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First Transcontinental Railroad Completed
A golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the first transcontinetal railroad in the United States. The transcontinental railroad had lng been a dream for people living in the American west. -
Alexander Graham Bell patents the Telephone
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Chinese Exclusion Act is Passed
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a US federal law signed by President Chester Arthur. It was one of the more significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Standard Oil Ruled Monopoly
Standard Oil Controlled 88 percent of the oil population. The Court oredered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. -
Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants.
It served as the protal for the vast majority of new immigrants. Ellis Island was the principal federal immigration station in the United States. -
William Jennings Bryan Runs for President
He ran unsuccessfully for president of the US. He was a former Democratic congressman from Nebraska. That is how he gained his party's presidential nomination. -
William McKinley is Assassinated
Shot by Leon Czolgosz anf fatally wounded inside the Temple of Music on the grouds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He was shaking hands with the public when he was shot by him. -
Henry Ford Creates the Model T.
The Ford Model T is an American automobile that was producted by the Ford Motor Company October 1st 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is important becauses it was one of the first cars to be sold and for a very good price, making it easy for people to travel from place to place. -
Opening of Angel Island Immigration Station
It was an immigration station where immigrants entering the US werre detained and interrogated. Most of the immigrants that traveled through Angel Island were from Asian countries, such as CHina, Japan, Rusia and South Asia. The facility was created to monitor the flow of CHinese immigrants entering the country. -
The 17th Admendment
The 17th admendment established the election of the United States Senators by the people of the states. Americans did not directly vote for senators for the first 125 years of the Federal Government. The Constitution, as it was adopted in 1788, stated that senators would be elected by state legislatures. -
The 19th Amendment Adopted
The 19th amendment granted american woman the right to vote, a right known as woman suffrage. The importance of this amendment is that it removed gender restrictions on voting which is a very big step during that time. -
16th Amendment Adopted
