1876-1900 DCUS II

  • Telephone is Patented

    Alexander Graham Bell is granted the patent for the telephone
  • Colorado Becomes a State

  • The Compromise of 1877

    Troops are pulled out of the South and the Reconstruction Era ends
  • Rutherford B. Hayes Becomes the 19th President

  • Light Bulb is Patented

    Thomas Edison is granted the patent to the light bulb
  • James A. Garfield Becomes the 20th President

  • President Garfield is Assassinated

  • Chester A. Arthur Becomes President

  • Grover Cleveland Becomes President

  • The Dawes Act of 1887

    Land allotments to the Native Americans
  • North Dakota and South Dakota Become States

  • Montana Becomes a State

  • Washington Becomes a State

  • Idaho Becomes a State

  • Wyoming Becomes a State

  • William McKinley Becomes President