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Alaska is purchased from Russia
The United States came to an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia. The price that was negotiated was $7.2 Million. The treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by the Secretary of State William Seward. -
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
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John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
Rockefeller built his first oil refinery near Cleveland and in 1970 incorporated the Standard Oil Company. Around 1882, he basically had a monopoly of the oil business in the US. Unfortunately, his business practices led to the passing of antitrust laws. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Many inventions during the Industrial Revolution were created that had led to significant impacts to society. One of these inventions included the telephone. The telephone had a great impact towards society and broadened the idea of communication. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
Edison has built his first high resistance, incandescent electric light in his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It worked by passing electricity through a thin platinum filament in the glass vacuum bulb, which delayed the filament from melting. Still amazingly enough, the lamp burned for a few hours. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Ellis Island Opens
The first Immigration station officially opens. Seven hundred immigrants passed through Ellis Island that day. Nearly, 450,000 followed over the course of that first year. -
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 U.S. declares war on Spain
The U.S declared war on Spain following the sinking of the battleship Maine in Hava Harbor. The war lasted for almost an entire year. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. -
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 Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Tenement Act
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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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”
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
Conceived by Henry Ford as practical, affordable transportation for the common man. The Model T quickly became prized for its lost cost. The Model T was a success for over 20 years. -
Creation of the NAACP
The NAACP was created by an interracial group. The group was created for rights for colored people. One of the organization's key victories was the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of education that outlawed segregation in public schools. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Assassination on 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
The U.S joined it's allies-- Britain, France, and Russia to fight in World War 1. Under the command of General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Most Americans were not in favor of the U.S entering the war. -
Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
Women's Suffrage was a big deal in the early 1900's. The 19th amendment was finally passed in order for women.
