Turn of the Century Timeline By baconale Mar 30, 1867 Alaska is purchased from Russia May 30, 1867 Completion of the transcontinental railroad 1870 Rockefeller started standard oil Feb 14, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone May 6, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Dec 8, 1886 Samuel Gompers founded the American Confederation of Labor Aug 2, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act Jan 1, 1892 Ellis island opens
