History Timeline By Tristan Bedigrew Period: Oct 26, 1858 to Sep 14, 1901 Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President Period: Mar 30, 1867 to Mar 30, 1867 Alaska Is Purchased From Russia Period: May 10, 1869 to May 10, 1869 Completion Of The Transcontinental Railroad Period: Mar 10, 1876 to Mar 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell Invents The Telephone Period: Oct 21, 1879 to Oct 21, 1879 Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb Period: Jul 6, 1882 to Jul 6, 1882 Carnegie Steel's Homestead Strike Period: Dec 8, 1886 to Dec 8, 1886 Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) Period: Jul 7, 1889 to Jul 7, 1889 Hawaii Is Annexed Period: Jul 2, 1890 to Jul 2, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act Period: Jan 1, 1892 to Jan 1, 1892 peek Year Of Immigration Through Ellis Island Period: Jan 1, 1892 to Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island Opens Period: Jul 6, 1892 to Jul 6, 1892 Chinese Exclusin Act Period: May 18, 1896 to May 18, 1896 Plessy v Ferguson Period: Feb 25, 1898 to Feb 25, 1898 The U.S. declares war on Spain Period: Apr 13, 1898 to Aug 13, 1898 The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end Period: Feb 10, 1899 to Feb 10, 1899 Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun Period: Nov 2, 1899 to Nov 1, 1899 The start of the Boxer Rebellion Period: Apr 12, 1901 to Apr 12, 1901 Tenement Act Period: Dec 6, 1904 to Dec 6, 1904 The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Western Hem Period: Jun 30, 1906 to Jun 30, 1906 Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed Period: Aug 12, 1908 to Aug 12, 1908 Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car) Period: Feb 12, 1909 to Feb 12, 1909 Creation Of The NAACP Period: Mar 25, 1911 to Mar 25, 1911 The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Jun 28, 1914 The Assassination on Austria's archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WW1 Period: Aug 15, 1914 to Aug 15, 1914 The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic Period: Feb 6, 1917 to Feb 6, 1917 The Untied States enters WW1 Period: Jan 26, 1919 to Jan 26, 1919 Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition Period: Aug 18, 1920 to Aug 18, 1920 Women got the right to vote