Turn of the Century Timeline 1867-1920 By cla.val Mar 30, 1867 Alaska is Purchased from Russia May 10, 1869 Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad 1870 John D. Rockefeller Starts Standard Oil Mar 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone Jan 27, 1880 Thomas Edison Invents the Light Bulb May 6, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Dec 8, 1886 American Federation of Labor is Founded by Samuel Gompers Jul 2, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act is Enacted Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island Opens Jul 6, 1892 Carnegie's Steel Homestead Strike Jul 7, 1892 Hawaii is Annexed May 18, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Apr 25, 1898 U.S. Declares War On Spain Feb 5, 1899 Rudyard Kipling Published "The White Man's Burden" in The New York Sun Nov 2, 1899 The Start of the Boxer Rebellion Apr 12, 1901 Tenement Act is Enacted Sep 14, 1901 President McKinley Was Assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt Took Office Jul 4, 1902 The Philippine Insurrection Came to an End Dec 6, 1904 The Roosevelt Corollary is Declared Nov 4, 1905 Upton Sinclair Released "The Jungle" Jun 30, 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act & The Meat Inspection Act are Passed 1907 Peak Year of Immigration Through Ellis Island Aug 12, 1908 Henry Ford Produced His First Model T Feb 12, 1909 Creation of the NAACP Mar 25, 1911 The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Jun 28, 1914 The Assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand & The Start of WWI Aug 15, 1914 The Panama Canal is Completed and Open for Traffic Apr 6, 1917 The United States Enters WWI Jan 29, 1919 Ratification of the 18th Amendment Aug 18, 1920 Women Got the Right to Vote
