1876-1900

By samanthakathryn
  • Invention of the telephone

    Invention of the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invented and received a patent for the telephone in February of 1876
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn

    Federal troops and the Northern Plain Indians fought in Montana and ended in with a Native American victory.
  • Presidential election of 1876

    Presidential election of 1876

    After a drawn out and controversial election, Rutherford B. Hayes was elected president and Samuel Tilden was elected vice president.
  • Invention of the phonograph

    Invention of the phonograph

    Thomas Edison invented the phonograph also know as a record player.
  • Presidential election of 1880

    Presidential election of 1880

    James Garfield was elected president and William Wheeler was elected vice president.
  • Statue of Liberty

    Statue of Liberty

    After given to the United States by France, the Statue of Liberty arrived and was assembled at the New York Harbor.
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act

    The Sherman Antitrust Act outlawed monopolistic business practices.
  • Yosemite National Park

    Yosemite National Park

    Congress created the nation's second National Park called Yosemite in California
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre

    In a final effort to put an end to the Plain Indians, the United States Army troop slaughtered 300 Lakota Indians in South Dakota.
  • Panic of 1893

    Panic of 1893

    The panic of 1893 was a significant decline in the New York stock market.
  • President McKinley Inaugurated

    President McKinley Inaugurated