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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
Rockefeller built his first oil system in Cleveland which turned into a big company. He tried to take oil from many different countries but he was breaking the law. In the end him having all this oil made transportation much more easier. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander went to the United States to become a teacher to the deaf. Him always missing his mom, he came up with an idea of electronic speech. They formed a Bell company in 1877 and which now is known as AT&T. -
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)
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
The Sherman act was the first federal act that outlawed business practices. Having this law prohibits combinations, contracts or conspiracies. This act affected the Labor unions which caused Pullman workers to get arrested. -
Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Ellis Island opens
This island was located in the upper bay just off of New Jersey coast. The first person who arrived on this island is a 15 year old -Annie Moore, who is from Ireland. When Ellis opened, it was full of over 12 million immigrants. -
Plessy v Ferguson
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Hawaii is annexed
Hawaii played an important part in the interest of the U.S economy. Before the United States bought out Hawaii, Hawaii was owned by Alaska. It was a kingdom and became a republic, then after the U.S took over it became a state. So really Hawaii was a huge part of the United States. -
Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
The boxer rebellion supported peasant uprising that attempted to drive all the foreigners from China. It was also caused by both foreign and domestic internal tensions. So the boxer rebellion was very important because the Europeans finally ceased their ambitions of colonizing China. -
Tenement Act
This act banned the construction of dark, poorly ventilated tenement buildings. The houses were seven floors high that housed 2.3 millions people. So living conditions were awful, they barley met the standards of safety. -
Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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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 Western Hem
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
In the Pure Food and Drug Act the purpose was to protect the public against adulteration of food or misbranding. This act was passed in the House Of Representatives, Pure food and drug act lead into Upton Sinclair's Book "The Jungle". -
Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
Upton Sinclair wrote this book to expose the work conditions in the meat packing industry. Its meaning of "the jungle" is about human greed and all the social damages. A major reform movement had emerged in the 20th century. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
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Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote
Women have fought for the women right to vote since the nineteenth century. When women heard that black people had the right to vote, they thought they would be able to vote soon. Women campaigned peacefully and the Parliament took no notice of them.
