America 1876-1900

By timetoastisp2w

  • Alexander Graham Invents the Telephone

    During his first successful test, Bell spoke the famous words to his assistant "Mr. Watson come here. I want to see you."

  • America's 19th President, Rutherford B. Hays is Elected

  • Great Railroad Strike

    After Baltimore and Ohio Railroad companies cut worker wages by 10%, a strike began in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

  • Edison Invents the Phonograph

  • Edison Develops the First High Resistance Incandescent Electric Light

  • James Garfield Becomes 20th President

    He was assassinated after being in office for only 100 days.

  • Clarissa Harlowe Barton Founds (American) Red Cross

    During the American Civil War, she organized hospital operations. Barton served as the Red Cross U.S. division's president until 1904.

  • Booker T. Washington Founds Tuskegee Institute

  • Sioux Natives Return With Sitting Bull From Canada

  • Chester A. Arthur Takes Office as 21st President After the Death of Garfield

  • Immigration Act is passed

    This act prevented paupers, people with medical conditions or those convicted of crimes from entering the United States.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act is Passed

    This act placed a ten-year restriction on Chinese Immigration.

  • Edison oversees the construction of over 330 powerplants

    Power plants built to provide electricity to factories, offices, printing houses, residential, and entertainment districts.

  • Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Begins

  • Grover Cleveland Becomes 22nd President

  • Knights of Labor Strike

    Over 300,000 workers protest for an 8-hour workday. Soon after, Haymarket Square is bombed, killing 7 people and wounding 60 others.

  • Interstate Commerce Act is Passed

    Interstate Commerce Commission tasked with stopping discriminatory and predatory pricing practices.

  • Dawes General Allotment Act is Passed

    This act promoted homesteading by allowing Native American families to claim 160 acres of land and singles to 80.

  • Edison Invents the Motion Picture Camera

  • Benjamin Harrison becomes 23rd President

  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act is Passed

    This act prevented businesses from merging and becoming monopolies.

  • The Mississippi Plan is Put into Action

    A local law restricting voting for black Americans in Mississippi.

  • Strike at Carnegie's Steelworks

    Henry Frick, manager of Carnegie's steelworks in Pennsylvania cut wages which resulted in strike by workers.

  • Grover Cleveland Becomes 24nd President

  • First World's Fair (World's Columbian Exposition) Takes Place

    This event took place to honor Christopher Columbus's arrival in North America almost 400 years before. Numerous attractions included the latest inventions.

  • Strike at Pullman Railcar Factory

    Factory owner George Pullman cut worker's wages but retains high costs of rents and utilities in their town. Thousands of workers strike.

  • William McKinley becomes 25th President

  • USS Maine Sinks

    Spanish navy blows up USS Maine in Cuba's Havana harbor. Battleship had been posted in the area to protect U.S. citizens and their property.

  • Spanish-American War Begins

    U.S. declares war on Spain after sinking of USS Maine.

  • 1898 Treaty of Paris

    Treaty marks official end of Spanish-American War. America acquires Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

  • Open Door Policy

    U.S. Secretary of State requests equal access to Chinese markets for Western powers.

  • Boxer Rebellion

    Foreign business and missionaries faced increased hostility from Boxers in China.

  • Philippines Rebel

    After fighting between U.S. and Spanish forces ended, Filipino resistance leader Emilio Aguinaldo sets himself up as president but the U.S. refuses to recognize his government.