Exam 2 His202 Timeline By rhiwilson 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville's trip to America 1835 Democracy in America published 1848 The Great Potato Famine 1850 Elevators invented by Henry Waterman 1869 Transcontinental Railroad Completed 1873 The Gilded Age published 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1887 Interstate Commerce Commission 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner delivers the Turner Thesis 1893 The Frontier Thesis, or Turner Thesis, is delivered at the American History Association conference 1893 Depression of 1893 1894 Immigration Restriction League is established May 11, 1894 Pullman Strike occurs Feb 15, 1898 The USS Maine exploded Apr 21, 1898 Spanish American War Apr 24, 1898 The Teller Amendment is added to the declaration of war on Spain Jun 15, 1898 Anti-Imperial League is established Jul 1, 1898 The Battle of San Juan Hill occurs Dec 10, 1898 Treaty of Paris is signed, which ends the Spanish-American war 1899 Thorstein Veblen published the Theory of the Leisure Class 1899 Theory of the Leisure Class published 1902 Simon Patten publishes his first book, the Theory of Prosperity May 4, 1904 The Panama Canal is started Sep 5, 1905 The Treaty of Portsmouth Dec 16, 1907 The Great White Fleet begins its journey around the globe. 1918 Henry Adams publishes his book The Education of Henry Adams