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1900 BCE
Ellis Island
Peak year of immigration. 5,000 to 10,000 people passed everyday. most people sucessfully passed -
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller starts standard oil -
Alaska
Purchased from Russia -
Transcontinental Railroad
Completed -
Alexander Graham Bell
He Invented the Telephone. He also helped found the American telephone and telegraph company. He was also a teacher of the deaf -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Passed -
Thomas Edison
Invents Light Bulb. Many people used the light bulb. It got bigger little by little and eventually they started making lamps. -
Samual Gompers
Founded the American Federation of Labor -
Ellis Island
Opens -
Carnegie
known for Steel Homestead Strike. He lead the expansion of the american Steel Industry. he became one of the most richest Americans history. -
Hawaii
Annexed -
Plessy V Ferguson
Supreme court case that allowed segregation. They were train cars for different race. Plessy was of both colors. Got kicked out and in the end supreme court was okay as long as they were equal. -
War
U.S declares war on spain -
Rudyard Kipling
published “The White Man’s Burden”
in The New York Sun -
Boxer Rebellion
The start -
Ellis Island
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island -
Tenement Act
passes -
Pres. McKinley
assassinated and Progressive
Theodore Roosevelt becomes President -
The Philippine Insurrection
comes to an end -
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine
declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem -
“The Jungle”
Upton Sinclair releases it. Book that exposed the meat packaging. Also exposed that they would put chemicals in the meat to make it have color. -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act
after book " the jungle " was out, they decided to pass the act. They started to notice how many people didnt get sick after they passed it. It helped peoples health. -
Henry Ford
produced his first Model T (car) -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
146 dead. likely started by a discarded cigarette. All doors were locked and people were not able to come out. -
Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI -
The Panama Canal
completed and opened for traffic. Started by the french. Used mainly for trade. -
WWI
The United States enters WWI -
Prohibition
Ratification of the 18th Amendment. Prohibited sell , trade and manufacturing of alcohol. Did it to minimize crime. -
Women
got the right to vote in 1920. it was the 19th amendment. victory took decades of agitation and protest. -
NAACP
Creation
