U.S. History Unit 3- Part 1 By Anthony51601 1790 urbanization began in american 1794 cornelius vanderbilt became a railroad tycoon 1831 invention of the mechanical reaper 1839 John D. rockefeller created his an oil company 1861 J.P. Morgan became a robber baron in banking Apr 12, 1861 beginning of the civil war 1862 homestead act May 13, 1865 end of the civil war 1868 chinese workers helped build the transcontinental railroad 1876 Alexander graham bell invented the telephone 1879 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb 1882 Chinese exclusion act passed 1892 andrew carnegie created a steel company 1894 first subway system created 1899 the wright brothers invented the airplane 1901 immigration restriction act passed 1908 henry ford developed the assembly line May 11, 1965 ellis island opend
