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Tenement Act
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Alaska is Purchased from Russia
During the time the we were fighting with Russia, we bought Alaska from them. We bought it for $7.2 million and it had well over 500 thousand square miles. The treaty was signed by Secretary of State, William Seward, and Russian Minister. -
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
The AFL was a national federation of labor unions founded in Columbus, Ohio. It's goal was to put skilled workers into specific unions that had all the same people interested in the same thing. -
Ellis Island opens
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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
The U.S declared war because of the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor. Spain lost ownership of the land pieces Cuba, Puerto Rice, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and many others. Spain ended up losing the war which resulted in the signing of the Treat of Paris. -
Hawaii is annexed
Dole made Hawaii independent after the Spanish-American War. President William McKinley urged this movement and had it done. When Hawaii was made a territory, Dole became its first governor. -
Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in "The New York Sun"
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
Roosevelt brought a new energy to the White House, and won a second term from his merits. He was also a dedicated conservationist that tried to save as much wildlife as possible. He won a Nobel peace prize as well for this. -
The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
The fist model was at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit. He used may methods but the assembly line proved to work fully. he also watched the 15 millionth model roll off the assembly line. -
Creation of the NAACP
the NAACP abbreviates National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.It is Americas oldest & largest civil rights organization. It was formed in New York City by white and black activists. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
he was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb Nationalist. After WWI was over, Germany signed the treaty of Versailles. this official marked the end of WWI. -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
More than 2 million U.S soldiers fought on battle grounds. The U.S helped allies but we were not in favor of joining the war. We wanted to remain neutral. -
Women got the right to vote
The 19th amendment was finally passed after WWI. Women would strive for this since the 1800's -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
