Today in history final

timeline project: turn of the century

By marrissa.layton
  • Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

    Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

  • John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil

    John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Gram Bell was a inventor, scientist, and he came to the U.S as a teacher of the deaf. After the invention of a telegraph Bell believed he could make something that voices can go through the wire. At first he found out how to transmit a current, then he found a way to transmit speech.
  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

    Alaska is purchased from Russia

  • homas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

    homas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

    Edison was not the first person to create an alternative to gas light but, he was the first to create a light bulb that will work in homes. Edison's invention made it less dangerous for us at night. Without the invention of the light bulb it would be hard for us to see and be able to do everyday tasks.
  • . Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

    . Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act

  • Ellis Island opens

    Ellis Island opens

  • Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike

    Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike

  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy v Ferguson

  • Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun

    Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun

  • The U.S. declares war on Spain

    The U.S. declares war on Spain

  • Hawaii is annexed

    Hawaii is annexed

    Hawaii was annexed when Queen Liliuokalani tried to restore the power of monarchy after the death of King Kalakaua. Hawaii being annexed brought pacific power toward the U.S. It also gave us a place to put a new base.
  • The start of the Boxer Rebellion

    The start of the Boxer Rebellion

  • Tenement Act

    Tenement Act

  • The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end

    The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end

  • The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem

    The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem

  • Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”

    Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”

  • Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed

    Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed

    The pure food and drug act was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation. The act protected the public against adulteration of food and from products identified as healthful without scientific support.
  • Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island

    Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island

  • Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)

    Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)

    Henry ford invention sill has an impact on our lives today. Everyone still uses cars today. Henry Ford did not invent Cars, nor invent the assembly line, but he perfected it so less wealthy people could afford cars
  • Creation of the NAACP

    Creation of the NAACP

  • The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

  • The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI

    The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI

  • The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

    The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

    The Panama Canal was built to provide a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It was also built to to ship goods quickly and cheaply across the oceans.
  • The United States enters WWI

    The United States enters WWI

    Attacks on U.S. ships and American support for the Allies caused us to go to war. The war caused several other events to happen to like the women suffrage act. The war affected everyone.
  • Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive theodore Roosevelt becomes President

    Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive theodore Roosevelt becomes President

    McKinley was originally suppose to run again for a second year of presidency but was assassinated so, Roosevelt being vice president became new president. Roosevelt being president he called for a program of progressive reforms.
  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition

    Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition

    the 18th amendment Prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors. Some people believed it would make them more safe.Due to this in the 1920's people would have hidden bars called Speakeasies.
  • Women got the right to vote.

    Women got the right to vote.

    During this time period there were several women who went on strike and would protest for the right to vote. Men back then didn't think women should be involved in politics and that should just stay at home with the kids. Men were against this but finally they were able to let women vote.