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| 1900 | National Negro Business League is formed in Boston, sponsored by Booker T. Washington. | |
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L. Frank Baum writes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. | |
| 1901 | Carrie Nation begins a crusade against alcohol, using an ax to demolish the interiors of saloons. | |
| A Frenchman sails around the Eiffel Tower in Paris in a dirigible balloon. | ||
| 1902 | Congress makes free mail delivery to rural residents a permanent part of the United States postal system. | |
| 1903 |
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Wright Brothers fly the first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. |
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President Teddy Roosevelt designates Pelican Island, Florida, as the first national wildlife refuge. | |
Henry Ford founds the Ford Motor Company and begins building Ford automobiles. | ||
| 1904 | New York City gets it first subway line. | |
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Ice cream cones are introduced at the St. Louis World's Fair. | |
| National Child Labor Committee organized to encourage laws banning the employment of young children. | ||
| 1905 | The first nickelodeon, a theater where people could see a short "moving picture" for a nickel, opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | |
| 1906 |
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Earthquake and fire destroy most of San Francisco, California. |
| Pure Food and Drug Act made it illegal to make or sell food, drugs and alcohol containing improper ingredients, or to give false information on product labels. | ||
| 1907 | Immigration to the United States peaks at 1.2 million, with most immigrants coming from southern or eastern Europe. | |
| 1908 |
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Henry Ford introduces his Model T automobile. |
| Americans are singing hit songs like, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." | ||
| 1909 | Matthew Henson, an African-American, becomes the first man to reach the North Pole. | |
| W.E.B. DuBois helped found the National Association for Colored People (NAACP) to fight southern lynching and racial segregation. | ||
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Coffee, a favorite American beverage since the Civil War, is now marketed in an "instant" form. |
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