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Turn of The Century

By Lily&Dhaniyah

  • John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

    John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
    Standard oil is the largest oil refinery firm in the world. Rockefeller bought all his competition and formed it into one when he had the chance. Being that he did his business was considered a monopoly and as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act, the business had to be split up.

  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

  • Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

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

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act
    This act mainly took place in California. I took place for ten years because they thought the Chinese immigrants went ineligible for naturalization. This act helped/ didn’t help they weren’t allowed to work if they were a skill or not skilled.

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

  • Ellis Island opens

  • Carneige Steels's Homestead Strike

  • Plessy v Ferguson

  • The U.S. declares war on Spain

    The U.S. declares war on Spain
    The sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana, killing 28 American citizens, led to the declaration of war on Spain. The win for the U.S results in a peace treaty and also they annexed the state Hawaii. The war also claimed 3k lives of American cities but only half was because of combat and the other because the lack of resources.

  • Hawaii is annexed

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

  • The Start of the Boxer Rebellion

  • Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island

  • Tenement Act

    Tenement Act
    It was an act that prohibited working in the dark and working under poor situations. This Progressive Era law required new buildings to have outward-facing windows, indoor bathrooms, proper ventilation, and fire safeguards. This law helped give more safety toward the people working under those situations.

  • Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end

  • Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”

    Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
    The Jungle explains the unfair treatment of immigrants in workshops and also the horrible events that go on behind doors of meat factories. The point of the book was to sympathize with immigrants' unfair treatment but mostly took notice of the food and how they themselves were being fooled. Sinclair, who wrote the book, was a muckraker and exposed faulty businesses and the government.

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

  • Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island

  • Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)

  • Creation of the NAACP

    Creation of the NAACP
    International American Organization created the abolition of segregation and discrimination. They made sure they wouldn’t be discriminated in there housing, education, employment, and transportation. They did this to oppose racism and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights.

  • The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
    This catastrophic incident happened in Manhattan, NY which ended in the death of 145 workers. The result of the lack of care for employees and workspaces influenced better work laws such as fire escapes, no lock doors, and windows. Labor and reform-minded politicians and worker unions led marches and debates making the workplace safer and cleaner.

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

  • The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

  • The United States enters WWI

    The United States enters WWI
    In early 1917 Berlin forced an issue. Since they did that it declared a decision on the 31st of January to target neutral shipping. The war caused pretty much after the fire started and entered the United States.

  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition

  • Women get the right to vote

    Women get the right to vote
    The 19th Amendment made it legal for all American women to vote equal as a man. The end of the 19th century consisted of women suffrage and demand for equal treatment of men and a say in their and family lives. Organizations consisting of suffragettes and others who believed in the cause became a big part of forcing this movement.

  • Sherman Anti-trust Act

    Sherman Anti-trust Act
    The United States antitrust law regulated competition among enterprises. This was passed by Congress under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. This law simply outlawed monopolistic business practices.