Modern Era Music And American History Timeline

By Quinbykl
  • Ragtime Music

    Ragtime Music

    Ragtime evolved in the playing of honky-tonk pianists along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act

    Law preventing commercial monopolies
  • Orville Gibson Begins Selling Guitars

    Orville Gibson Begins Selling Guitars

    His technical innovations helping to spread the instrument throughout the United States.
  • First Permanent Orchestras

    First Permanent Orchestras

    The first permanent orchestras are established in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
  • Buddy Bolden's Band Begins Performing

    Buddy Bolden's Band Begins Performing

    Some will consider this the first jazz band, and Bolden the first jazz musician.
  • William McKinley is inaugurated as the 25th president

    William McKinley is inaugurated as the 25th president

  • U.S. annexes Hawaii

    U.S. annexes Hawaii

  • Wright Brothers Make The First Flight

    Wright Brothers Make The First Flight

    Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C
  • U.S. Enters WWI

    U.S. Enters WWI

  • 19th Amendment Was Ratified

    19th Amendment Was Ratified

    The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote.
  • Broadways Prime

    Broadways Prime

    The 1920s were broadways prime years, people would pay up to 3.50 a ticket.
  • Swing Music Became Popular

    Swing Music Became Popular

    Swing music was early jazz music