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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 starts Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
Thomas Edison's light bulb was a big invention because it meant that the day didn’t have to end at sundown. With the invention of the light, the factories were able to be open longer. Also, individual homes were able to have light past sundown so people could do more things. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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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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Plessy v Ferguson
Plessy Vs. Furgeson was a court case that came up with the ruling of “Separate but equal.” It made segregation protected by the government, which made the separate part. But it also said that African American and white people were the same and equal. That case brought up the question of how a group of people is separate but equal to everyone else. -
The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Hawaii is annexed
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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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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
Upton Sinclair's “The Jungle” was a very important book because it exposed the meat industry. It showed how dirty the work conditions were and how unsafe and unsanitary the whole industry was. Because of the book, the government created acts that regulated the meat industry and that was the beginning of the end of laissez-faire in the United States. -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
The Pure Food and Drug Act required meatpacking plants to follow strict sanitation guidelines. It also required drug labels to truthfully display what was in the ingredients and what the effect of the drug is. Upton Sinclair, a muckraker -- or journalist -- at the time, brought the corruption of these industries to the American people. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
The peak of immigration through Ellis Island was an important time in the United States. We had 11,747 people come through the receiving center in one day. It also showed that we were a great nation because of all the people that chose to come here to start a better life. -
Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
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Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire
The triangle shirtwaist fire caused significant changes in the factories around the country. It was caused when the building that made clothes caught on fire and burned to the ground with workers locked into their areas unable to leave. Because of these factories were required to have up to date fire escapes and not lock the workers into their areas. -
The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand kicked off World War I, resulting in a downward spiral of massive death and destruction, ultimately being recorded as one of the most gruesome wars in History. Ferdinand was assassinated by the Black Hand, an extremist terrorist group. The Black Hand had several assassins on the parade route Ferdinand was taking, but each of these assassins’ attempts failed to harm Ferdinand. After taking an alternate route, a young member saw and shot him and his wife dead. -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
The Panama Canal changed the trade routes forever. Before the canal in order to get from the east to the west coast by sea, you had to go all the way around South America. With the canal, you could go through Panama instead of around the continent so that saved time which also saved money so good became cheaper for everyone. -
The United States enters WWI
The united states joining WWI help turn the tide of the war. We joined when Lithuania was sung and when the Zimmerman Telegram was sent. With both of those events, it pushed us over the edge to declaring war. When we entered the war we came right when the soviet union was falling so we could help out France with the entire war on their front. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
Women getting the right to vote is a great event in US history. It helped further women's rights and helped them become more independent. With women getting the right to vote our democracy became more powerful because everyone in the country could vote on issues.
