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Location of 50 largest cities by population in the United States in 1900, on a map of the modern United States. Numbered Cities 1. Worcester, Massachusetts 2. Paterson, New Jersey 3. Albany, New York 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts 5. Hartford, Connecticut
November 3 – The first automobile show in the United States opens at New York City's Madison Square Garden. November 6 – U.S. presidential election, 1900 : Republican incumbent William McKinley is reelected by defeating Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan on a record turnout of 73.7%.
American Samoa was acquired by the United States in 1900 after the end of the Second Samoan Civil War. [5] The United States purchased the U.S. Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917. [6] Puerto Rico and Guam remain territories, and the Philippines became independent in 1946, after being a major theater of World War II.
US_census_population_map_1900: Author: United States. Bureau of the Census: Software used: Adobe Illustrator 24.0 (Windows) Conversion program: Adobe PDF library 15.00:
The 1900 United States census, conducted by the Census Office on June 1, 1900, [1] determined the resident population of the United States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.01% from the 62,979,766 persons enumerated during the 1890 census. It was the last census to be conducted before the founding of the permanent United States Census Bureau.
Railroad maps from the 19th century, like Rand McNally & Co.’s “Railroad Map of the United States,” can command modest prices on resale sites like eBay and Etsy (averaging from around $60 to ...
1919 – United States Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations 1919 – 18th Amendment , establishing Prohibition 1919 – Black Sox Scandal during that year's World Series , with the fallout lasting for decades
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