America 1880-1914

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    Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age was a period of economic growth as the United States jumped to the lead in industrialization ahead of Britain. The nation was rapidly expanding its economy into new areas, especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining.
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    President Rutherford B. Hayes

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    President James Garfield

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    President Chester A. Arthur

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    President Grover Cleveland

  • French gift the Statue of Liberty/ Opening of Ellis Island as an immigration center

  • Founding of the AFL (American Federation of Labor)

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    President Benjamin Harrison

  • Homestead Strike

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    President Grover Cleveland

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    Progressive Era

    The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States of America that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s. Progressive reformers were typically middle-class society women or Christian ministers.
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    President William McKinley

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    American Imperialism

    A time period in American history where they conquered land/ gained global power and military control and also increases in infrastructure.
  • Spanish American War

  • Annexation of Hawaii

  • Phillipino American War

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    President Theodore Roosevelt

  • Pure Food and Drug Act

  • Founding of the NAACP

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    President William Howard Taft

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    President Woodrow Wilson

  • 19th Amendment

  • Crash of the New York Stock Exchange