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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
The telephone is the invention Bell is most known for: however, many people challenged that he was the one who actually invented it. Bell was awarded a patent for his invention, as well as recognition by many famous scientists in his time. Soon after his invention Bell made a telephone company so hundreds of people could experience his new technology. -
Thomas Edison Brings Light to the World with the Light Bulb
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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
Thanks to the opening of Ellis Island immigrants could be processed by the Federal Government making the process more thorough while still being fast. A seventeen year old named Annie Moore was the first to be processed by the officials at Ellis Island. She was the start to a new wave of immigrants, and a new start for their lives. -
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Strike
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Plessy v Ferguson was the start of an epidemic that took over the country causing a mass separation. The courts decided that they were going to make a law stating that African Americans were "Separate but equal". This in turn caused an even greater uproar. -
Hawaii is annexed
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The Philippine Insurrection Comes to an End
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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
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President McKinley is Assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
Theodore Roosevelt was known for his extreme actions during the war. So when he became President, America was seen as having a more intense back bone. He also moved America into a more progressive era. -
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Declares the U.S. Right to Intervene in the Western Hem
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Upton Sinclair Releases "The Jungle"
The book "The Jungle" was written to bring light to officials of the horrors of immigrant lives in America. In detail, Sinclair describes the horrible working conditions and living areas of immigrants. He focused on Chicago and other industrialized cities. -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are Passed
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Peak Year of Immigration Through Ellis Island
In the year 1907 over one million immigrants were processed and given the right to move into America. The right to start a new life. However the all time daily high was on April 17 when about 11,000 immigrants were processed. -
Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirt Waste Fire
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The U.S. Declares War on Spain
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The Assasination on Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand Starts WW1
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The Panama Canal is Completed and Opened for Traffic
Shipping goods to help with the war and communication took four times as long as it needed. Then the Panama Canal opened a new faster way for transportation and goods. This helped immensely during WW1 because military needs were met more efficiently. -
The United States enters WW1
The US stated in a neutral state until a horrible realization had occurred. The German Navy was killing innocent people, which is a war crime. So with haste we jumped in to help abolish the horrific events. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the Right to Vote
Women gained the right to vote and was stated in the 19th amendment. After years of fighting against the cruelty of men. Women finally won their God given right to vote. -
Henry Ford his First Model T Car
The model T car was manufactured at the Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit. Over the course of 19 years Henry Ford would have made approximately 15 million model T cars. The model T cars changed how the world operated, now the wealthy were not the only ones who could own a vehicle of their own.
