THE CITY AND ITS WORKERS
1. 1871
-------- Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rises American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded; Haymarket bombing Ellis Island opens Great Railroad Strike Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Boss Tweed’s rule in New York ends; Chicago’s Great Fire World’s Columbian Exposition Brooklyn Bridge opens Chinese Exclusion Act Nation’s first subway system opens in Boston
2. 1877
-------- Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rises American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded; Haymarket bombing Ellis Island opens Great Railroad Strike Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Boss Tweed’s rule in New York ends; Chicago’s Great Fire World’s Columbian Exposition Brooklyn Bridge opens Chinese Exclusion Act Nation’s first subway system opens in Boston
3. 1880s
-------- Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rises American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded; Haymarket bombing Ellis Island opens Great Railroad Strike Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Boss Tweed’s rule in New York ends; Chicago’s Great Fire World’s Columbian Exposition Brooklyn Bridge opens Chinese Exclusion Act Nation’s first subway system opens in Boston
4. 1882
-------- Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rises American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded; Haymarket bombing Ellis Island opens Great Railroad Strike Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Boss Tweed’s rule in New York ends; Chicago’s Great Fire World’s Columbian Exposition Brooklyn Bridge opens Chinese Exclusion Act Nation’s first subway system opens in Boston
5. 1883
-------- Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rises American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded; Haymarket bombing Ellis Island opens Great Railroad Strike Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Boss Tweed’s rule in New York ends; Chicago’s Great Fire World’s Columbian Exposition Brooklyn Bridge opens Chinese Exclusion Act Nation’s first subway system opens in Boston
6. 1886
-------- Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rises American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded; Haymarket bombing Ellis Island opens Great Railroad Strike Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Boss Tweed’s rule in New York ends; Chicago’s Great Fire World’s Columbian Exposition Brooklyn Bridge opens Chinese Exclusion Act Nation’s first subway system opens in Boston
7. 1890
-------- Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rises American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded; Haymarket bombing Ellis Island opens Great Railroad Strike Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Boss Tweed’s rule in New York ends; Chicago’s Great Fire World’s Columbian Exposition Brooklyn Bridge opens Chinese Exclusion Act Nation’s first subway system opens in Boston
8. 1892
-------- Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rises American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded; Haymarket bombing Ellis Island opens Great Railroad Strike Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Boss Tweed’s rule in New York ends; Chicago’s Great Fire World’s Columbian Exposition Brooklyn Bridge opens Chinese Exclusion Act Nation’s first subway system opens in Boston
9. 1893
-------- Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rises American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded; Haymarket bombing Ellis Island opens Great Railroad Strike Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Boss Tweed’s rule in New York ends; Chicago’s Great Fire World’s Columbian Exposition Brooklyn Bridge opens Chinese Exclusion Act Nation’s first subway system opens in Boston
10. 1897
-------- Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rises American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded; Haymarket bombing Ellis Island opens Great Railroad Strike Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Boss Tweed’s rule in New York ends; Chicago’s Great Fire World’s Columbian Exposition Brooklyn Bridge opens Chinese Exclusion Act Nation’s first subway system opens in Boston