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Turn of the Century

By Easton

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

  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

  • Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

  • John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    division of the telephone made communication a lot easier as time passed communication became more evolved with the use of the internet. overall, the invention of the telephone has changed America.
  • Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

    Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

    Thomas edition was not the first person To make the light bulb but he did invent the light-bulb that people put in their houses. it will forever Savor indoor lighting and forever separate light from fire, also making a light-bulb extends the day.

  • Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Sherman Anti-trust Act

  • Ellis Island opens

    Ellis Island opens

    the island helped so many immogrants enter the united states. Today 40% of US citizens have a family member that came through the island. Some people are in the united states from the ellis island.

  • Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike

  • Plessy v Ferguson

  • Hawaii is annexed

    The annexation of Hawaii to the United States territory in the Pacific. By obtaining the territory, Esme the us one of the highest specific Power. Today Hawaii is one of the United States main resources for sugar.

  • 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

    Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

    after McKinley died Roosevelt took office, and many of the Americans knew it would be a turning point for the United States. Roosevelt is known to be a good guy that helped create and maintain national parks all over america.

  • The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end

  • Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”

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

  • Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island

  • Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)

    Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)

    the Model T has affected the world. the Model T led to the start of the numbered Highway systems which is used all over me to cut today what's the Model T was made the economy started to erupt with Mobility.

  • Creation of the NAACP

  • The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire

    The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire

    after the fire that was due to bad working conditions, was put out American knew it was time to change the way they worked. A set of laws were passed to increase the working environment for workers. The regulations would protect all workers Across America like it does today in safety
  • The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI

    The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI

    The assassination of Austria's Archduke Ferdinand has set off a chain of rock events. Austria-Hungary went straight to the conclusion that this survey and government was the cause of it Ferdinand Ed's assassination was the beginning of the war.

  • The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

  • The United States enters WWI

    The United States enters WWI

    When the United States entered World War II changed a lot of things.The United States helped change the tide in favor of France and Britain and led to a victory over Austria and Germany. After the war, it changed the economic balance of the world

  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition

  • Women got the right to vote.

    Women got the right to vote.

    the 19th Amendment gave women equality in Freedom. It also gave Colored people hope that they wouldn't get freedom in the future. Today, woman in America have a lot of have a lot of freedom and they are able to do whatever man can do