US History 1865-1920

  • U-boats created

    it's a german submarine
  • Bessemer Process

    the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel
  • Discovery of Gold in Pikes Peak

    Gold was first discovered at Pikes Peak
  • Homestead Act

    This allowed people to start owning government land
  • Morrill Land grant act

    Granted each state 30,000 acres of public land
  • Transcontinental r/r completed

    It was the first continuous railroad line across the United States
  • Battle of little bighorn

    most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat
  • Farmers alliance created

    improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy
  • Thomas edison invents light bulb

    Thomas Edison invented the light bulb
  • Edison lights up NYC

    In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison built his first high-resistance, incandescent electric light.
  • Carlisle school established

    Carlisle school established
  • Chinese exclusion act

    significant law restricting immigration into the United States.
  • Statue of Liberty built

    The Statue of Liberty was built
  • American federation of labor founded

    It is the national federation of labor unions in the United States
  • Interstate commerce act passed

    making the railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation.
  • Dawes act

    regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States.
  • Jacob Riis published his book of photos

    He wrote the book "How the Other Half Lives"
  • Alfred T Mahan writes his book on sea power

    Alfred T Mahan wrote his book on sea power
  • Sherman ant-trust act passed

    first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices.
  • Wounded knee massacre

    Was the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians
  • Fredrick Jackson Turner writes essay of settling the west

    Fredrick Jackson Turner wrote essay of settling the west
  • Pullman Strike

    a widespread railroad strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic in the U.S. Midwest in June–July 1894.
  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Racial segregation was ruled constitutional but had to be of equality
  • Holden v hardy

    the US Supreme Court held a limitation on working time for miners and smelters as constitutional
  • Spanish American War begins

    Spanish-American War began
  • Hawaii is annexed

    the Hawaiian islands were officially annexed by the United States
  • Phillipines islands are annexed

    The United States paid Spain $20 million to annex the entire Philippine archipelago
  • Newlands Reclamation act

    required that water users repay construction costs from which they received benefits
  • Lochner v New York

    people could only work 10 hours maximum
  • Sinclair’s the Jungle written

    Sinclair’s the Jungle was written
  • Pure Food and drug act passed

    prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
  • Muller V Oregon

    Women were given less hours to work than men
  • Founding of the NAACP

    nation's largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization was born
  • Hepner act

    fixes the amount of the liability at double the value of the goods received, concealed, or purchased,
  • 17th adm

    allows voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators
  • Ford Motor company's first full assembly line starts

    Ford Motor Company's first full assembly line starts
  • Federal Reserve act

    created the Federal Reserve System and national banking system
  • Panama Canal is built

    Panama Canal was built
  • Beginning of the first world war

    The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • Clayton Antitrust act

    An Act To supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies
  • Lusitania Sunk

    German submarine fired and it sunk
  • US enters WWI

    Tried to get the war to end faster
  • Selective Service act

    authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military
  • 19 adm

    Men and women can both vote
  • WWl Ends

    WWl ends
  • 18th adm

    you can't manufacture, sell, or transport intoxication liquor in the US
  • Immigration quota act

    limited the number of immigrants allowed into the United States
  • National origins act

    federal law that prevented immigration from Asia
  • Scopes trial

    Teacher got prosecuted for teaching evolution at a public school