1876-1900

By madisonrhame

  • June 25th-26th, 1876

    The Battle of the Little Bighorn

  • March 10th, 1876

    Invention of the Telephone

  • August 1st, 1876

    Colorado becomes a state.

  • 1877

    The Compromise of 1877

  • 1877

    Nez Percé Indian War

  • March 4th, 1877

    Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President.

  • October 14th, 1877

    The Invention of the light bulb

  • March 4th, 1881

    James Garfield becomes President.

  • July 2nd, 1881

    James Garfield was assassinated.

  • September 19th, 1881

    Chester A. Arther becomes President.

  • March 4th, 1885

    Grover Cleveland becomes President.

  • February 8th, 1887

    The Dawes Act of 1887

  • January 27th, 1888

    The National Geographic Society was founded.

  • November 2nd, 1889

    North Dakota becomes a state.

  • November 2nd, 1889

    South Dakota becomes a state.

  • November 8th, 1889

    Montana becomes a state.

  • November 11th, 1889

    Washington becomes a state.

  • July 2nd, 1890

    The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

  • July 3rd, 1890

    Idaho becomes a state.

  • July 10th, 1890

    Wyoming becomes a state.

  • July 14th, 1890

    The Sherman Silver Purchase Act

  • October 1st, 1890

    The Tariff Act of 1890

  • December 9th, 1890

    The Wounded Knee Massacre

  • October 16th, 1891

    The Baltimore Crisis

  • July 1st, 1892 - November 20th, 1892

    Homestead Strike

  • 1893-1897

    Panic of 1893

  • March 4th, 1893

    Grover Cleveland's second service as President.

  • May 11th, 1894 - July 20th, 1894

    The Pullman Strike

  • January 4th, 1896

    Utah becomes a state.

  • March 4th, 1897

    William McKinley becomes President.

  • July 24th, 1897

    The Dingley Act

  • April 21st, 1898 - August 13th, 1898

    The Spanish-American War

  • February 15th, 1898

    The Explosion of the USS Maine Navy Ship

  • April 20th, 1898

    The Teller Amendment

  • June 15th, 1898

    The American Anti-Imperialist League was founded.

  • July 4th, 1898

    The Newlands Resolution

  • December 10th, 1989

    The Treaty of Paris

  • 1899

    The Open Door Policy

  • March 4th, 1899

    Benjamin Harrison becomes President.