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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of the Trancontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Thomas Edison brings light into the world by inventing the lightbulb
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Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed in 1822 by Chester Arthur. This act was passed because native-born Americans blamed Chinese workers for their unemployment and declining wages. This act was also the first major act restricting immigration to the U.S. -
Samuel Gomperes founded the American Federation of Labor
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Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act is a federal law Legislation that prohibits anticompetitive business activities such as price-fixing, bid-rigging, monopolization, and tying contracts. The act's purpose was to promote economic fairness and competitive fairness. -
Ellis Island opens
Ellis Island was the main immigration center for the united states from 1892-1954. Ellis Island was located on an island in New York Harbor. More than 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island. -
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Strike
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Plessy v. Ferguson
The Plessy v. Ferguson was a supreme court case that ruled segregation was legal as long as equal facilities were provided for both races. The case was stemmed from an 1892 incident in which an African American train passenger named Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for blacks. -
The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Hawaii is annexed
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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
A Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists began the Boxer Rebellion. At the Boxer Rebellion the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists started attacking foreigners and Chinese Christians. The Boxer Rebellion began in Northern China. -
Tenement Act
An act passed with the help of Lawrence Velier and COS, which required tenements to have at least one window, running water, and ventilation. The tenement act also outlawed the construction of new tenements on 25 foot lots and established improved sanitary conditions, fire escapes, and access to light. -
Pres. McKinley is asassinated and Progressive Theodore Rossevelt 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. to intervene in the Western Hem.
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Upton Sinclair releases "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair was an author who exposed the meatpacking plant. Sinclair posed as a worker at the plant and worked alongside the meatpackers for seven weeks. Sinclair exposed what went on in the plants and went into the meat. "the Jungle' resulted in the Pure Food & Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to be passed. -
Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
The Pure Food and Drug act was a law passed to remove harmful and misrepresented food and drugs from the market. The Meat Inspection Act was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Meat Inspection act ensured that livestock was slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. Both of these acts were passed after Upton Sinclair exposed the truths of the meatpacking plant in his book "The Jungle." -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Henry Ford produced his first Model T(car)
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Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire occurred in Manhattan, NY. The fire resulted in 146 deaths and 71 injuries. The fire was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in New York. The reason that this fire started was because owners had locked the doors to stairwells and exits, there was no alarm system to warn people that might have been saved, and fire escapes were faulty and difficult to get to. The fire led to laws requiring improved factory safety standards. -
The Assasination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand Starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
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Radification of the 18th amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote
Women did not get the right to vote until 1920 with the passage of the 19th amendment. Two groups that led the Women's Suffrage Movement were the National Women's Suffrage Association and the American Women's Suffrage Association.
