Turn of the Century

By almodgab

  • Monroe Doctrine

  • Alaska Purchased

  • Transcontinental Railroad Completion

  • Graham Invents Telephone

  • Edison creates the lightbulb

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Samuel Gompers founded the AFL

  • Sherman Anti Trust Act

  • Ellis Island Opens

  • Homestead Strike

  • Plessy vs Ferguson

  • Rudyard Kipling published "The White Man's Burden"

  • U.S. declares war on Spain

  • Hawaii Is Annexed

  • Boxer Rebellion Starts

  • Tenement Act

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

  • Philippine Insurrection Ends

  • Sinclair Releases "The Jungle"

    Sinclair was a muckrake that went after the meat factories in America. The release of this article sparked the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. Food is now safe to eat

  • Peak Year of Immigration through Ellis Island

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

  • Rockefeller start Standard Oil

  • Henry Ford Produces the Model T

    Henry Ford had lots of trial and errors before the Model T was produced.

  • Creation of NAACP

  • Triangle Shirt Waste Fire

  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    The assassination of Franz Ferdinand sparked WW1.

  • Panama Completion

  • U.S. Enters WW1

  • Ratification of 18 Amendment - Prohibtion

  • Women Got the Right to Vote

    After years of fighting for suffrage, women finally got what they wanted.