turn of the century

By ivanvaquerab2
  • John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

    John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

    John D. Rockefeller was from Richford, New York. He build his own oil refinery near Cleveland. The oil was used for gaining monopoly.
  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

    Alaska is purchased from Russia

    The U.S, agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia. The U.S. bought Alaska for $7.2 million from Russia. William Seward sign to give the U.S. Alaska.
  • Completion of Transcontinental Railroad

    Completion of Transcontinental Railroad

    A golden spike was driven at promontory. first transcontinental railroad in the United States. railroads start in north america.
  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    he was a scientist and a teacher. he was deaf. he invented the telephone.
  • Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

    Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

    invented the light bulb. the lamp he invented only burned for a few hours. without light it world be hard for people to get around.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    the Chinese act was a U.S. federal law. the Chinese act was sign by the president Chester. first significant law that restricted immigration into the U.S.
  • Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

    Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

    He is an American labor union leader.He promoted harmony among the difficult craft union. He also encourage the AFL.
  • Sherman Anti-trust Act

    Sherman Anti-trust Act

    Was the first federal act. Was the first measured passed by the U.S. congress. were limited to intrastate businesses.
  • Ellis Island opens

    Ellis Island opens

    It open as an immigration station. A 17 year old was the first to proceed the new immigration depot. immigrants were taking in ships.
  • Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike

    Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike

    The strike won the steelworkers. But then, Andrew carnegie was determined to brake the union. Frick began locking the workers out of the plant.

  • Plessy v Ferguson

  • Hawaii is annexed

  • The U.S. declares war on Spain

  • Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun

  • The start of the Boxer Rebellion

  • Tenement Act

  • Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end

  • Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”

  • The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem

  • Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed

  • Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island

  • Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)

  • The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire

  • The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

  • The United States enters WWI

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

  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition

  • Women got the right to vote.

  • Creation of the NAACP