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The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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Alaska is purchased from Russia
The United States of American purchased Alaska from Russia for an outstanding price of 7.2 million dollars! Russia was offering to sell Alaska because they were in severe debt from a past war. With Alaska added to the United States, it added more than 586,412 miles of new territory! -
Tenement Act
The Tenement act was originally established in 1867 and then renewed in 1901. The 1901 tenement act differed from The Tenement Act of 1867 by The tenement act of 1867 only requiring that there be a fire escape in each suite and window in every room. The Tenement Act of 1901 set a wider and more in-depth range of requirements to ensure safety and sanitation. -
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad made outstanding history. It uniftyed the United States by joining the eastern and western paths. The transcontinental railroad also allowed many goods to be brought to the entire country, not just popular parts of it. -
John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell worked as a teacher with deaf students before he invented the telephone. His wife and mother were both deaf and he tried to help them communicate better by using their voice instead of American Sign Language. He was also experienced in the medical field and was an engineer. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
When Thomas Edison was 22 he worked as a telegrapher for the army. He later got married and had 3 children of his own. He was often referred to as a wizard because of how many inventions he would make to help others. Unfortunately Thomas Edison did not invent the light blub he did perfect it and made it inexpensive so that almost every home in America would soon carry light through the night. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Ellis Island opens
Ellis Island opened up in New York City as an immigration center for immigrants who come to America for a better life. Through Ellis island they have several inspections, if they fail those inspections they are sadly sent back home. Ellis Island closed, but you can still visit it today as one of New yorks most popular tourist attractions. -
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
In the Spanish - American war the United States annexed Hawaii. The action of being annexed means to add territory to one's territory by appropriation. When Hawaii was officially apart of the United States its first Governor was named Dole. -
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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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 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
The Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act was a major piece of the progressive era. "The Jungle" was a book published about the disgusting and terrifying conditions of the meat industry. After the book "The Jungle" was released many people were in rage over how unsanitary the production of daily food was. The president at the time even contemplated going vegan. -
Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
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Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
The Panama Canal is a canal that is between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. By making this canal it allows for a shorter time and distance from ocean to ocean. It also protected ships from landslides from the Andes Mountains. -
The United States enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote
The Women's suffrage is the movement in which women try to gain the right to vote. This movement was apart of a larger movement called the progressive era. Women went to many heavy and harsh extremes to get the right to vote just like everyone else in the nation. The finally ended up getting the right to vote by the 19th amendment of the constitution.
