1865-1920

  • 193

    ford assembly line created

    reduced the time it took to manufacture cars
  • u boats invented

    first submarines
  • bessemer process

    a process of making steel
  • discovery of gold in pikes peak

    gold was discovered in pikes peak
  • Homestead Act

    Accelerated the settlement of western territories by giving 160 acres of land to families for a minimal filing fee and at least 5 years residence there
  • Morril Land Grant Act

    An act which allowed for the creation of land grant colleges
  • Trans continental rail road was completed

    The Trans continental rain road was completed
  • Battle of little bighorn

    An overwhelming victory for the lakota people
  • Farmers Aliance Created

    Bunch of farmers allied
  • Thomas Edison invents light bulb

    Look at the title do i really need to add more
  • Carlisle school established

    Boarding school for Indigenous peoples
  • Chinese exclusion act

    First real restriction on imegration into the united states
  • Edison Lights up nyc

    Edison lit a bunch of light bulbs in new york
  • American federation of labor founded

    The american federation of labor was founded
  • interstate commerce act

    Addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidlines for how railroads could do business
  • dawes act

    regulated land rights on tribal territories
  • Jacob Riis published his book of photos

    A book attempting to show how dreadful the living conditions for the poor are
  • Alfred T Mahan writes his book on sea power

    A book covering the significance of power over the sea
  • Sherman Anti-Trust act passed

    First act to outlaw monopolistic business practices
  • Wounded knee massacre

    The massacre of nearly 300 lakota people
  • Fredrick Jackson Turner Writes his essay on settling the west

    He wrote an essay about settling the western territories of the United States of America
  • Pullman strike

    Railroad workers went on strike
  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Court case which determined that segregation did not violate the constition as long as facilities for each race were equal in quality
  • Spanish American war Begins

    a war between spain and the united states
  • holden v hardy

    Supreme court held a limitation for working time for miners ans smelters as constitutional
  • Hawaii is Annexed

    hawaii was annexed as a part of the united states
  • Philipines Islands are annexed

    AMeircan annexed the philipines
  • Newlands reclamation act

    Irrigated arid regions in the united states
  • Panama Canal was Bult

    A Canal across panama for trade
  • Lochner v New York

    State decided that maximum labor hours for bakers violated their right to freedom
  • Sinclaires jungle written

    bro wrote a book
  • Pure food and drug act passed

    Prohibited the sale of mislabeled or altered food
  • Muller V oregon

    Case that found that limiting numbers of work hours for women did not violate the constitution
  • hepner act

    I actually could not find what this was
  • Founding of the naacp

    The National association for the advancement of colored peoples was established
  • 17th ammendment

    allowed voters to vote directly for senators
  • federal reserve act

    created the federal reserve system
  • beginning of the first world war

    most countries in europe started fighting eachother
  • clayton antitrust act

    prohibits price discrimination
  • us enters ww1

    united states joined the first world war
  • lusitania sunk

    germans sunk a boat with americans on it
  • selective service act

    authorized the federal government to temporarily expand the military through encription
  • ww1 ends

    the first world war ended
  • 18th amendment

    prohbited the sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquor
  • 19th ammendment

    granted the right to vote to all citizens regardless of sex
  • immegration quota act

    restricted southern and eastern european migration to the united states
  • scopes trial

    thomas scope was on trial
  • national origins act

    prevented immegration of asia
  • Statue of liberty built

  • 18th ammendment

    18th ammendment was terminated