Timeline turn of the century

By Mehribre
  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander is known best for this invention his first patent was in 1847. despite all of the law suits that would change his claim to the invention none of them proved successful. he was born in Scotland and became a u.s. citizen later on, he spent his life perusing scientific discoveries.

  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

  • Completion of Transcontinental railroad

  • John D. Rockefeller starts Standard oil

    John D. Rockefeller starts Standard oil

    Rockefeller built up the oil company through 1868 to become the largest oil refinery firm

  • Samuel Gompers founded the american federation of labor

  • Chinese exclusion act

  • Sherman Anti-trust act

  • Ellis Island opens

  • Carnegie Steels homestead strike

  • Plessy v Ferguson

  • Thomas Edison brings light to the worlds with the light bulb

  • Hawaii is annexed

  • Rudyard Kipling published the white mans burden in the new york sun

  • The Philippine insurrection comes to an end

  • Start of the Boxer Rebellion

    Start of the Boxer Rebellion

    Chinese secret organization led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there.

  • Pres. McKinley is assassinated and progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Tenement Act

  • Upton Sinclair releases the Jungle

    Upton Sinclair releases the Jungle

    The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat packing industry. His description of diseased and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws. Before the 20th century, a major reform movement had emerged in the United States.

  • Pure food and drug act and the meat inspection act are passed

  • Peak year of immigration through Ellis island

  • The U.S. declares war on Spain

  • Henry Ford produces his first model T car

  • Creation of NAACP

  • the Triangle Shirtwaste fire

    the Triangle Shirtwaste fire

    The rapidly spreading fire killed 146 workers. The building had only one fire escape, which collapsed during the rescue effort.

  • The Assassination on Austria's archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI

  • The Panama Canal is completed and open for traffic

  • The U.S. enters WWI

  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment

    Ratification of the 18th Amendment

    Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors.

  • women got the right to vote

  • The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Western hemisphere