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Alaska is Purchased from Russia
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Alaska is Purchased from Russia
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
When the Transconitinetal railroad was completed the nation was changed. These tracks connected the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. The railroad employed over 12,000 workers to construct the tracks. -
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad took place in Utah. This joined the tracks of the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroads. Over 12,000 workers worked to complete the rails. -
John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
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John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
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Alexander Graham Bell Invented the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell is most well known for inventing the telephone. He came to the The United States as a teacher for the deaf kids and conceived the idea of "electronic speech" while visiting his hearing-impaired mother in Canada -
Alexander Graham Bell Invented the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell is most well known for inventing the telephone. He also invented a device called the Graphophone. He came to the The United States as a teacher for the deaf kids and conceived the idea of "electronic speech" while visiting his hearing-impaired mother in Canada. -
Thomas Edison Brings the World the Light Bulb
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Thomas Edison Brings the World the Light Bulb
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Peak Year of Immigration through Ellis Island
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers Founded AFL
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Samuel Gompers Founded AFL
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Ellis Island Is Opened
Seventeen-year-old Annie Moore, from County Cork, Ireland was the first immigrant to be processed at the new federal immigration depot. Immigrants had to go through welfare checks. These would weed out any immigrants that were ill and would not be able to work. -
Carnegie's Steel Homestead Strike
The Homestead strike, in Pennsylvania. This was one of the most powerful new corporations. Carnegie Steel Company was against the nation's strongest trade union, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. -
Carnegie's Steel Homestead Strike
The Homestead strike is also known as the Homestead steel strike. Many people refer to it as the Homestead massacre. It was an industrial lockout and strike which was a pivotal event in U.S. labor history. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Plessy v Ferguson was a supreme court decision that upheld segregation in the U.S. The court decided this after a African American man refused to sit in the back of a train car. Known to be "separate but equal." -
The U.S. Declares War on Spain
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Hawaii Is Annexed
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Pres. Kipling Published "The White Man's Burden"
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The Start of the Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900. It began by peasants but eventually supported by the government. A Chinese secret society known as the Boxers embarked on a violent campaign to drive all foreigners from China. Several countries sent troops to halt the attacks. -
The Philippine Insurrection Comes to an End
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Pres. McKinley is Assassinated- Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
President McKinely was the 25th president of the United States. He was killed by Leon Czolgosz. President Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. -
Roosevelt Corollary declares the U.S. Right to Intervene in the Western Hem
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Upton Sinclair Releases "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair released "The Jungle", a novel about the harsh lives and exploitation of immigrants in the united states. This book started up controversy around the country. Sinclair also wrote many other books. -
Pure Food and Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are Passed
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was created by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. These laws allowed for people to have certain standards of meat factories. It also made sure that food was held to a certain standard. -
Henry Ford Produced his First Model T Car
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Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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Tenement Act
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The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is Completed
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The United States Enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Ammendment
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Women Get the Right to Vote
After years of women's suffrage, women finally got the right to vote. This amendment allowed women to not be denied the right to vote in the U.S. Women would not be denied many rights after this law was passed.
