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Alaska was purchased from Russia
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Completion of the transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
It became the largest oil refinery firm in the world. He decided to buy up all of the other competition and form them into one large company. The company faced legal issues following passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act. -
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
He was an influential scientist, engineer, and inventor. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. His telephone idea is still used all over the world today. -
Thomas Edison invents the light bulb
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Chinese Exclusion Act
It was a law that prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating to the US. It was the first immigration law that excluded an entire ethnic group. It also excluded Chinese nationals from eligibility for US citizenship. -
Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor
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Sherman Antitrust Act
It was an act to protect trade and commerce against uncontrollable monopoly. It was passed by congress under the presidencey of Benjamin Harrison. It was the first federal attempt to prevent the concentration of economic powers among the few large corporations such as trusts. -
Ellis Island Opens
Nations busiest immigrant inspection station. It processed approximately 12 million immigrants to the US. It served for more than 60 years. -
Carnegie Steel Homestead Strike
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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The US declares war on Spain
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The Philippines insurrection comes to an end
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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
It was an anti-imperialist, anti-foreign, and anti-christian uprising. It happened at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Many of their members had been practitioners of Chinese Martial Arts. -
Tenement Act
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President McKinley is assassinated and progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes president.
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the US right to intervene in the western Hemisphere
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Upton Sinclair releases "the Jungle"
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Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act are Passed
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Peak Year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
He is famous for making the first affordable model T. Within ten years over half of all cars sold in America were the Ford Model T. The Model T was the first Ford with all its parts built by the company itself. -
Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
This event killed 145 workers. Most of the victims died as a result of neglected safety features. This tragedy brought attention to dangerous sweatshop conditions. -
The assassination on Austria archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
President Wilson wanted to originally keep the US out of European conflict. German U-boats then sank six American merchant ships. The Zimmermann telegram was then intercepted promising the Mexican Government that Germany would help Mexico recover the territory. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote
A bill was passed through Parliament that granted some women the right to vote. They had to be over the age of 30 and own property or be married to someone who owned property. Despite the restrictions, it was still a big victory, giving 8.4 million women the vote.
