Thomas hart benton joplin at the turn of the century

turn of the century

By ethanfreel

  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

  • completion of the transcontinental railroad

  • John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

    John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

    This started the mass production of oil. This company made him the richest man in the world. He gained monopoly in this industry
  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    He didn't invent the telephone. He was the first to patent it. he did creat the first practicle telephone.
  • Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

    Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

    This invention would change the world forever. everyone went from using candles for light to light bulbs. Edison did not invent the light bulb but he did create the most practical light bulb.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

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

  • Sherman Anti-trust Act

  • Carnegie steel's homestead strike

  • Ellis islands opens

    Ellis islands opens

    Ellis island is a migration port right outside New York. The opening of Ellis islands brought many new migrants to the U.S. It also denied some migrants access to the United States

  • Plessy v Ferguson

  • U.S. declares war on spain

    U.S. declares war on spain

    The U.S. wanted help Cuba get independence from Spain. Same time as the rough riders. America won the war.

  • Hawaii is annexed

  • 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

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

  • 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 produces his first Model T (car)

    Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)

    The model T car was created for practical and affordable transportation. Praised for easy maintenance and durability. It was the first car ever created.

  • creation of the NAACP

  • The triangle shirtwaste fire

    The triangle shirtwaste fire

    The factory where the fire started was on the eighth ninth and tenth story of the building. some even jumped from the building. 123 women and 23 men died.
  • The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI

    The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI

    This event sparked WW!. the original assassins couldn't find the archeduke during a parade. The driver made a wrong turn and the assassins found him and shot and killed him.

  • The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

  • United States enters WW1

    United States enters WW1

    Over 16 million people died. 7 million civilians died. begane because of the assassination of the arche duke.

  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition

  • Women got the right to vote.

    Women got the right to vote.

    Women stood in front of the white house with signs. they fought everyday for a change. after a lot of complications and obsticals they finally got the right to vote.