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Turn of the Century Timeline

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  • Sherman Anti-trust Act

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    The phone helps people communicate. Communication has got easier and faster with the invention of the telephone. This invention was a success and is widely used across the globe today.

  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

  • Completion of Transcontinental Railroad

    Completion of Transcontinental Railroad

    This helped trading goods be quicker. It was also easier to transport people traveling. This pretty much made everything faster.
  • John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

    John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

    Standard oil was a big success. It helped trains to transfer goods. It also helped by fueling other things that made this country run.
  • Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

    Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

    The lightbulb was one of the best inventions in history. It makes so many good changes in everyday life. It can make dark turn to light!

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

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Ellis Island opens

  • Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike

  • Plessy v Ferguson

  • The U.S. declares war on Spain

  • Hawaii is annexed

  • Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun

  • The start of the Boxer Rebellion

  • Tenement Act

    Tenement Act

    Helped clean up the cities. It made clean housing for immigrants. It was a big win for immigrants in the USA.

  • 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

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

  • Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”

  • Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island

  • Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)

    Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)

    Henry ford made one of the biggest inventions ever. A good working car made it easier to travel. Cars were a big hit in the american society.

  • Creation of the NAACP

  • The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire

    The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire

    The triangle shirtwaist fire changed a lot of rules for the better. It made more safety laws. So a bad thing turned for the better.

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

  • The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

    The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

    The panama canal was one of the biggest builds in history. It made trade easier. USA first owned the panama canal before selling it.
  • The United States enters WWI

    The United States enters WWI

    The united states entered the war with over 2 million troops. We entered because of submarine warfare. We entered the war in 1917.

  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition

  • Women got the right to vote.

    Women got the right to vote.

    Women getting the right to vote was a big change. Originally only men could vote. This turned for the better so there are more votes.