U.S Packet 3 Number 1 By Kaiden_12 1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt became a railroad tycoon 1831 Invention of the mechanical reaper 1839 John D. Rockefeller created his an oil company 1854 J.P. Morgan became a robber baron in banking Apr 12, 1861 Beginning of the Civil War 1862 Homestead Act Apr 9, 1865 End of the Civil war 1868 Chinese workers helped build the Transcontinental Railroad 1870 First subway system created 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone 1879 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb 1889 Andrew Carnegie created a steel company Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island opened 1901 Immigration Restriction Act passed 1903 The Wright Brothers invented the airplane 1908 Henry Ford developed the assembly line 1910 Urbanization began in America 1965 Old Immigration Ended Feb 12, 2018 New Immigration Ended
