1876-1900

By Adam Ikenberry

  • The Battle of Little Bighorn

    General Custer is defeated by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

  • Election of 1876

    Rutherford B. Hayes wins the election through the Electoral College.

  • The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

    The Railroad Strike was the first strike to send America into the industrial revolution.

  • The Election of 1880

    James Garfield is elected president of the United States.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration.

  • Dawes Severalty Act

    The President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans.

  • Plessy vs Ferguson

    This case constitutionally allowed segregation.

  • Spanish American War

    After the explosion of the USS Maine war broke out between America and Spain