Past Events From 1860's-1920's By Arianasuri 1899 BCE The start of the Boxer Rebellion 1807 Rockefeller Started Standard OIl Apr 30, 1867 Alaska is Purchased from Russia -18867 Jun 6, 1869 Completed the Transcontinental Railroad Sep 10, 1876 Alexander Bell Invented the Telephone The telephone has made a big impact on things. Jan 27, 1879 Thomas Edison Events the Lightbuld Jun 6, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act May 1, 1886 Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) Jul 2, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act May 28, 1896 Plessy V. Ferguson Jul 12, 1898 Hawaii was Annexed Feb 15, 1899 Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun Apr 12, 1901 Tenement Act Apr 24, 1901 The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end 1904 The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem Feb 26, 1906 Upton Sinclar Releases a Book Jun 30, 1906 Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed 1907 Peak Year of Immigration through Ellis Island 1908 Henry Ford's First Motor Model Feb 9, 1909 Creation of the NAACP Mar 25, 1911 The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Apr 15, 1911 The U.S. declares war on Spain Jun 28, 1914 The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI Aug 15, 1914 The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic Apr 6, 1917 The United States Enters War Jan 6, 1919 Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition Aug 20, 1920 Women's Right to Vote Mar 4, 1944 res. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President Jul 6, 1982 Carnegie Homestead Strike Feb 1, 1992 Ellis Island Opens
