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Within this time, Rockefeller owned one third of Standard Oil's stock. Rockefeller later became one of the most rich and powerful men in America. Standard Oil later came to be as a monopoly, as Rockefeller bought out refineries and promoted them throughout the U.S.
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Theoretically, Edison was not the first people to invent the lightbulb. In fact, there were supposedly 23 people who made the light bulb before him. Edison is known commonly as the first one mainly because he was the first person to patent the lightbulb on January 27, 1880
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The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was named after the main author for this act, Senator John Sherman. This act helped to maintain and stop monopolies from happening in the first place, like the monopolies with Rockefeller's Standard Oil. This act also helped towards the case of future antitrust laws such as the Clayton Antitrust Act, which outlaws ruthless business practices and acted as an extension of previous antitrust laws.
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Ellis Island was significant for being a place of inspection for immigrants coming into the U.S. through Sn Francisco. Around the years 1890-1920, around 12 million immigrants, mainly from Europe, came through this island. Out of all these immigrants, around 1.2 million immigrants came in 1907 alone.
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In the weeks leading up to the strike, Andrew Carnegie let his assistant Henry Frick run the steel mill operations and enforce long hours and low wages. However, when the workers went on strike, Frick called in the Pinkerton guards to stop them, ultimately leading to a tragedy. The significance of this event is how the tragedy struck, with many workers shot on the spot, and citizens got a negative impression from the work field, especially Frick, who they held responsible for this.
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The Tenement Act of 1901 finally brought about the end of construction for tenements, which were poor, crowded apartments with little to no ventilation. Tenements have, obviously, been trouble for workers for ages. The significance behind this is that this act required that any new apartments or tenements have better ventilation, more bathrooms and plumbing, fire protection, etc.
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At the time of McKinley's assassination, Theodore Roosevelt was known as the vice president. McKinley was shot at the American Expositon at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York in 1901. Ironically enough, Roosevelt didn't strongly desire being vice president, even when McKinley wanted him to be one, before these events took place.
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The author himself, Upton Sinclair is known as a muckraker. In "The Jungle," the conditions and terrors of the meat packing plant are exposed. The significance of this book is how Congress became forced to pass the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
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This assassination of Ferdinand triggered the events that led up to the start of WW1. In the war, there were two Alliances; the Triple Entente and the Central Powers. After WW1, when the Central Powers won, there were over 16 million deaths, which is why this event is so signifact, as the assassination started it all.
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Women finally got the right to vote when Wilson gave in and helped allow the 19th Amendment to pass. A fun fact about this is originally, the state South Carolina completely ignored this amendment, but later passed in on July 1, 1969. The significance of this is that this was a campaign by NAWSA (National Association for Women's Suffrage in America), formed by Alice Paul.
