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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
The completion of the transcontinental railroad allowed for easier, faster, and cheaper movement of communication, people, and goods from coast to coast. -
John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
The invention of the telephone made communication much, much easier. Instead of waiting forever for a telegraph, you could speak to someone that you weren't face to face with. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
The invention of the light bulb, was revolutionary. It allowed good light after dark, instead of depending on a torch, or a kerosene lamp. It made work hours longer, because work didn't have to start when the light went away -
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
The opening of Ellis island, opened up an easier way for immigrants to come into the united states. Ellis island was the hub of immigration, it is where people got off of the boats, got inspections, and became citizens of the United States. -
Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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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
The Tenement Act of 1901 paved the way for modern apartments. It was the first law to put safety regulation in apartment building. It was first passed in New York, and quickly spread through the Nation, so people could have safer places to live. -
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 Western Hem
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine is significant, because it basically says that the US has the right to go down to our neighbors in the south and fix their problems whenever we see fit. It made those countries very uneasy about the US. -
Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
The pure food and Drug Act, insured that companies couldn't advertise what was not in their product. The Meat Inspection Act made sure that rotten, gross meat was not getting bought by people and eaten, because it was advertised as fresh. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
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Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
The Assassination of the archduke Ferdinand is the event that started WWI, it really did not have anything to do with any country other then Austria. He was killed by a terrorist group, but because of rising tensions in Europe, and alliances, everyone ended up going to war. -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
The opening of the Panama canal allowed for much easier, faster, and cheaper shipping of goods by boat. It cut the travel time in half, instead of going around the southern tip of South America, you just cut through Panama, right between Central, and South America. -
The United States enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
Women getting the right the vote, was revolutionary. Women had been, and still are frighting for equal rights. This gave women a foot in the door to being involved in their countries government.
