Birth of Modern America By Ledgierl Feb 15, 1820 Susan B. Anthony Born Nov 25, 1835 Andrew Carnegie Born Nov 7, 1840 Manifest Destiny (19th Century) Nov 7, 1845 The Gilded Age (1845-1916) Nov 5, 1855 Eugene V. Debs Born Apr 18, 1857 Clarence Darrow Born Oct 27, 1858 Theodore Roosevelt Born Mar 19, 1860 William Jennings Bryan Born Sep 6, 1860 Jane Addams Born May 20, 1862 Homestead Act Jul 16, 1862 Ida B. Wells Born Nov 7, 1870 Social Gospel (1870-1900) Sep 20, 1878 Upton Sinclair Born Nov 7, 1880 Nativism Nov 7, 1883 Civil Service Reform (Act) May 4, 1886 Haymarket Riot Feb 8, 1887 The Dawes Act Nov 7, 1900 Populism and Progressivism (1900-12) Nov 7, 1901 Political Machines (About when they started) Jun 30, 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act Jul 2, 1909 16th Amendment Passed Nov 7, 1910 Dollar Diplomacy (1909-13) May 13, 1913 17th Amendment Passed Nov 7, 1913 Federal Reserve Act Dec 18, 1917 18th Amendment Passed Jun 4, 1919 19th Amendment Passed Nov 7, 1920 Urbanization and Industrialization Nov 7, 1920 Teapot Dome Scandal Nov 7, 1931 "American Dream" from James Adams, and Immigration to US May 7, 1986 Klondike Gold Rush