Timeline #6 1881-1906 By dayanylago Sep 3, 1880 Treaty of Paris signed ****** ***** Uccured in 1783. But I changed the year up top so the timeline would look better . May 6, 1882 Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act Jan 1, 1884 First girder skyscraper built in Chicago*** Jan 1, 1885 Jane Addams opened Hull House in Chicago *** May 4, 1886 Haymarket bombing Dec 8, 1886 American Federation of Labor founded Jan 1, 1887 Interstate Commerce Act passed *** Jan 1, 1889 Jacob Riis published "How the Other Half Lives" *** Jan 1, 1890 "Jim Crow" laws passed throughout the South*** Jan 1, 1890 Sherman Anti- trust Act PAssed *** Jan 1, 1890 Alfred Thayer Mahan published "The Influence of Sea Power" May 21, 1890 Oklahoma opened to white settlement Dec 28, 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee Jan 1, 1891 Dawes Act Passed*** Jan 1, 1891 People's Party formed Jul 6, 1892 Homestead Plant Strike Jan 1, 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner proposed his "Fronteir Thesis" *** Jan 1, 1893 U.S. annexed Hawaii *** Jan 1, 1894 Pullman Company Strike *** Mar 25, 1894 Coxey's Army Marched on Washington Sep 18, 1895 Booker T. Washington outlined his Atlanta Compromise May 18, 1896 Plessy v Ferguson decision upholds "seoerate but equal" racial facilities Jul 6, 1896 William Jennings Bryan gave his "cross of Gold" Speech Feb 15, 1898 U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor Apr 25, 1898 Congress declared war on Spain Aug 13, 1898 Dewey captured the Philipines Jan 1, 1899 Hay released his first "Open Door Note" *** Jan 1, 1900 Theodore Dreiser published "Sister Carrie" *** Jan 1, 1900 Boxer Rebellion broke out in China*** Jan 1, 1901 J.P. Morgan created United States Steel Corporation *** Sep 14, 1901 McKinley assassination Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt became President Oct 31, 1902 Roosevelt intervened in Anthracite Coal Strike Jan 1, 1903 Platt Amendment passed *** Dec 17, 1903 Wrights brothers first succesful flight Jan 1, 1904 "Roosevelt Corollary" announced*** Jan 1, 1906 Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act passed *** Jan 1, 1906 Congress passed the Burke Act*** Feb 26, 1906 Upton Sinclair published "The Jungle" Jun 30, 1906 Meat Inspection Act Passed Oct 1, 1908 Henry Ford produced his first automobile
