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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company -
. Alaska is purchased from Russia
in despite clashes between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction. The purchase added 586,412 square miles of new territory to the United States for the cost of $7.2 million. -
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. The transcontinental railroad had long been a dream for people living in the American West. The transcontinental railroad had long been a dream for people living in the American West. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
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Chinese Exclusion Act
It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur -
Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Ellis Island opens
The first immigrants to arrive at Ellis Island were three unaccompanied minors.When Ellis Island opened, a great change was taking place in U.S. immigration. Fewer arrivals were coming from northern and western Europe – Germany, Ireland, Britain and the Scandinavian countries – as more and more immigrants poured in from southern and eastern Europe. -
Hawaii is annexed
Dole declared Hawaii an independent republic. Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley. Hawaii was made a territory in 1900, and Dole became its first governor. -
Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
The Homestead strike, also known as the Homestead steel strike or Homestead massacre, was an industrial lockout and strike which began on July 1, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. The battle was a pivotal event in U.S. labor history. -
Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
Approximately 80 percent successfully passed through in a matter of hours, but others could be detained for days or weeks. -
The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Tenement Act
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The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
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Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
The first production Model T was produced on August 12, 1908 and left the factory on September 27, 1908, at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan. On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford watched the 15 millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park, Michigan. -
Creation of the NAACP
It was formed in New York City by white and black activists, partially in response to the ongoing violence against African Americans around the country.The NAACP or National Association for the Advancement of Black People was established in 1909 and is America’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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Plessy v Ferguson
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
