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Turn Of the Century

By ryleecreekmore

  • Rudyard Kipling published "The White Man's Burden" in The New York Sun

  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

    Alaska is purchased from Russia
    Alaska is purchased from Russian for $7.2 million. They were interested in this piece of land because of its abundance in natural resources at the time and it was lightly inhabited. Alaska was originally going to be purchased earlier on but the Civil War delayed the sale.

  • Completion of Transcontinental Railroad

    Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
    The Gold Rush of 1849 made the need for a railroad that connected east railroads with other railroads throughout the country apparent. The railroad was hard to come by because of the terrain through which they wanted to build this railroad, however Theodore Judah discovered a way. Judah built the Central Pacific Railroad and went to Washington for financing.

  • John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
    Bell actually invented many other useful things, but he is mainly known for his invention of the telephone which he became inspired by because of interest in the science of sound. His interest in the science of sound was because of the inspiration that came from his deaf mother. Other scientists were however also interested in the idea of a telephone but Bell happened to get his patent on his telephone before anyone else. The Bell Telephone Company was then formed in 1877.

  • Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation

  • Sherman Anti-trust Act

  • Ellis Island opens

  • Carnegie Steel's Homestead Strike

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson
    The Plessy v. Ferguson act was an argument in court over the Separate Car Act. This act stated that separate railway cars were required for blacks and for whites.They told Plessy to sit in a whites only car, so he did and then he was asked to leave and didnt. Because of his refusal he was arrested. He then went through court where they didnt agree with him and his argument that this act violated the 13th and 14th amendment. He was then convicted.

  • Hawaii is annexed

  • The U.S. declares war on Spain

    The U.S. declares war on Spain
    The sinking of the battleship the Main caused the US to reach its breaking point and declare war on Spain. The war ended caused the US and Spain to sign the Treaty of Paris. As a result of this signing of this treaty Spain lost its control of oversea land.

  • The start of the Boxer Rebellion

  • Tenement Act

  • President Mckinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

    President Mckinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
    On September 6, 1901, president Mckinley was shot and taken to the hospital where he awaited his death after emergency surgery he passed away on September 14. Because the assassination Theodore Roosevelt then became president a couple days later.

  • The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end

  • The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Western Hem

  • Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed

  • Upton Sinclair releases "The Jungle"

  • Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island

  • Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)

    Henry Ford produces his first Model T (car)
    This was the first mass produced automobile car with intermovable parts. This was marketed to the middle class. He said he wanted it to be large enough for a family to fit in but small enough for a individual to own and take care of by himself.

  • Creation of the NAACP

    Creation of the NAACP
    The NAACP is the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People. This is a biracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. This was founded by W. E. B. Do Bois, Ida B Wells, Mary White Ovington and many more.

  • The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire

  • The Assassination on Austria's archduke Franz Ferdinand

  • The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic

    The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
    The Panama Canal is a waterway that is artificial . This artificial waterway is a way of connecting the Pacific ocean and the Arctic ocean. This is located in Panama and is used for boats for trading.

  • The United States enters WWI

  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition

  • Women got the right to vote

    Women got the right to vote
    The 19th Amendment guarantees women the right to vote. In the 19th century women suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, and practiced civil disobedience to get a change for women. Women picketed, petitioned, and finally won.