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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,900 mile long railroad that took between 1863-1869 to complete. This railroad was built because of the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862. The Pacific railroad act brought the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad companies together to complete this railroad. The transcontinental railroad linked the United States form east to west. -
John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish born American who was born in 1847 and died in 1922. Bell came to the idea of "electronic speech, after visiting his mother who is deaf. The telephone has impacted people greatly because of easier communication. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
The light bulb is such an important invention because it is used everywhere you go today. Without the light bulb we would all be using candles still which don't give off enough light. It took Edison 1,000 unsuccessful attempts before getting the light bulb right. -
Chinese exclusion act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ellis Island opens
the first immigrant ever to enter through Ellis Island was in 1892. After that it became the largest place for immigrants to come through. 12 million immigrants came through during 1892-1924. -
Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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Hawaii is annexed
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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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
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Tenement Act
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
Celebrating the victory in the Spanish American War, McKinley was giving a speech on September 5. the following day he was supposed to go to a meeting when he was shot by Leon Czolgosz. The assassination led to Teddy Roosevelt to step in a president. -
The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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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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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
The Meat Inspection Act said that prohibited the sale of adulterated livestock under sanitary conditions. This made meat that is sold more sanitary, which led to fewer deaths caused from disease. The Meat Packing Industry was exposed by Upton Sinclair when he published "The Jungle" -
Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
The Model T was the first automotive for Americans and it was affordable for most. More than 15 million Model T's were produced in Detroit Michigan. This changed the way we live by reducing travel time. -
Creation of NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire
The Triangle Shirt waste Fire was a fire in a factory that had hundreds of woman working in it and hundreds died because of no fire escape. Most had to jump or either burn alive. This changed the way we live by setting rules that buildings have to have a fire escape. -
The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
Franz Ferdinand was in a parade in Bosnia when he was assassinated by a Young Bosnian. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to World War 1 because of the conflicts with Serbia and Austria-Hungary. More an more countries then joined in on the war which made it so significant. -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
The Panama Canal is very significant because of how much it shortened travel time for some countries. Instead of going all the way around the bottom of South America, the canal allowed ships to cut through North and South America. Without the panama canal being built, travel would not be convenient at all. -
The United States enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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women got the right to vote
