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Telephone Invented
Alexander Graham Bell invented and recived the patent for the telephone -
Battle of Little Big Horn
This was an armed engagement between Lt. Colonel George Custer's 210 men and thousands of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. In less than one hour, Custer and all of his men were killed. -
Election of 1876
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes beat Democrat Samuel J. Tilden to become the 19th President. -
Reconstrution Ends
President Hayes orderd the last federal troops out of the south, and the Republican govermnets in the south that were in charge of overseeing the recoonstruction collasped. -
The Great Railroad Strike
The strike occured because, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad cut wages of their workers for the third time that year. TheStriking workers did not allow any trains to proceed until the wage cut was revoked. -
Edison Patents the Lightbulb
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Election of 1880
Republican James Garfeild beats Winfield Hancock to become the 20th President -
President Garfeild Shot
Charles J. Guiteau shot Garfeild in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C. -
Sitting Bull Surrenders
Cheif of the Sioux tribe surrenders to US troops at Fort Buford, Montana. -
Garfeild Dies
After the shooting Gefeild would die 79 days later -
Chester A. Arthur
Arthur becomes the 21st president following the death of Garfeild -
FDR Born
Future presdient Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born in New York -
Immigration act of 1882
Posed a tax of 50 cents on all immigrants landing at US ports, aslo excluded Chinese from being able to immigrate into the states due to rise in concern thay they were causing lower wages and sickness. -
Time Zones
The five standard time zones are established by railroad compaines in the United States and Canadian railroad to end confusion over the many local time zones -
Election of 1884
Democrat Grover Cleveland beat Republican James G. Blaine to become the 22nd president -
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor from the people of France as a gestrue of friendship. -
8-Hour Workday
The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the USA call for an 8-hour workday and the country's manufactoring essentially comes to halt as strikes take place nationwide. -
Haymaker Riot
The riots and bombing of Haymarker Square in Chicago occur three days after a general strike for 8-hour work day. -
The Dawes General Allotment Act
This act allowed the Fderal government to split up tribal lands by breaking them down into individual plots. The objective of the Dawes Act was to assimilate Native American Indians into everyday US society by elminating their cultural and social traditions. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The Act addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidelines for how the railroads could do busines. -
Election of 1888
Republican Benjamin Harrison beat incumbent Grover Cleveland to become the 23rd president. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This act outlawed monopolistic business. -
Ellis Island Opens
This would replace Castle Garden, in Manhattan as the main center for European immigration into the states. Before it clsoed in 1954 nearly 12 milion immigrants went through here. -
Frontier Thesis
Frederick Turner publishes his Frontier Thesis. -
Pullman Strike
Workers at the Pullman rail car factory strike in responce to more hours, less pay, and worse working conditions at railway car compaines. -
Election of 1896
Republican William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan to become the 25th president -
Hawaii
The United States annexes the independent republic of Hawaii. -
The Open Door Policy
This policy is enacted with China by Secretary of State John Hay in an attempt to open international markets and retain the integrity of China as a nation. -
Gold Standard Act
This act would place the United States currency on the gold standard.
