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John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller was the biggest producer of oil in 1963. He turned dangerous kerosene into Standard Oil making it safer. Rockefeller controlled 90% of U.S. refineries and and pipelines -
Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Railroads were booming during this. Railroads were like no other. Traveling on the railroad was also one of the easiest ways of transportation. Stretching from East to West coast you could go anywhere. Cornelius Vanderbilt was the man behind this mastermind of railroads. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone to help people that were deaf. He mainly did it for his family but little did he know it'd be widely used today. Thomas Watson assisted in helping make the telephone. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
The lightbulb was such an important invention because houses were being lit with oils like kerosene. Lightbulbs were able to light up houses during the night making the US shine bright. Edison also created the central electric power station making it easier to provide electricity -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act regulated the competition amongst other companies. Big companies were able to gain so much more money than smaller companies. This law helped even out how money was being distributed throughout companies. -
Ellis Island opens
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Hawaii is annexed
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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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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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Tenement Act
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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
The Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act was very important because it created a new environment in meat factories. The meat production plants are what helped start the Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act. Plants started to operate more efficient once the Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act was passed. -
Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
Model T was a very important invention because was the best form of transportation. The Model T was very cheap so a lot of Americans were able to afford the Model T. Ford evolved the Model T very quickly coming out with several models after the Model T. -
Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was a change in U.S. history. Creating change in how worker safety is looked upon in factories. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire is still one of the deadliest fires ever to occur. -
The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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United States Enters WWI
The U.S. joined its allies Britain, France, and Russia. A Britsh passenger liner carrying 128 Americans was shot down, tightening tensions. After the end of the WWI, women got the right to vote -
The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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Women got the right to vote
The 19th amendment allowed women to vote. Women like Alice Paul and Lucy Stone fought hard to get the right to vote. When the first 9 states voted the 19th amendment, following the first 9 states to approvement of the amendment, other states quickly jumped in as well and passed the amendment in their state.
