TIMELINE OF EVENTS
| 1880–1914 | Period of significant immigration to United States |
| 1882 | Chinese Exclusion Act passed |
| 1883 | Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act requires that federal jobs be awarded on the basis of merit Brooklyn Bridge opens |
| 1886 | Statue of Liberty opens in New York City |
| 1887 | American Protective Association formed to restrict immigration |
| 1892 | U.S. schools adopt pledge of allegiance |
| 1893 | Immigration Restriction League founded |
| 1897 | Boston opens first subway system in the United States |
| 1903 | W. E. B. Du Bois publishes The Souls of Black Folk |
| 1906 | San Francisco earthquake |
| 1908 | Israel Zangwill publishes The Melting-Pot |
| 1911 | Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York City |