New York's federal immigration processing station, officially opened on January 1, 1892, becoming the primary entry point for over 12 million immigrants over the next 62 years. -
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the original book by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, was published in 1900 by the George M. Hill Company. -
J.P. Morgan didn't technically found U.S. Steel, but rather orchestrated its creation in 1901 by merging Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with several other major steel producers to form the first billion-dollar corporation. -
Ida Tarbell didn't publish a single article about Standard Oil; instead, she wrote a groundbreaking, 19-part series for McClure's Magazine between November 1902 and October 1904, which was later published as the two-volume book, The History of the Standard Oil Company. -
Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, it was founded by Henry Ford on June 16, 1903. Ford Motor Company would go on to become one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world. -
Theodore Roosevelt's tenure as the 26th president of the United States began on September 14, 1901, and expired on March 4, 1909. Roosevelt, a Republican, took office upon the assassination of President William McKinley, under whom he had served as vice president, and secured a full term in the 1904 election. -
The Angel Island Immigration Station on Angel Island, California, opened to process immigrants on January 21, 1910. -
The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. -
The 16th Amendment, allowing Congress to levy an income tax without apportionment among the states based on population, was passed by Congress in 1909 and ratified on February 3, 1913. -
The Empire State Building officially opened and was dedicated by President Herbert Hoover on May 1, 1931.