Timeline: The Birth Of Modern America | Timetoast

Period: Feb 15, 1820 to Mar 13, 1906

Susan B. Anthony

Supporter of womens suffarage and member of American Anti-Slavery Society.
May 20, 1820

Homestead Act
May 28, 1830

Indian Removal Act

Signed by President Andrew Jackson. The removal of indian tribes in federal territory in exchange for their homelands
Jan 1, 1850

Navitism

increase in nativism began in late 20's
Period: Apr 18, 1857 to Mar 13, 1913

Clarance Darrow

Lawyer, leader of American Civil Liberties Union, and once arrested for defending Eugene V. Debs.
Oct 17, 1858

Teddy Roosevelt

Day he became the U.S President
Period: Mar 19, 1860 to Jul 26, 1925

William Jennings Bryan

Presidency candidate 3 times.
Aided congress in passing the 18th Amendment.
Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Dec 31, 1895

Industrilization and Urbanization
Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Dec 31, 1900

Age of Political Machine
Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Dec 31, 1920

Social Gospel Movement

a Protestant Christian intellectual movement
Period: Jan 1, 1877 to Dec 31, 1919

The Gilded Age
Period: Jan 1, 1880 to Jul 28, 1920

U.S Immagration Increas
Jun 9, 1885

Eugene V. Debs

lected Indiana State Assembly.
May 4, 1886

Haymarket Riot

violent confrontation between police and labour protesters
Feb 8, 1887

The Dawes Act
Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Dec 31, 1920

The Progressive Era

A period when social activism and political reform was abundent in society
Period: Jan 1, 1896 to Dec 31, 1899

Klondike Gold Rush

Migration of prospectors headed towards north-western Canada
Jan 13, 1901

First Muckraker strike
Feb 26, 1901

Andrew Carnegie sold the Carnegie Steel Company to John Pierpont Morgan for $480 million dollars.
Feb 26, 1906

"The Jungle" was published (Upton Sinclair)
Jun 30, 1906

Pure Food and Drug Act

banned foreign, mislabeled food and drugs
Feb 3, 1913

16th Amendment

Gave Congress power to collect taxes on all income.
Apr 8, 1913

!7th Amendment

Granted citizens the right to elect senators.
Dec 23, 1913

Federal Reserve Act

Federal reserve system
Jan 16, 1919

!8th Amendment

prohibiting import, export, and sale of all alcoholic beverages.
Jan 1, 1920

Ida B. Wells

carried out anti lynching crusades
Aug 18, 1920

19th Amendment

Rights to women suffarage
Dec 10, 1935

Jane Addams

First women to earn the Nobel Peace Prize
Dec 11, 1971

The Libertarian Party

Formed by David F. Nolan as a third party in politics.