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The Dead Rabbits Riot
The Dead Rabbits Riot was a two-day disturbance in New York. It started as a small-scale street fight between the Dead Rabbits and Bowery Boys into a city-wide gang war. Which occurred from July 4, 1857, to July 5, 1957. -
The Ku Klux Klan is Established
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asians, etc. -
John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller created the Standard Oil company on January 10, 1870. He created this company with his business partners and brother. Rockefeller was one of the first world's first billionaires. -
Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone
A 29-year-old on March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his revolutionary new invention. -
The Great Oklahoma Land Race
The land run started around noon on April 22, 1889. There were an estimated 50,000 lined up to start, seeking to gain a piece of the available two million acres that were Indian territory. To push the Natives out of their land to expand the country. -
Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants
Ellis Island was opened as an immigration station on January 1, !892. The first person that went through the immigration deportation station was a seventeen-year-old girl named Annie Moore. She was from County Cork, Ireland. Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor. Ellis Island was the busiest immigration inspection and processing station in the United States. -
The Wizard of Oz (Book) is Published
The book was published on May 17, 1900. It is the first book in the series. -
J.P. Morgan Founds U.S. Steel
J. P. Morgan formed U.S. Steel on March 2, 1901 (incorporated on February 25), by financing the merger of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company and William Henry "Judge" Moore's National Steel Company for $492 million ($16.03 billion today). -
Ford Motor Company is Founded
On June 16, 1903, in Detroit, Michigan founded by Henry Ford. It was his third attempt at establishing an automotive business. -
Ida Tarbell Publishes Her Article About Standard Oil
She wrote the book explaining that John D. Rockefeller was manipulating the prices of oil. -
The 16th Amendment is Passed
the 16th amendment establishes congress's rights to impose a federal income tax. -
Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States
Roosevelt assumed the presidency at age 42 after McKinley was assassinated in September 1901. He remains the youngest person to become president of the United States. -
Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants
Angel Island was a new immigration station that opened on January 21, 1910. It also became a major port of entry to the U.S. for Asia and other immigrants coming from the west. Later the name was changed to China Cove. -
The 17th Amendment is Passed
Congress passed on May 13, 1912, the 17th Amendment. -
The Empire State Building Opens
The Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931. It was the world's tallest skyscraper until the Chrysler Building briefly held the record at 1046 feet.