1876-1900

By helpenstillc

  • Little Big Horn

    Lt. Col. George A. Custer's regiment is wiped out by Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull at the Little Big Horn River, Mont.

  • Rutherford B. Hayes becomes preisdent

    Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated as the 19th president.

  • James A. Garfield becomes president

    James A. Garfield is inaugurated as the 20th president.

  • Grover Cleveland becomes president.

    Grover Cleveland is inaugurated as the 22nd president.

  • Benjamin Harrison becomes president.

    Benjamin Harrison is inaugurated as the 23rd president.

  • NAWSA is founded

    National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) is founded, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as president.

  • Wounded Knee

    Last major battle of the Indian Wars occurs at Wounded Knee in South Dakota.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson: Landmark Supreme Court decision holds that racial segregation is constitutional, paving the way for the repressive Jim Crow laws in the South.

  • William McKinley becomes president.

    William McKinley is inaugurated as the 25th president.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.