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Alaska Is Purchased From Russia
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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
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John D Rockefeller Starts Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell Invents Telephone
In August of 1876 he was able to conduct the first demonstration of the telephone. He conducted the demonstration using existing telegraph lines. He conducted it between two telegraph officers that were five miles apart, everyone was astonished. -
Thomas Edison Brings Light Into The World With The Light Bulb
His first product could only produce 13 hours of light with a cotton filament. Later, his researchers found out that carbonized bamboo could produce light for 1,200 hours. The first tests of his bulbs were in New York City when he illuminated 25 financial buildings. -
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's Steel Homestead Strike
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Plessy V Ferguson
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Hawaii Is Annexed
The annexation of Hawaii extended U.S. territory to the pacific, and resulting in the rise of the U.S. as a pacific power. For most of the 1800s, leaders in Washington were concerned that Hawaii might become a part of European Nation's Empire. During the 1830s Britain and France made accept treaties that gave them economic privileges. -
The U.S. Declares War On Spain
The Spanish-American war lasted three months, two weeks and four days. Spain declared war on the U.S. because the U.S. supported Cuba's desire to be independent. Some Cubans were forced into slavery and thousands of them died from starvation and disease. -
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 Western Hem
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
The Jungle is a book that exposed all of the horrors of the meat packing industry and how unsanitary it was. Upton Sinclair did seven weeks worth of research on location before he wrote "The Jungle". After he was done writing the book it was rejected by five different publishers. -
Peak Year Of Immigration Through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford Produces The First Model T Car
With Henry Ford's advancements in the assembly line, the model t was the first car to be affordable for the majority of Americans. The model t was built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927. Henry Ford saw it as practical, affordable transportation for the common man, but it quickly became known for durability, as well as it being versatile and easy to work on. -
Creation Of NAACP
The NAACP stand for The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People. It was formed in 1909 as a bi-racial pursuit to advance justice for African Americans. The NAACP was founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, and Mary White Ovington. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in US history. The cause of the fire was later discovered to be a cigarette that had not been completely put out. The Triangle Shirtwaist fire left 71 injured and left 146 dead. -
The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States Enters WWI
On April 6, 1917 the U.S. joined its allies Britain, France, and Russia to fight in World War I. They entered the war under the command of a Major General under the name of John J Pershing, he led over 2 million soldiers into France. Many Americans back home were in favor of the U.S. remaining neutral and not entering the war. -
Women Get The Right To Vote
In 1918, the efforts of the Women's suffrage movement finally paid off when a bill was passed through Parliament that granted some women the right to vote. They had to be over the age of 30 and own property to vote though. They either had to be over the age of 30 and own land or be married to someone who owned land. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
