us history (unit 3 - part 1) By kyree brock 1794 cornelius vanderbilt 1831 invention of the mechanical reaper 1861 beginning of the civil war 1862 homestead act 1865 end of the civil war 1869 transcontinental railroad 1870 john d rockefeller 1871 old immigration ended 1871 j.p. morgan became a robber baron in banking 1876 alexander graham bell invented the telephone 1879 thomas edison invented the light bulb 1882 chinese exclusion act 1892 ellis island opened 1892 andrew carnegie created a steel company 1901 immigration restriction act 1903 the wright brothers invented the airplane 1904 first subway system created 1910 urbanization began in america 1913 henry ford developed the assembly line 1921 new immigration ended
