history By duncansclass3e 1800 old immigration ended 1831 the mechanical reaper Nov 25, 1835 andrew carnegie created the steel company 1860 cornelius vanderbilt became a railroad tycoon Apr 12, 1861 beginning of the civil war May 20, 1862 homestead act May 13, 1865 end of the civil war 1868 chinese workers helped build the transcontinental railroad 1870 john d rockefeller created his oil company 1871 jp morgan becomes a robber baron in banking 1876 alexander graham bell invented the telephone Nov 4, 1879 thomas edison and invented the light bulb May 6, 1882 chinese exclusion act passed Jan 1, 1892 ellis island opened 1901 immigration restriction act passed Dec 7, 1903 the wright brothers invented the airplane Oct 27, 1904 first subway system created 1907 new immigration ended Oct 7, 1913 henry ford developed the assembly line
