U.S. History Timeline

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  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

  • Completion of Transcontinental Railroad

  • John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

  • Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone

  • Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

  • Chinese Exclusion Act passed

    Chinese Exclusion Act passed
    The chinese exclusion act prohibited the immigration of chinese laborers for up to 10 years. It promised free immigration between the united states and China.

  • AFL founded

  • Sherman Anti-trust Act

  • Ellis Island opens

    Ellis Island opens
    The first immigration station built on Ellis Island, burned down in 1897. It's busiest year was 1907. Ellis island helped many immigrants.

  • Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

  • The U.S. declares war on Spain

    The U.S. declares war on Spain
    The sinking of the USS Maine caused the US to declare war. The first battle happened on May 1st.

  • Hawaii is annexed

    Hawaii is annexed
    The hawaiian islands remained a U.S. territory until 1959. There was a petition in 1897 against the annexation of Hawaii.

  • Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun

  • The start of the Boxer Rebellion

  • Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • Tenement Act

    Tenement Act
    This is one of the reforms of the progressive era. It banned the making of poorly ventilated tenement buildings in New York. It increased awareness of the poor living conditions.

  • The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end

  • The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Western Hem

  • Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”

    Upton Sinclair wrote the story "The Jungle" to show the awful conditions and lives of immigrants in the U.S. It mainly shows the meat packing industry and it's working conditions. It revealed the horrors and caught attention of readers.

  • Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed

  • Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island

  • Henry Ford produces his first Model T

  • Creation of the NAACP

    Creation of the NAACP
    NAACP stands for National association for the advancement of colored people. It is a civil rights organization. It worked to stop the mistreatment of African Americans.

  • The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire

  • The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI

  • The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

  • The United States enters WWI

    The United States enters WWI
    The U.S. entered the WW1 after it had been going on for 2 and 1/2 years. It had originally begun on July 28, 1914. We declared war on germany on April 6th.

  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition

    Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
    It was completed on January 16th, but didn't take effect until January 17th. It prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.

  • Women got the right to vote

    Women got the right to vote
    The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. In 1965, the voting rights act for racial minorities. This was a huge milestone for american women.