Chapter Review: Timeline of Events

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