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Life at the Turn of the Century
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Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
1890
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Escalator was Created by Jesse W. Reno
1891
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Ellis Island opens as a center to screen immigrants.
1892
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Social/Economic
First Gasoline-powered Car
1892
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The Zipper was created
1893
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John Philip Sousa composes "Stars and Stripes Forever"
1896
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Cultural
The first comic strip appears in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World
1896
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Cultural
William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan for the presidency
1896
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President Grover Cleveland vetoes literacy bill for immigrants
1897
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Composer Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" helps popularize ragtime music
1899
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'Gentleman's Agreement' limits Japanese immigration to the U.S
1900
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L. Frank. Baum publishes "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
1900
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Cultural
Wright Brothers First Airplane
1903
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Inventions/Innovations
Great San Francisco quake leaves over 400 dead and 200,000 homeless
1906
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Social/Economic
Ford Motor Company produces the Model T
1908
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Social/Economic
The Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage
1912
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Social/Economic
Henry Ford introduces the automated assembly line
1913
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Social/Economic
Sixteenth Amendment gives Congress the power to levy an income tax
1913
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Political/Diplomatic
Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes " Tarzan of the Apes"
1914
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Cultural
Panama Canal
1914
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