immigration, expansion, & WWI
1869-1919
March 4, 1869: Ulysses S. Grant sworn in as President
May 10, 1869: The transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory, Utah
May 10, 1869: The transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory, Utah
February 24, 1870: First African-American in Congress, Hiram Revels, is sworn into office
March 30, 1870: The Fifteenth Amendment (suffrage to African-Americans) goes into effect
July 15, 1870: Georgia readmitted to the Union, ending the Confederate States of America
October 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire starts
March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park
March 1, 1875: The Civil Rights Act is passed, giving African Americans equal rights to jury duty and accommodation
January 31, 1876: United States government orders Native Americans onto reservations
March 4, 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes sworn in as President
March 4, 1881: James A. Garfield sworn in as President
September 19, 1881: President Garfield dies after assassination attempt, Chester Arthur sworn in as new President
May 24, 1883: The Brooklyn Bridge opens
December 6, 1884: The Washington Monument is completed
March 4, 1885: Grover Cleveland sworn in as President
June 17, 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York harbor
May 8, 1886: Dr. John Pemberton invents coca-cola
March 4, 1889: Benjamin Harrison sworn in as President
January 1, 1892: Ellis Island opens as the main east coast immigration center
March 4, 1893: Grover Cleveland sworn in as President (again)
March 4, 1897: William McKinley sworn in as President
April 20, 1898: The United States declares war on Spain
March 4, 1901: President McKinley begins his second term
September 6, 1901: President McKinley shot by assassin
September 14, 1901: President McKinley dies; Theodore Roosevelt sworn in as President
December 17, 1903: Wilbur and Orville Wright complete the first airplane flight
March 4, 1905: President Roosevelt sworn in again
November 9, 1906: President Roosevelt takes first official trip abroad to inspect the Panama Canal
March 4, 1909: William Howard Taft sworn in as President
March 4, 1913: Woodrow Wilson is sworn in as President
December 1, 1913: Henry Ford begins using the moving assembly line to build automobiles
August 4, 1914: President Wilson declares American neutrality in what would become World War I
January 25, 1915: Bell and Watson conduct the first telephone call between New York City and San Francisco
March 4, 1917: President Wilson sworn in again as President
April 6, 1917: The United States declares war on Germany and joins the Allies
November 11, 1918: Armistice Day begins the end of World War I
June 28, 1919: The Treaty of Versailles is signed, officially ending World War I
March 30, 1870: The Fifteenth Amendment (suffrage to African-Americans) goes into effect
July 15, 1870: Georgia readmitted to the Union, ending the Confederate States of America
October 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire starts
March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park
March 1, 1875: The Civil Rights Act is passed, giving African Americans equal rights to jury duty and accommodation
January 31, 1876: United States government orders Native Americans onto reservations
March 4, 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes sworn in as President
March 4, 1881: James A. Garfield sworn in as President
September 19, 1881: President Garfield dies after assassination attempt, Chester Arthur sworn in as new President
May 24, 1883: The Brooklyn Bridge opens
December 6, 1884: The Washington Monument is completed
March 4, 1885: Grover Cleveland sworn in as President
June 17, 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York harbor
May 8, 1886: Dr. John Pemberton invents coca-cola
March 4, 1889: Benjamin Harrison sworn in as President
January 1, 1892: Ellis Island opens as the main east coast immigration center
March 4, 1893: Grover Cleveland sworn in as President (again)
March 4, 1897: William McKinley sworn in as President
April 20, 1898: The United States declares war on Spain
March 4, 1901: President McKinley begins his second term
September 6, 1901: President McKinley shot by assassin
September 14, 1901: President McKinley dies; Theodore Roosevelt sworn in as President
December 17, 1903: Wilbur and Orville Wright complete the first airplane flight
March 4, 1905: President Roosevelt sworn in again
November 9, 1906: President Roosevelt takes first official trip abroad to inspect the Panama Canal
March 4, 1909: William Howard Taft sworn in as President
March 4, 1913: Woodrow Wilson is sworn in as President
December 1, 1913: Henry Ford begins using the moving assembly line to build automobiles
August 4, 1914: President Wilson declares American neutrality in what would become World War I
January 25, 1915: Bell and Watson conduct the first telephone call between New York City and San Francisco
March 4, 1917: President Wilson sworn in again as President
April 6, 1917: The United States declares war on Germany and joins the Allies
November 11, 1918: Armistice Day begins the end of World War I
June 28, 1919: The Treaty of Versailles is signed, officially ending World War I