Packet 3 #1 By josh_0129 1831 invention of the mechanical reaper 1860 Cornelius Vanderbilt became a railroad tycoon 1861 beginnig of the Civil War 1862 Homestead Act 1863 John D. Rockefeller created his oil company 1865 End of the Civil War 1871 old immigration ended 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone 1879 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb 1882 chinese workers helped build the transcontinental Railroad 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Passed 1890 Urbanization began in America 1892 Ellis island opened 1892 Andrew Carnegie created a steel company 1893 J.P. Morgan became a robber baron in banking 1894 First Subway system created 1899 The Wright Brothers invented the airplane 1908 Henry Ford developed the assembly line 1921 new immigration ended 1924 immigration Reconstruction Act Passed
