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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
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Alaska Is Purchased from Russia
Russia sold this territory for 7.2 Million dollars. 50 years later the US had made that money back times 100. The US bought Alaska in hopes of earning money from debt due to the Crimean War. -
John D Rockefeller Standard Oil
Standard Oil was an Oil Company that made John Rockefeller very wealthy. Standard Oil became one of the largest monopolies in history. The name standard oil was given to make it more appealing to the customer. -
Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone
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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
This was an unsuccesful attemp at controlling Monopolies. This act outlawed Monopolistic buisness practices. This act was never succesful and only worked against workers forming unions. -
Ellis Island Opens
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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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The US Declares War on Spain
The US went to war with Spain because they were supporting the Cubans and Filipinos against the Spanish rule. A US battleship mysteriously exploded which triggered the war. The war ended during the treaty of Paris. -
Hawaii is Annexed
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Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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Start of the Boxer Rebellion
The boxers in this case were a secret Chinese organizatoin called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists. They fought back agaisnt the western influence being brought into China. They tried to get rid of Chritian missionarys and western tradions. -
Tenement Act
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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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"
The Jungle was released to show the true working xonditions of the meat packing industry. This book got the food safety laws enforced more severly. Sinclair also exposed the harsh conditions immigrants had in the US. -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Henery Ford Produces First Model T
The Model T sold for $850 (21,000 Today), although the price dropped soon enough after more were produced. Top speed for the car was around 45 MPH and had 20 horse power. Many people liked the Model T not because its speed and reliability, but because of how stylish and luxorious it looked. -
Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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Archdukes Assassination
This event started a domino effect into WW1. The archduke and his wife were both shot and killed. Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian Government for the assassination. -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Womens Suffrage
The 19th Ammendment gave women the right to vote. Women fought for a long time to earn this right and got it even after black men got the right to vote. This was the main goal for some femminist. -
The United States Enters WWII
The US joined the allies to fight against the axis powers in 1945. Japan sent a secret bomb attack on Pearl Harbor leading to the US to enter the war. The US finished the war with Japan after dropping two atomic bombs on Japans city.
