Ch 6-10 By Beto559 Jan 1, 1869 Central Pacific and union Pacific complete the trancontinental railroad Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Jan 1, 1920 ch 6-10 Jun 28, 1870 Franco-Prussian war breaks out Jun 28, 1875 British labor unions win right to strike Jan 1, 1876 alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Jan 2, 1876 porfirio Diaz seizes power in Mexico Jan 1, 1877 Munn V. Illinois establishes Gov regulation of railroads Jun 28, 1878 Bicycle tourning club is founded in europe Jan 1, 1879 Thomas A. Edison invents a workable light bulb Jun 28, 1882 U.S.A restricts Chinese immigration Jun 28, 1883 germany becomes the first nation to provide national Jun 28, 1883 Construction of the Brooklyn bridge is completed Jan 1, 1884 Berlin Conference meet to divide africa among european nations Jun 28, 1884 15th conference on the divion of africa in berlin. Aug 27, 1884 grover Cleveland is elected President Jun 28, 1885 Indian Nationsal Congress forms May 1, 1886 Haymarkets riot turns public sentiment against unions Jun 28, 1888 Electric trollys are first introduced Jun 28, 1889 Barnum & baily cirus opens ops in london Aug 29, 1889 eiffel tower opens for visitors Jun 28, 1890 congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act. Jun 28, 1892 ida .B well crusades againts lynching Jun 28, 1892 supreme court establishes "separatebut-equal' doctrine in Plessy .v freguson. Jun 28, 1893 France establishes Indochina Jun 28, 1894 president Cleveland sends federal troops to illinois to end the pullman strike Jan 1, 1898 Hawaii is annexed by the U.S May 31, 1898 Marie curis discovers radium Jun 28, 1898 Maries curie discovers radium Jun 28, 1899 austrian psychoanalyest sigmund freued Jun 28, 1899 Boer war in south africa Africa begins Jun 28, 1900 william McKinley is reelected Jun 28, 1900 in china the boxers rebel Jun 28, 1901 The Commonweath of australia is founded Jun 28, 1901 McKinley is assassinated. Jun 28, 1901 Commonweth of Australia is created Jun 28, 1903 the wright Bros achieve the 1st successful airplane flight Jun 28, 1903 Panama declares its independences from colombia Jun 28, 1905 Workers revolt St. Petersburg russia Jan 1, 1908 Henry ford introduces the Model t. Jun 28, 1908 oil is discovered in persia Jan 1, 1910 the appearance of the halleys comet cauesed widespread panic Jun 28, 1910 mex rev begins Jun 28, 1910 Mex rev begins Jun 28, 1910 mex rev startes Jun 28, 1912 qing dynasty in China is overthrown Jun 28, 1912 chinas qin dynasty topples Jun 28, 1914 Panama canal opens Jun 28, 1914 WW1 begins Eurpes Jun 28, 1914 ww1 begins Jun 28, 1916 woodrow wilson is reelected Jun 28, 1917 Puerto ricns become U.S citizen Jun 28, 1917 Mex revises and adopts its consitiution Jun 28, 1919 Mohandas Gandhi becomes leader of the independence movment in india