Westward Expansion and Progressive era

By KTrae246

  • Lewis and Clark discover Oregon

    Lewis and Clark discover Oregon
    Lewis and Clark left St.Louis, Missouri with 43 other people.

  • Gold rush

    Gold rush
    About 300,000 people came to California after hearing about gold.

  • American Industrialization

    American Industrialization
    by 1860 industrialization was in place.

  • First transcontinental train

    First transcontinental train
    constructed between 1863 to 1869

  • Electric Power and Edison's invention Factory

    Electric Power and Edison's invention Factory
    Thomas edison opened an "invention factory" where he had a plan to create a minor invention every ten days and a major invention every six months

  • The Jungle

    The Jungle
    written by Upton Sinclair, it revealed the harsh conditions that the meat packaging factory workers had to deal with and the unsanitary processes, leading to full investigation of the meat industry

  • Triangle shirtwaist fire

    Triangle shirtwaist fire
    cost 146 workers their lives, but it also led to better labor laws.

  • Prohibition and 18th ammendment

    Prohibition and 18th ammendment
    declared the production, transport and sale of alcohol illegal.

  • 19th ammendment

    19th ammendment
    That year women across the country voted in their first national election.

  • Drought

    Drought
    A drought in the great plains forced many farm familys leave their homes and move to the city.