History timeline

  • Pendleton civil service act

    Pendleton civil service act

    This act made it so that people who worked in government jobs had to be qualified and earn their job through merit.
  • First automobile

    First automobile

    The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car when German inventor Karl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen.
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  • Sherman anti-trust act

    Sherman anti-trust act

    This act outlawed monopoly business practices.
  • Homestead strike

    Homestead strike

    In this strike, workers belonging to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers struck the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead, Pa. to protest a proposed wage cut.
  • Pullman strike

    Pullman strike

    The Pullman strike was a widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States.
  • First airplane flight

    First airplane flight

    Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft.
  • President Roosevelt was elected

    President Roosevelt was elected

    President Roosevelt was elected.
  • Meat inspection act

    Meat inspection act

    This act said that before being put in stores, food and drugs must be inspected to make sure that they are safe.
  • NAACP was founded

    NAACP was founded

    Founding of the NAACP by W.E.B. DuBois
  • President Taft

    President Taft

    He was elected on this day.
  • President Wilson was elected

    President Wilson was elected

    He was elected on this day.
  • 16th amendment

    16th amendment

    This amendment gave the congress the power to collect taxes on incomes.
  • Suffrage parade

    Suffrage parade

    Washington D.C. suffrage parade
  • 17th amendment

    17th amendment

    The 17th amendment said that the senate would be composed of two senators from each state.
  • Ludlow massacre

    Ludlow massacre

    The Ludlow Massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War.
  • ‘Night of Terror’ suffrage arrests

    ‘Night of Terror’ suffrage arrests

    On this night 33 women endured a night of brutal beatings for their peaceful demonstrations in front of the White House.
  • 18th amendment

    18th amendment

    This amendment banned the manufacturing and distribution of alcohol, but then was repealed in 1932.
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    This amendment gave women the right to vote
  • First commercial radio station broadcast

    First commercial radio station broadcast

    The world's first commercial radio station, KDKA, began broadcasting in Pittsburgh in 1920.

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