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Alaska Purchased from Russia
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller Starts Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller saw the potential of the oil business and decided to go after the opportunity to change America. He bought out other companies and strived to make a monopoly in the industry. By 1880 he succeeded in controlling over 90% U.S. pipelines. However, after the Sherman Anti-trust act, his business was dissolved. -
Alexander Graham Bell Invents Telephone
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Thomas Edison Releases the Light Bulb
Thomas Eddison was not the first to work on electric lightbulbs but his patent beat the other when revealed in 1879. Because of his invention, factories could work later into the night. Tenements became safer having light to lower the risk of robbing and rape within dark halls or alleys. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers Founds AFL (American Federation of Labor)
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ellis Island Opens
The first to reach Ellis Island was a shipload of Irish immigrants. Since that day, millions of immigrants have been filtered through Ellis Island. Europeans from all around made the dangerous journey to reach the island, get inspected, and finallyhave a chance to live the American dream. -
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Strike
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Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Plessy vs. Ferguson is famous for the "separate but equal" attitude towards people of color and whites. After a 7 to 1 vote, the law was passed to support segregations. After the passing of the law, water fountains, schools, busses, even bathrooms were seperated so that any minority could have "equl" rights, while not havng to interacct wit white americans. -
U.S. Declares War on Spain
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Hawaii is Annexed
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Rudyard King Publishes "The White Mans Burden" in New York Sun
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Start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Tenement Act
In the height of immigration, cities were overrun by workers trying to find cheap housing closer to their workplaces. As a result, tenement, cheap apartments, were overflowing with people, diseases, and even feces. Deaths from all the crowding grew and progressivists knew they had to do something. Finally, the Tenement act was passed giving safer homes for American immigrates and workers. -
End of the Philippine Insurrection
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Roosevelt Corollary Added to the Monroe Doctrine
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Upton Sinclair Publishes "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair was a writer who went undercover as a meat packer in a meat packing factory. While working there he discovered alll the grotesque truths behind the food selling industry. Meat shops would inject the meat with chemicals, grind up accidentally lost fingers, and pack meat containing rat poop. After seeing this Upton published "THe Jungle" as a 'fictional book' while really telling the true story. This thankfully led to the Pure food and Drug Act, making food safer for all. -
Pure Food and Drug Act Passed
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Peak Year of Immigration Through Ellis Island
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First Model T Produced by Henry Ford
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Creation of the NAACP
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was a devastating fire in a New York City factroy killing 200 working women. At teh time, the factory had all doors locked to ensure women were focused on working. Because of this, once the fire started, the women were trapped inside burning to death. Firefighters found that the fire escape had collaped and the doors were all locked. After seeing the awful state of the buliding and the devastating results, laws were passed to ensure fire safety in all factories. -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand had travelled down to Serbia to make peace with them. He held a parade, knwoing that he was unpopular in the country, but still determinded to ease the minds of people not wanting to be ruled by Austria-Hungry. When he arrived, he was instead shot and killed. It was the straw that broke the camels back for the Germans, seeing their time to tryuley show off, and in the end, WWI was kicked off. -
Panama Canal Completed and Opened to Public
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U.S. Enters WWI
France and Russia were in dire need of help during WWI. Unfortunately, America was neutral at the time and didn't want to stick our noses in it uless we had to.. When Germany blew up our boats of citizens, we felt it was time to set Germany straight and help our Allies. As soon as our troops were trained, we went in fighting and brought a new energy to the war. In the end, we helped the Allies defeat Germany. -
Ratification of Prohibition (18th Amendment)
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Women Win the Right to Vote
Women in the early 1900's always knew there was something more they could do to make a mark in our country. Campeigning and speeches won over some women and men, but once WWI hit, it blasted the cause into the spotlight. With no men to run the factories, women stepped up, proving to be just as capable as men. After years of fighting a mass scutany, the sufferagetes finally won the right to vote. -
President McKinley Assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President
