-
Bessemer Process
The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron. -
Discovery of Gold in Pikes Peak
Discovery of Gold in Pikes Peak. -
Homestead Act
Provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. -
Morrill Land grant act
To grant each state 30,000 acres of public land issued in the form of "land scrip". -
Transcontinental r/r completed
Workers for the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads drove a golden spike into the rails at Promontory Summit, Utah. -
Battle of little bighorn
Battle of little bighorn -
Farmers alliance created
The Farmers alliance was created. -
Carlisle school established
The Carlisle school was established -
Thomas Edison invents light bulb
Thomas Edison invents the light bulb. -
Chinese exclusion act
This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States. -
Edison lights up NYC
Thomas Edison lights up NYC. -
American federation of labor founded
The American federation of labor was founded. -
Interstate commerce act passed
The Interstate commerce act was passed. -
Dawes act
The law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals. -
Jacob Riis published his book of photos
Jacob Riis published his book of photos. -
Alfred T Mahan writes his book on sea power
Alfred T Mahan writes his book on sea power. -
Sherman anti-trust act passed
The Sherman anti-trust act was passed. -
Wounded knee massacre
The slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by United States Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota. -
Frederick Jackson Turner writes essay of settling the west
Frederick Jackson Turner writes an essay of settling the west. -
Pullman strike
Widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest. -
Plessy v Ferguson
Upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races." -
Holden v hardy
A US labor law case in which the US Supreme Court held a limitation on working time for miners and smelters as constitutional. -
Spanish American War begins
The Spanish American War begins. -
Hawaii is annexed
Hawaii is annexed. -
Phillipines islands are annexed
Phillipines islands are annexed. -
Newlands Reclamation act
Irrigated the west through a series of dams on waterways -
Heppner act
Imposes the forfeiture and liability to pay double the value of the goods received, concealed, or purchased. -
Panama Canal is built
The Panama Canal was built. -
Sinclair’s the Jungle written
Sinclair’s the Jungle was written. -
U-boats created
U-boats created. -
Lochner v New York
The Supreme Court ruled that a New York law setting maximum working hours for bakers was unconstitutional. -
Pure Food and drug act passed
The Pure Food and drug act was passed. -
Muller V Oregon
A U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether a state could limit the amount of hours a woman could work while not also limiting the hours of men. -
Founding of the NAACP
Was the founding of the NAACP. -
17th adm
The 17th adm was created. -
Ford Motor company's first full assembly line starts
Ford Motor company's first full assembly line starts. -
Federal Reserve act
The law created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. -
Beginning of the first world war
Beginning of the first world war. -
Clayton Antitrust act
Seeks to prevent anti-competitive practices in their incipiency. -
Lusitania Sunk
Lusitania Sunk. -
US enters WWI
US enters WWI. -
Selective Service act
All men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. -
WWI ends
WWI ends. -
18th adm
The 18th adm was passed. -
19 adm
The 19 adm was passed. -
Immigration quota act
The number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins. -
National origins act
A law that severely restricted immigration by establishing a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and virtually excluded Asians. -
Statue of Liberty built
The Statue of Liberty was built. -
Scopes trial
Was the moniker journalist H. L. Mencken applied to the 1925 prosecution of a criminal action brought by the state of Tennessee against high school teacher John T. Scopes for violating the state's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools.