1880-1920

By Robert Burke

  • Congress passes the first Chinese Exclusion Act (They later renewed it)

    Chinese workers migrated to the U.S to work in the gold mines, but they also took agricultural jobs along with factory work.

  • American railroads adopt standard time zones

    They needed to keep exact time. Before this they ran according to timetables. For this to work, the engineers had to agree on the exact time at any point.

  • The Eiffel Tower is completed in Paris, becoming the worlds tallest structure

    The reason the Eiffel tower was built in Paris was because Gustave Eiffel's work was to show the boldness of the frenct

  • Congress established Yosemite National Park

  • Federal troops and Native Americans fight their last major battle at Wounded Knee, South Dakota

  • Ellis Island opens as a receiving center for immigrants

  • A steelworkers strike at Pennsylvania's Homestead steel mill is brutally stopped

  • The first professional football game is played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania

  • The Country of the Pointed Firs, Sarah Orne Jewett's writing, is published

  • France Marie and Pierre Curie discover radium and polonium