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Working Americans Vol. 4: Their Children

Historical Snapshot 1898–1899

  • The first shots of the Spanish-American War were fired

  • The Louisiana “grandfather clause” restricted most blacks from voting

  • The Union Carbide Company was founded

  • Motorcar production reached 1,000 vehicles per year in 1898; production topped 2,500 in 1899

  • Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded

  • The New York Times dropped its price from $0.03 daily to $0.01; as a result, circulation tripled

  • Pepsi-Cola was introduced by pharmacist Caleb D. “Doc” Bradham in New Bern, North Carolina

  • Uneeda Biscuits was created

  • J. P. Stevens & Company was founded in New York

  • Shiga Kiyoshi, a Japanese bacteriologist, discovered the Shigella bacillus, responsible for dysentery and named after him

  • Trolley cars replaced horse cars in Boston

  • Wesson Oil was developed

  • The United Mine Workers of America was founded

  • The first concrete grain elevator was erected near Minneapolis

  • A very destructive insect, the boll weevil, began spreading across cotton-growing Southern states

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MLA 9th
"Historical Snapshot 1898–1899." Working Americans Vol. 4: Their Children, edited by Scott Derks, Salem Press, 2016. Salem Online, online.salempress.com/articleDetails.do?articleName=WA4_0016.
APA 7th
Historical Snapshot 1898–1899. Working Americans Vol. 4: Their Children, In S. Derks (Ed.), Salem Press, 2016. Salem Online, online.salempress.com/articleDetails.do?articleName=WA4_0016.
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"Historical Snapshot 1898–1899." Working Americans Vol. 4: Their Children, Edited by Scott Derks. Salem Press, 2016. Salem Online, online.salempress.com/articleDetails.do?articleName=WA4_0016.