Timeline: Illustrated Time Line Project | Timetoast

Period: Jan 1, 1829 to Jan 1, 1837

Andrew Jackson
Jan 1, 1837

Samuel Morse-telegrah
Jan 1, 1837

Wright Brothers- First Airplane

The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane at kitty hawk starting mans take over of the sky.
Period: Jan 1, 1837 to Jan 1, 1841

Martin Van Buren
Period: Jan 1, 1841 to Jan 1, 1845

John Tyler
Period: Jan 1, 1845 to Jan 1, 1849

James K. Polk
Jan 1, 1849

California Gold Rush

A mass rush to searh for Gold in California. 2 billion dollars worth of gold was found, sparked violence in the desperation to search for gold.
Period: Jan 1, 1849 to Jan 1, 1850

Zachary Taylor
Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Jan 1, 1853

Millard Filmore
Period: Jan 1, 1853 to Jan 1, 1857

Franklin Pierce
Period: Jan 1, 1857 to Jan 1, 1861

James Buchanan
Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Jan 1, 1865

Abraham Lincloln
Jan 1, 1862

Homestead Act

Granted 160 acres of
FREE LAND to anyone
willing to live there 5
years and improve the
land
Period: Jan 1, 1862 to Jan 1, 1890

Morill Land Grant
Jan 1, 1864

Sandcreek Massacare
Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Jan 1, 1869

Andrew Jackson
Jan 1, 1866

Bozeman Trail
May 4, 1866

Haymarket Riot
Jan 1, 1867

Christopher Sholes- Typewriter
Jan 1, 1869

Transcontinental RR

This long stretch of railroad help connect the east and west of america.
Period: Jan 1, 1869 to Jan 1, 1877

Ulyssess S, Grant
Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Jan 1, 1920

New Immigrants
Jan 1, 1875

Blackhills Gold Rush
Jan 1, 1876

Alexander Graham Bell-Telephone

A scientist who invented the telephone and 18 other patons which lead him to become rich.
Period: Jan 1, 1877 to Jan 1, 1881

Rutherford B. Hayes
Jul 14, 1877

Great Railroad Strike
Jan 1, 1880

Thomas Eidson-Lightbulb
Period: Jan 1, 1881 to Sep 16, 1881

James A. Garfield
Period: Jan 1, 1881 to Jan 1, 1885

Chester A. Garfield
Jan 1, 1883

Pendleton Civil Service
Jan 1, 1885

George Eastman-Kodak Camera

Invented the Kodak Camera and the motion picture camera the Kodak Company soon became one of the best camera companies in the world.
Period: Jan 1, 1885 to Jan 1, 1889

Grover Cleveland
Jan 1, 1889

Oklahoma Land Rush

Indian land opened for settlement - race to
claim plots
Period: Jan 1, 1889 to Jan 1, 1893

Benjman Harrison
Jul 2, 1890

Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Jun 30, 1892

Homestead Strike
Jan 1, 1893

The Panic of 1893
Period: Jan 1, 1893 to Jan 1, 1897

Grover Cleveland
Jan 1, 1894

Coxeys Army

A march of unemployed worker from the United States to Washington D.C.
May 11, 1894

Pullman Strike
Jan 1, 1897

Gold Standard Act
Period: Jan 1, 1897 to Jan 1, 1901

William Mckinney
Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Jan 1, 1909

Theodore Roosevelt
Jan 1, 1905

Industrial Workers of the World Established

was a radical group of mostly unskilled workers who believed in socialism
Period: Jan 1, 1909 to Jan 1, 1913

Woodrow Wilison
Period: Jan 1, 1913 to Jan 1, 1921

William Howard Taft