| •1880–1914 | Period of significant immigration to United States |
| •1882 | Chinese Exclusion Act |
| •1883 | Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act |
| Brooklyn Bridge opens |
| •1886 | Statue of Liberty opens |
| •1887 | American Protective Association formed |
| •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 |
| San Francisco's Boss Ruef convicted of bribery |
| •1911 | Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York City |