Illustrated Time Line Project

Andrew Jackson

Period: Jan 1, 1829 to Jan 1, 1837

Samuel Morse-telegrah

Jan 1, 1837

Wright Brothers- First Airplane

Jan 1, 1837

The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane at kitty hawk starting mans take over of the sky.

Martin Van Buren

Period: Jan 1, 1837 to Jan 1, 1841

John Tyler

Period: Jan 1, 1841 to Jan 1, 1845

James K. Polk

Period: Jan 1, 1845 to Jan 1, 1849

California Gold Rush

Jan 1, 1849

A mass rush to searh for Gold in California. 2 billion dollars worth of gold was found, sparked violence in the desperation to search for gold.

Zachary Taylor

Period: Jan 1, 1849 to Jan 1, 1850

Millard Filmore

Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Jan 1, 1853

Franklin Pierce

Period: Jan 1, 1853 to Jan 1, 1857

James Buchanan

Period: Jan 1, 1857 to Jan 1, 1861

Abraham Lincloln

Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Jan 1, 1865

Homestead Act

Jan 1, 1862

Granted 160 acres of
FREE LAND to anyone
willing to live there 5
years and improve the
land

Morill Land Grant

Period: Jan 1, 1862 to Jan 1, 1890

Sandcreek Massacare

Jan 1, 1864

Andrew Jackson

Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Jan 1, 1869

Bozeman Trail

Jan 1, 1866

Haymarket Riot

May 4, 1866

Christopher Sholes- Typewriter

Jan 1, 1867

Transcontinental RR

Jan 1, 1869

This long stretch of railroad help connect the east and west of america.

Ulyssess S, Grant

Period: Jan 1, 1869 to Jan 1, 1877

New Immigrants

Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Jan 1, 1920

Blackhills Gold Rush

Jan 1, 1875

Alexander Graham Bell-Telephone

Jan 1, 1876

A scientist who invented the telephone and 18 other patons which lead him to become rich.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Period: Jan 1, 1877 to Jan 1, 1881

Great Railroad Strike

Jul 14, 1877

Thomas Eidson-Lightbulb

Jan 1, 1880

James A. Garfield

Period: Jan 1, 1881 to Sep 16, 1881

Chester A. Garfield

Period: Jan 1, 1881 to Jan 1, 1885

Pendleton Civil Service

Jan 1, 1883

George Eastman-Kodak Camera

Jan 1, 1885

Invented the Kodak Camera and the motion picture camera the Kodak Company soon became one of the best camera companies in the world.

Grover Cleveland

Period: Jan 1, 1885 to Jan 1, 1889

Oklahoma Land Rush

Jan 1, 1889

Indian land opened for settlement - race to
claim plots

Benjman Harrison

Period: Jan 1, 1889 to Jan 1, 1893

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Jul 2, 1890

Homestead Strike

Jun 30, 1892

The Panic of 1893

Jan 1, 1893

Grover Cleveland

Period: Jan 1, 1893 to Jan 1, 1897

Coxeys Army

Jan 1, 1894

A march of unemployed worker from the United States to Washington D.C.

Pullman Strike

May 11, 1894

Gold Standard Act

Jan 1, 1897

William Mckinney

Period: Jan 1, 1897 to Jan 1, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt

Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Jan 1, 1909

Industrial Workers of the World Established

Jan 1, 1905

was a radical group of mostly unskilled workers who believed in socialism

Woodrow Wilison

Period: Jan 1, 1909 to Jan 1, 1913

William Howard Taft

Period: Jan 1, 1913 to Jan 1, 1921