Immigration and Industrialization

By GavinBottorff
  • The Dead Rabbits Riot

    The Dead Rabbits Riot

    A riot between the Dead Rabbits and the Metropolitan Police, the Bowery gangs against the Municipal Police, Mulberry Street Boys, Roach Guards, and Dead Rabbits in Bayard Street.
  • The Ku Klux Klan is Established

    The Ku Klux Klan is Established

    The Ku Klux Klan in established in Pulaski, TN
  • John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil

    John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil

    John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company with his business partners and brother
  • Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell successfully received a patent for the telephone and secured the rights to the discovery.
  • The Great Oklahoma Land Race

    The Great Oklahoma Land Race

    Men and women rushed to claim homesteads or purchase lots of land.
  • Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    Opened up for immigrants to come to the United States
  • The Wizard of Oz (Book) is Published

    The Wizard of Oz (Book) is Published

    The first fantasy written by an American to enjoy immediate success upon publication.
  • J.P. Morgan Founds U.S. Steel

    J.P. Morgan Founds U.S. Steel

    J. P. Morgan, the country's most powerful banker, merged Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Corporation with nine other steel companies to form the world's largest corporation.
  • Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States

    Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States

    Theodore Roosevelt started his presidency due to William McKinley's assassination.
  • Ida Tarbell Publishes Her Article About Standard Oil

    Ida Tarbell Publishes Her Article About Standard Oil

    Investigated Standard Oil in 1901 and published her articles between November of 1902 until may 1904
  • Ford Motor Company is Founded

    Ford Motor Company is Founded

    Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, it was founded by Henry Ford.
  • The 16th Amendment is Passed

    The 16th Amendment is Passed

    Established Congress's right to impose Federal income tax
  • Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    To prove their legal right to enter, Chinese and eventually other Asian immigrants were detained and questioned at the Angel Island Immigration Station
  • The 17th Amendment is Passed

    The 17th Amendment is Passed

    Changed the way senators were elected
  • The Empire State Building Opens

    The Empire State Building Opens

    Built to host corporate businesses and be the tallest building in the world