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Potato Famine in Ireland
However, when it came to digging up the potatoes, all they got was a black gooey mess. In fact, the expected bumper crop turned out to be a disaster. There was a 50% loss of potatoes in this year. -
First Transocntinental Railroad Completed
The transcontinental railroad replaced the slower and more dangerous wagon trains. -
Alexander Graham Bell patents the Telephone
Three days after filing the patent, the telephone carried its first intelligible message--the famous "Mr. Watson, come here, I need you"--from Bell to his assistant. -
Chinese Exclusion Act Is Passed
Law restricting immigration into the United States. -
Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants
The gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States -
William Bryan Jennings Runs for President
A leading American politician from the 1890s until his death. -
Andrew Carnegie sells his company to J.P. Morgan, creating U.S. Steel
He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J.P. Morgan in 1901 for $480 million (in 2014, $13.6 billion), creating the U.S. Steel Corporation. -
William McKinley is assassinated
Leon Czolgosz approaches him and fires two shots into his chest. -
Teddy Roosevelt Creates System of National Parks
While not creating a single park itself, the Antiquities Act enabled Roosevelt and his successors to proclaim ãhistoric landmarks, historic or prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interestä in federal ownership as national monuments, -
Henry Ford Creates the Model T
An automobile that was produced by Henry Ford -
Opening of Angel Island Immigration Station
An immigrant processing facility on Angel Island, in the San Francisco Bay -
Standard Oil Rule a Monopoly
Supreme Court of the United States found Standard Oil guilty of monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions. -
16th Amendment Adopted
Allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. -
17th Amendment Adopted
Established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. -
19th Amendment Adopted
Guaranteeing women the right to vote
