Modern Era Music And American History Timeline

By Quinbykl

  • Ragtime Music

    Ragtime Music
    Ragtime evolved in the playing of honky-tonk pianists along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act
    Law preventing commercial monopolies

  • Orville Gibson Begins Selling Guitars

    Orville Gibson Begins Selling Guitars
    His technical innovations helping to spread the instrument throughout the United States.

  • First Permanent Orchestras

    First Permanent Orchestras
    The first permanent orchestras are established in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.

  • Buddy Bolden's Band Begins Performing

    Buddy Bolden's Band Begins Performing
    Some will consider this the first jazz band, and Bolden the first jazz musician.

  • William McKinley is inaugurated as the 25th president

    William McKinley is inaugurated as the 25th president

  • U.S. annexes Hawaii

    U.S. annexes Hawaii

  • Wright Brothers Make The First Flight

    Wright Brothers Make The First Flight
    Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C

  • U.S. Enters WWI

    U.S. Enters WWI

  • 19th Amendment Was Ratified

    19th Amendment Was Ratified
    The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote.

  • Broadways Prime

    Broadways Prime
    The 1920s were broadways prime years, people would pay up to 3.50 a ticket.

  • Swing Music Became Popular

    Swing Music Became Popular
    Swing music was early jazz music