Samuel Gompers was most associated with being the president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) which was one of the biggest unions in the 1800s.
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During the western cattle boom, the open range system allowed ranchers to graze herds on the open range, meaning public land once owned by the Plains Indians and their buffalo herds.
The western cattle boom brought thousands of settlers, mostly cattle ranchers that used the grasslands of the Great Plains to raise and sell cattle. The subsequent economic growth added to America's ascent to power.
The Philippine–American War or the Filipino–American War, previously referred to as the Philippine Insurrection or the Tagalog Insurgency by the United States, was an armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States that lasted from February 4, 1899, to July 2, 1902.