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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
Standard Oil was a safer oil to use to light your house. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
The invention of the light bulb decreases the need for standard oil. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese people. -
Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Ellis Island opens
Ellis Island was where European immigrants went to be conducted with inspections. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
This strike was due to the fact that Carnagie was making his employees work more for less pay. -
Plessy v Ferguson
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Hawaii is annexed
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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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
The Boxer Rebellion was a movement in China that was against Japanese and Western influence. -
Tenement Act
Tenements were apartment-like buildings that were unsafe to live in. This law created guidelines and standards of living. -
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 Western 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
After a book about the horrors of food processing, this law was made to ensure no unhealthy conditions of production of food. -
Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
The invention of the car changes America. Now it is a standard for everyone to own a car. -
Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire killed 146 women working in the factory, they tried to get out but all of their safety procedures worked. This led to a higher standard of workplace. -
The Assassination on Austria’s 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
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote
The women's suffrage movement lasted almost 100 years and women finally got their right to vote.
