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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
The transcontinental railroad had been dream for people living in west America for a long time. Before the railway the west had very few railways and there were none that connected with the East, which made it very hard to trade and gain population. The railway made the American west easily accessible for trade, business and population. -
John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller started Standard oil and had a near monopoly of the oil business in the US. Standard oil was the largest oil refiner of its time and it’s in history as one of the world’s first and largest multinational corporations. As it grew standard oil controlled almost every aspect of the oil industry. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and receives the first patent the year of the creation 1876. During the time he invented it, hundreds and hundreds of lawsuits came towards him saying he wasn’t the creator. Despite his invention he thought of himself more as a teacher for the deaf. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
Thomas Edisons light bulb was replacement for the gaslight, scientists had been trying to replace the gaslight for 50 years. Edisons light bulb was a cheaper way to produce light electrically, it was also longer lasting. The invention was very popular and the company got so big they merged with another company and became General Electric co. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Hawaii is annexed
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ellis Island opens
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Plessy v Ferguson
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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
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Tenement Act
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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 Wesern Hem
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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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The United States enters WWI
The United States enters WWI and joined the allies to fight the axis. More than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought in that war. The U.S. wanted to stay neutral until word of the Germans telling Mexico to attack the U.S. led American to join the fight against them. -
Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
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Creation of the NAACP
The Creation of the NAACP was formed in 1909. It’s purpose was to get justice for all African- American people. Its mission today, “to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race based discrimanation.” -
. Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire
The triangle shirtwaist fire became the reason we have laws and regulations protecting factory workers. The tragedy brought a lot of attention to the unsafe environments in many areas it’s also the reason there are regulations in apartment buildings and hotels. It exposed the level of corruption in the garment industry and the general government. -
The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic, this canal connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The U.S authorized to purchase the land and build the canal. In return i=for the land the U.S gave them 10 million dollars and an additional 250K every year for the next nine years. -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act were passed and was the first significant consumer protection laws. Inspired by the book called “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair the public was horrified with the image of all the meat packing industries. This led to create the food and drug administration and it’s job was to ban mislabeled food and drugs. -
Women got the right to vote.
Women had been petitioning the right to vote since the 1800’s but it took them decades to actually accomplish getting their right. They had supporters but they were met with resistance and abuse more often than not. In 1919 they officially gained the right to vote in the form of the 19th amendment. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
