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The indian removal act was signed into law by president andrew jackson
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Manifest destiny
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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
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Nativism began to increase.
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Suesan B. Anthony joined the American anti-slavery sociaty.
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Theodore Roosevelt was born.
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Homestead Act signed by Abraham Lincoln
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Industrialization and Urbanization
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The Age Of the Political Machine
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The Social Gospel Movement
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The Gilded Age
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U.S. Immigration Increase
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Eugene v.s. Deb elected Indian state assebly
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The Dawes Act
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Haymarket Riot took place, massacre from bombing aftermath
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The progressive era
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Clarence Darrow made an attempt to defend Eugene V. Debs but ended up being arrested.
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Klondike Gold Rush, the great migration of prospectors headed toward north-western Canada
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Ida B. Wells started an anti-lynching campaign and led a protest.
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First Muckraker strike
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Andrew Carnegie sold the Carnegie Steel Company to John Pierpont Morgan for $480 million dollars.
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Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency
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Eugene V. Debs founded IWW
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Upton Sinclair published "The Jungle"
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Pure Food and Drug Act became effective, banning foreign, mislabeled food and drugs.
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The Dollar Diplomacy
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16th Amendment ratified by Congress, which gave Congress power to collect taxes on all income.
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17th Amendment ratified by Congress, granting citizens the right to directly elect senators.
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Federal Reserve Act was signed into action by President Woodrow Wilson, making changes to banks
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World War I
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William Jennings Bryan aided Congress in passing the 18th Amendment.
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Theodore Roosevelt died.
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18th Amendment ratified by Congress, prohibiting import, export, and sale of all alcoholic beverages.
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Teapot Dome Scandal, incidents of government bribery
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19th Amendment ratified by Congress, granting women the right to vote.
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Women's suffrage rights were granted by the 19th Amendment.
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The Great Depression
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Jane Addams became the first woman to earn the Nobel Peace Prize.
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World War II
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Civil Service Reform
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The Libertarian Party was formed by David F. Nolan as a third party in politics.
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California's Governor, Gray Davis was replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger by a recall.