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Battle of Little Bighorn
Indian leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated Custer's troops who attempted to force the Indians back onto reservation. Custer and his men didn't make it. -
Invention of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone -
Colorado Becomes a State
Colorado becomes the 38th state in the United States. -
Compromise of 1877
Resulted from the U.S. federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, formally ending the Reconstruction Era. -
Invention of the Light Bulb
Thomas Edison created the Light Bulb. -
Standard Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller's corporation that controlled more than 90% of the nation's oil and bribed politicians for favors. -
James A. Garfield became President
James A. Garfield, a brigadier general during the Civil War, won the Presidential election of 1880. -
President Garfield Assassinated
President Garfield was shot and passed away on September 19, 1881. -
North Dakota Became a State
North Dakota became the 39th state. -
South Dakota Became a State
South Dakota becomes the 40th state. -
Montana Became a State
Montana became the 41 state. -
Washington Became a State
Washington became the 42 state. -
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
Sherman Antitrust Act tried to prevent the artificial raising of prices by restriction of trade or supply, but many people critiqued it for harming society. -
Idaho Became a State
Idaho became the 43 state. -
Wyoming Became a State
Wyoming became the 44 state. -
The Tariff Act of 1890
Was enforced to protect domestic industries from foreign competition by raising the average duty on imports to almost 50%. -
Utah Became a State
Utah became the 45 state. -
Dingley Act
Raised tariffs in the U.S. It was the longest-lived tariffs and also the highest. -
Hawaii's Annexation
The United States wanted Hawaii for business so that Hawaiian sugar could be sold in the U.S. Queen Liliuokalani opposed and Sanford B. Dole overthrew her in 1893 and in 1898 William Mckinley convinced Congress to annex Hawaii. -
Spanish-American War
America wanted Spain to peacefully resolve the Cuban's fight for independence- the start of the war was due in large part to yellow journalism. -
Explosion of USS Maine
Navy ship USS Maine, aiming to protect the U.S. during the Cuban War of Independence. It exploded in Havana Harbor and became a major political issue in the United States. -
Treaty of Paris
Signed by Spain and United States. Ended Spanish-American War. Helped the United States become a world power. -
Gold Standard
A monetary system in which paper money and coins are equal to the value of a certain quantity of gold.
