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Timeline 1
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Invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. -
Colorado becomes 36th state
U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation admitting the state of Colorado to the Union as the 38th state. -
President Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, having served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governor of Ohio. -
End of Reconstruction Era
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era. -
The Great Railroad Strike
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cut wages for the third time in a year. -
Light Bulb Invention
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. -
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act of 1882 levied a tax of 50 cents on all immigrants landing at US ports as part of a government immigration fund. -
Grover Cleveland became President
Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. He would later become president again in 1893 -
Dawes Act
The treatment of Native Americans as individuals rather than as members of tribes. -
Interstates Commerce
The Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates. -
4 New States
Washington,South and North Dakota, and Montana all became states. -
Benjamin Harrison Becomes President
Benjamin Harrison was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. -
Idaho and Wyoming become U.S states
Idaho becomes 43rd state and Wyoming 44th. -
Purchase Act
It not only required the U.S. government to purchase nearly twice as much silver as before, but also added substantially to the amount of money already in circulation. -
Tariff Act
The Tariff Act of 1890 was passed and increased average duties across all imports from 38% to 49.5%. -
Frontier Thesis
Is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that American democracy was formed by the American frontier. -
Grover Cleveland's 2nd Term
Grover Cleveland was the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897). -
Pullman Strike
Widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States in June–July 1894. -
Utah became a State
Utah was the 45th state admitted to Union. -
William McKinley Becomes President
William McKinley was President of the United States from March 4, 1897, until his assassination six months into his second term. -
USS Maine Explosion
USS Maine was a Navy ship sent from Florida to Havana, Cuba, aiming to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban War of Independence. It exploded in Havana Harbor during the Cuban revolt against Spain and became a major political issue in the United States. -
Anti-Imperialist League
The American Anti-Imperialist League was an organization to against the American annexation of the Philippines. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was signed by Spain and the United States. It ended the Spanish American War. -
Open Door Policy
A system of trade in China open to all countries equally.
