Immigration and Industrialization Timeline

By lucasmmorris

  • John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil

    John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil
    John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company on January 10, 1870 with his business partners and brother. The success of this business empire made Rockefeller one of the world's first billionaires and a celebrated philanthropist.

  • The Great Oklahoma Land Race

    The Great Oklahoma Land Race
    April 22, 1889, was a day of chaos, excitement, and utter confusion. Men and women rushed to claim homesteads or to purchase lots in one of the many new towns that sprang into existence overnight.

  • Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants
    The new structure on Ellis Island began receiving arriving immigrants on January 1, 1892. Annie Moore, a teenage girl from Ireland, accompanied by her two younger brothers, made history as the very first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island.

  • Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants
    In January 1910, over the late objections of Chinese community leaders, this hastily built immigration station was opened on the northeastern edge of Angel Island, ready to receive its first guests. The first stop on disembarking at the pier on Angel Island was the Administration Building.