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Immigration and Industrialization Timeline

  • The Dead Rabbits Riot

    The Dead Rabbits Riot

    a two-day civil disturbance in New York City evolving from what was originally a small-scale street fight between members of the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys into a citywide gang war.
  • The Ku Klux Klan is Established

    The Ku Klux Klan is Established

    an American white supremacist terrorist hate group
  • John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil

    John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil

    an American company and corporate trust; Was the industrial empire of John D. Rockefeller and associates, controlling almost all oil production, processing, marketing, and transportation in the United States.
  • Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone

    29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention: the telephone.
  • The Great Oklahoma Land Race

    The Great Oklahoma Land Race

    The first land run into the Unassigned Lands of former Indian Territory.
  • Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    Ellis Island is a historical site as an immigration station, a purpose it served for more than 60 years until it closed in 1954. Located at the mouth of Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, Ellis Island saw millions of newly arrived immigrants pass through its doors.
  • The Wizard of Oz (Book) is Published

    The Wizard of Oz (Book) is Published

    An American children's novel
  • Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States

    Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States

    Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President
  • J.P. Morgan Founds U.S. Steel

    J.P. Morgan Founds U.S. Steel

    Morgan in 1901 joined in merging it with the giant Carnegie Steel Company and other steel companies to form United States Steel Corporation
  • Ford Motor Company is Founded

    Ford Motor Company is Founded

    an American multinational automobile manufacturer
  • Ida Tarbell Publishes Her Article About Standard Oil

    Ida Tarbell Publishes Her Article About Standard Oil

    The book was published as a series of articles in McClure's Magazine from 1902 to 1904. It has been called a "masterpiece of investigative journalism", by historian J.
  • The 16th Amendment is Passed

    The 16th Amendment is Passed

    The 16th Amendment is Passed
  • Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    Build to process an anticipated flood of European immigrants entering the United States through the newly opened Panama Canal, the Immigration Station on Angel Island.
  • The 17th Amendment is Passed

    The 17th Amendment is Passed

    17th Amendment passed
  • The Empire State Building Opens

    The Empire State Building Opens

    The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.