Us va history timetoast 1 By HayesLeya 1831 Invention of the mechanical reaper Apr 12, 1861 beginning of the civil war May 20, 1862 homestead act 1863 Chinese workers helped build the Transcontinental Railroad 1863 First subway system created Apr 9, 1865 End of the civil war 1870 Andrew Carnegie created a steel company 1870 John D. Rockefeller created his an oil company 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone 1878 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act passed 1892 Ellis Island opened 1901 Immigration Restriction Act passed Dec 17, 1903 The Wright Brothers invented the airplane 1907 J.P. Morgan became a robber baron in banking 1910 Urbanization began in America Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford developed the assembly line May 26, 1924 Old Immigration Ended 1986 New Immigration Ended
