Clifford-1877-1918

__**Andrew Carnegie:**__
 * an industrialist who was a huge part of the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century
 * most of his fortune was from his involvement in the steel industry
 * In the 1870s, he founded the Carnegie Steel Company
 * he was one of the most important philanthropists of his era
 * one of his two great innovations was in the cheap and efficient mass production of steel by adopting and adapting the Bessemer process for steel making
 * In the late 1880s Carnegie Steel was the largest manufacturer of pig iron and steel rails in the world, approximately producing 2,000 tons of pig metal per day



__**Teddy Roosevelt:**__ __**Rutherford B. Hayes **__
 * he is known for his outgoing personality personality, range of interests and achievements
 * he is known for his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" attitude and robust masculine behavior
 * he was a leader of the Republican Party and founder of the short-lived Bull Moose Party in 1912
 * led a small regiment in Cuba known as the Rough Riders
 * Mckinley died during presidency when led to Roosevelt being sworn in
 * Roosevelt added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
 * stated that it was the responsibility of America to intervene with force if necessary in Latin America to enforce the Monroe Doctrine-known as Big Stick Diplomacy
 * Elected president in the election of 1876 and ended radical construction
 * Hayes led the U.S into the second industrial revolution as well as the second great awakening
 * Hayes wanted to abolish the civil service appointments which were conducted using the spoils system
 * Dealt with the compromise of 1877 as well as the great railroad strike of 1877
 * __William Mckinley__**
 * Served two terms as president and led America through the Spanish American war
 * Assassinated during his second presidential term
 * AnnexedHawaiiand passed the gold standard act in 1900
 * Created open door policy and led the U.S to obtaining the Philippines and other islands



**__The Invention of the Lightbulb:__**
 * The first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphrey Davis who was a English scientist
 * Later in 1860, the English physicist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) was determined to devise a practical, long-lasting electric light
 * The inventor Thomas Alva Edison experimented with thousands of different filaments to find just the right materials to glow well and to last long
 * In 1879, Edison discovered that a carbon filament in an oxygen-free bulb glowed but did not burn up for 40 hours
 * Edison eventually produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours




 * __The Spanish American War-1898:__**
 * conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898
 * result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence
 * american attack in the Pacific area was a cause of the Philippine-Ameirican War
 * the sinking of Maine in Havana Harbor was a mysterious but an outrage to the president for a war Wlliam McKinley wished to avoid
 * although the main issue was Cuban independence, the ten-week war was fought in both the Pacific and the Carribean
 * american naval power proved strong
 * the result was the 1898 Treaty of Paris,
 * negotiated on terms favorable to the U.S which allowed temporary American control of Cuba and authority over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines


 * __Lusitania__ __Sunk 1915__**
 * The Lusitania was a British ocean liner who was attacked by German U-boats and sank within minutes
 * Killing nearly 2000 people
 * The sinking turned many countries againstGermany
 * The reason this event is important is because of how greatly it contributed to the U.S entry into world war one
 * __U.S enters World War One 1917__**
 * WW1 originated over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ofAustria
 * After unrestricted warfare and the attack atPearl Harborthe U.S joined the allied powers because of unrestricted submarine German warfare
 * Involvement in the war was a shift from the earlier stance of isolationism in the beginning of the war
 * As a result of the war technology and weapons were advancing rapidly on both allied and central powers
 * WW1 killed and wounded millions of soldiers as well as many civilians
 * The league of nations was also a result of WW1