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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
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Telephone
alexander graham bell was an influential scientist , engineer , and inventor . he is widely credited with the invention of his first practical phone. he first became interested in the science of sound because both his mother and wife were deaf. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ellis Island opens
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Ellis Island opens
Seventeen year old Annie Moore , from county cork , Ireland was the first immigrant to be processed at the new federal immigration depot. United States busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years. Located at the mouth of Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. Fewer arrivals were coming from northern and western Europe . -
. Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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US declares war on Spain
On April 25 , 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire , Cuba , Puerto Rico , the Philippines Islands , Guam , and other Islands. -
Hawaii is annexed
A queen was the last monarch in the island. And was over thrown by business man , who then imposed a provisional government. Dole declared Hawaii an independent republic. Hawaii was made a territory in 1900, and Dole became its first governor. -
The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Tenement act
By 1900 , more than 80,000 tenements had been built in New York City . They housed a population of 2.3 million people , full two thirds of the city's total population of around 3.4 million. Many older structures were converted into tenements by adding floors on top or by building more space in rear yard areas. -
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
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Creation of the NAACP
Is america oldest and largest civil rights organization. It was formed in New York City by white and black activist. Formed in 1909 as a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans around the country. President Abraham Lincoln's hometown and resting place , is often cited as the catalyst for the formation of the NAACP. This grassroots group was also formed partly in response to the continuing horrific practice of lynching. -
Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
A fire began on the 8th floor of the triangle shirtwaist factory in the asch building in manhattan , new york. the cause was later to be determined as a cigarette that had been completely extinguished before being tossed into a pile of rags. no one alerted the employees sewing on the 9th floor and it was not until they saw the smoke that they became of aware of the fire. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Austria Hungary government saw the assassination as a direct attack on the country. They believed that the Serbians had helped the Bosnian terrorists in the attack. When Serbia rejected the demands , Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia. -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States Enters WW1
Italy was part of a triple alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary but they did not enter the way because their alliance was supposed to be defensive. America joined the war on April 6 , 1917 because a German Submarine had a sunken a British passenger ship. The U.S were only in combat for 7 months , during this time , around 116,00 soldiers were killed and 204,000 were injured. -
Women gets the right to vote
In 1918 , the efforts of the women's suffrage movement finally had a breakthrough. A bill was passed through Parliament that granted some women the right to vote. They had to be over the age of 30 and own property , or be married to someone who owned property. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
