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Turn of the Century Timeline

By johnswes
  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

    Alaska is purchased from Russia

    The Untied States got to expand in territory. The territory costs the U.S. $7.2 million. William Henry Seward is who made the purchase of Alaska for the U.S.

  • Completion of Transcontinental Railroad

  • John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    The telephone gives us a whole new way of communication. This is such a easier way of communication and let it to be improved through the years. This would also help keep the country and new out faster than mail and letters.
  • Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the Light Bulb

    Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the Light Bulb

    This invention helped a lot at the time when it was invented. People could now use the light bulb instead of using fires or matches to see when it's dark. This invention wasn't a bigger jump in technology as like the telephone was.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

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

  • Sherman Anti-trust act

  • Ellis island opens

    Ellis island opens

    This made America's population increase significantly. If we would have never opened this then immigrants wouldn't have came to America and our population would be much less. The increase in population also caused problems and us to make better solutions from all of the chaos.

  • Carnegie Steel's Homestead Strike

  • Plessy v Ferguson

  • Hawaii is annexed

    Hawaii is annexed

    U.S. liked having Hawaii because they could have a Navy and use the islands as a first shield of defense from the other world powers. Hawaii also had sugar plantations the the U.S. loved because of the wealth from it. They also didn't like what they government of Hawaii was doing at the time.

  • The U.S. declares war on Spain

  • Rudyard Kipling published "The White Man's Burden" in the New York Sun

  • The start of the Boxer Rebellion

  • Tenement Act

  • President McKinley is assassinated & Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    President McKinley is assassinated & Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    He was the third President to get assassinated. President Roosevelt took over after the assassination and would lead the country for the next 12 years. McKinley led us through a war with Spain before his death.

  • 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

  • Creation of the NAACP

  • The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    This was the deadliest factory fire in U.S. history and was a very big deal when it happened. 146 people died in the building that they were trapped in because or regulations at the time. It led to factory reforms and inspection of factory's to keep them safe.

  • The Assassination of Austria's archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WW1

  • The Panama Canal is completed & opened for traffic

  • United States enters WW1

    United States enters WW1

    With the U.S. entering WW1 the people aren't sure what to think. Men are getting sent to the military without even wanting to join. Many people are about to lose their lives and not everybody is excited or upset about us joining a big war.

  • Ratification of the 18th amendment - Prohibition

  • Women got the right to vote

    Women got the right to vote

    With women being able to vote they feel like they are seen more as citizens now. They aren't all fighting for rights now because they finally got what they were fighting for. The elections and votes feel more realistic now that everyone is voting now and not just men.
  • Henry Ford produces his first T model (car)

    Henry Ford produces his first T model (car)

    This invention was also a huge jump in technology at their time. This gave everybody a faster and new way of transportation. People could travel farther and could drive instead of riding bikes or walking. This was a start of a new technology that would start for it to progress through the years.