Us history Unit 3 part 1 By DEMONWARE47 1831 invention of the mechanical reaper 1850 jp morgan became a robber baron in banking 1859 andrew carnegie create steel company May 20, 1862 homestead act 1863 john d rockefeller created his an oil company 1865 old immigrants ended Apr 12, 1865 beginning of the civil war May 13, 1865 end of the civil war 1868 chinese workers helped build transcontinental railroad 1876 alexander graham bell invented the telephone 1879 thomas edison invented the lightbulb 1882 chinese exclusion act passed 1900 ellis island opened 1900 cornelius vanderbilt became a railroad tycoon 1901 immigration restriction act passed Dec 17, 1903 the wright brothers invented plane Oct 27, 1904 first subway system created 1910 urbanization began in america Dec 1, 1913 henry ford develop the assembly line 1924 new immigrants ended
