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Alaska Is purchased from Russia
The US made an agreement with Russia to buy Alaska for $7.2 million. This purchase gave America access to the Pacific ocean, Alaska ended up being a gold mine and became the Klondike Goldfield. The gold found made Alaska important and so it became a state. -
John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Thomas Edison makes the light bulb
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Chinese Exclusion Act
This was the first significant law that restricted immigration to the U.S. Federal law proscribed entry of an ethnic working group on the thought that it endangered the good order of certain localities. Very few Chinese could enter the country and Chinese who had already come to the U.S. before the act were told if they left, they would need a certificate to return to the U.S. -
Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ellis Island opens
Ellis island is a small island in New York Harbor, just off the New Jersey coast. Its opening lead to over twelve million immigrants entering the U.S. Ellis island was designated as the first Federal immigration station by President Benjamin Harrison. -
Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
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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
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Rudyard Kipling published "The White Man's Burden"
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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
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The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
More than 125,000 Americans were sent to the Philippines and over 4,000 deaths occurred during the Philippine Insurrection. This was also called the Philippine-American war or the War of Philippine independence. -
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the western hemisphere
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Upton Sinclair releases "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair's book was made to expose the meat packing industry for its incredibly repulsive health conditions. The factories were infested with rats, old meat was recolored and repackaged, none of them cared if fingers or rats fell in the meat grinders, no one wore gloves. Many people were getting sick and dying, and Sinclair's book put an end to that and led to meat packing regulations. -
Pure Food and Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
Ensured that livestock be slaughtered under sanitary circumstances. Drugs could not be used in any food products anymore either. Meat must be fresh and any food product must have an ingredient list. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
The Ford Model T was the first car in America and marked a very important part in the future of transportation. The Model T made transportation much faster and efficient. It also made transportation more affordable for the middle class. -
Creation of the NAACP
The NAACP was formed in New York City by an interracial group of activists. This group was formed mainly to help prevent criticism and violence against African Americans. This organization is America's oldest and largest organization. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
This tragedy that resulted in 146 deaths of young women. Frances Perkins decided that something had to be done about this preventable tragedy. He made the safety regulations and inspections in the work place, making it safer for workers if something like this were to happen again. -
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened
The Panama Canal was created to significantly decrease the travel time from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The ten year project led to a huge advance in trade and profit. It also created a safer route for the merchants to travel. -
The United States enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women get the right to vote
