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Turn of the Century

By Megan P.

  • John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil

  • Alaska Purchase

    Alaska Purchase

    The U.S. purchases Alaska from the Russian Empire, the U.S. Senate ratified a treaty and was signed by Pres. Johnson.

  • Invention of the telephone

  • Invention of the Lightbulb

    Invention of the Lightbulb

    Thomas Edison invented the light bulb to develop a practical incandescent lamp.

  • Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

  • Chinese exclusion act

  • Samuel Gompers founded AFL

  • Sherman Anti-trust Act

    Sherman Anti-trust Act

    Law that outlaws trusts, monopolies and cartels passed by Congress while Pres. Benjamin Harrison was in office.

  • Ellis Island Opens

  • Steel Homestead strike

    Steel Homestead strike

    Lockout that was a strike on the conditions regarding the strikers against the private security guards.

  • Plessy v Ferguson

  • Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

  • The U.S. declares war on Spain

  • Hawaii is annexed

    Hawaii is annexed

    Around the Spanish-American war that sparked nationalism, of which had enticed the US to annex Hawaii by the plead of U.S. Pres. William McKinley.

  • Rudyard Kipling publishes “The White Man’s Burden”

  • The start of the Boxer Rebellion

  • Tenement Act

    Tenement Act

    Law passed that banned constructions of badly vented buildings used as Tenements in New York.

  • Henry Ford produces his first Model T Ford

  • 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”

    Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”

    A novel that exposed the disgusting work plantations that produced food and medicine. The novel also helped with the passing of the Pure Food and Drugs act, that aided in inspections of the work places.
  • Pure Food & Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act are passed.

    Pure Food & Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act are passed.

    The first completed act in the consumer protection laws that was enacted by the Congress. All stores who sell Foods or medication, must pass a "Pure Food and Drug" inspection.

  • Creation of the NAACP

  • The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire

    The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire

    A devastating fire outbreak in the neighborhood of Manhattan, where thousands of women either burned or chose to fall to their deaths.

  • Peak year of immigration

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

  • The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

  • The United States enters WWI

    The United States enters WWI

    The United States joins along side their allies during the first world war. Around 2 million American soldiers fight in the war, commanded by Major General John J.

  • Women got the right to vote

  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition.