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Began mysteriously as potato plant leaves turned black and curled, seen as a turning point and occuptational hazard in Ireland
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In Promontory, Utah a golden spike was driven into the ground to signal the completion of the first trancontinental railroad
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Bell was given the patent and credit for the invention of the telephone, three days later he tested the telephone
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First significant law restricting immigration into US, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers
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Opened as a federal immigration station, processed immigrants for 60 years, on the first day 700 immigrants passed through
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Democratic presidental canidate from Nebraksa, failed the election 3 times, and became Secretary of State in 1913
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Sold company for $480 million, wanting to be sure his company was well cared for after he died
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Shot at the Pan American Airline in Buffalo, New York by Leon Czolgosz
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Created parks in New Mexico, Wyoming, and two in Arizona to protect nature and avoid wildfires
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Estalbished a mass market for cars, top speed of 45 mph, 15,000,000 cars produced and sold
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Establsihed Congress's right to enforce a federal income tax
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Served multiple purposes besides an immigration station, immigrants were detained and interrogated.
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Supreme Court upheld rule from the federal appeals court, ruled that the Standard Oil Trust illegally restrained trade
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Was a modification to Article 1 Section 3 of the Constitution and allows voters to cast direct votes for Senators
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Granted women the right to vote, ratified on August 18th, 1920
