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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
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Received first patent in 1876 for inventing the telephone even though there were hundreds of lawsuits against him. Bell was focused on developing a voice transmitting device, which later became the telephone. His first successful call was to his assistant Thomas Watson. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
Thomas Edison was the first person to get the invention patented. He tested more than 3,000 shapes and designs for the lightbulb. In Edison's laboratory he had his team of researchers that helped him. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ellis Island opens
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Carnegie Steel's Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Hawaii is annexed
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Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Tenement Act
The Tenement Act were laws that banned poorly ventilated tenement buildings and poor lighting in New York. The apartment barely met the minimum standards of sanitation, comfort, and safety. The Tenement Act helped apartments meet those standards. -
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 Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
The Pure Food and Drug Act was a series of customer protection laws.The laws were enforced by the Congress and it led to the development of the Food and Drug Administration. It was made to protect the public from adulteration. -
Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
The Jungle exposed the shocking work conditions of the meat-packing industries. Such as diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat that appalled the public. After "The Jungle" was released, it led to new federal food safety laws. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
Henry Ford called his first automobile a quadricycle and was made in Detroit. It was affordable transportation for the common man and was prized for its price. His automobile is the first successful car to be made. -
Creation of the NAACP
The international group was created by W.E.B., Ida Wells-Barnett, Du Bois, etc. It was created to make sure of political, educational, social, and economic rights to all people. NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and is a civil rights organization. -
The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire
In New York City one of the deadliest industrial disasters took place during the factory fire. The fire injured 71 people and killed 146 people. After the fire took place, many regulations and laws were enforced to better protect the safety of workers. -
The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The United States enters WWI
In 1917 the US joined World War 1 because Germany restarted its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. A German U-boat sunk the American liner Housatonic and the US entered the war. The US broke off their relations with Germany. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote
Women's suffrage was given and made up the 19th amendment. They fought long and hard for their rights during the suffrage movement. Women's voices were finally heard and they got the right to vote.
