time toast 1 By tyequelsmith00 1831 invention of mechanical reaper 1839 john d rockfeller created his an oil company 1861 beginning of the civil war 1862 Home Stead Act 1865 end of the civil war 1869 Chinese workers helped build the transcontinental railroad 1871 old immigration ended 1871 j.p Morgan became a robber baron in banking 1876 Alexander Graham bell invented the telephone 1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt became a railroad tycoon 1879 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb 1890 urbanization began in america 1892 Andrew Carnegie created a steel company 1901 immigration restriction act passed 1903 The wright brothers invented the airplane 1908 Henry Ford developed the assembly line 1921 new immigration ended 1984 first subway system created
