Timeline

Peak Power of Tammany Hall Ring

Period: 1858 to 1877

Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

American Civil War

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Reconstruction

Period: Jan 1, 1863 to Mar 31, 1877

Public Education in all states

Period: 1865 to 1895

Presidency of Andrew Johnson

Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant

Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

Battle of Little Bighorn

Jun 26, 1876

Great Strike of 1887

1877

Jim Crow Era

Period: 1877 to 1965

Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

Period: Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 4, 1881

Presidency of James Garfield

Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

Presidency of Chester A. Arthur

Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

Chinese Exclusion Act begins

May 6, 1882

Joseph Pulitzer builds the New York World newspaper

1883

Pendleton Civil Service Act passed

Jan 16, 1883

Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

Haymarket Affair

May 4, 1886

Homestead Strike

Jun 29, 1892

2nd Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897

William Randolph Heart begins buying up newspapers

1895

Presidency of William McKinley

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

Gentleman’s Agreement

1906