APUSH Timeline 1865-1900 By emilym4 Apr 24, 1862 Congress authorizes transcontinental railroad Jun 24, 1866 National Labor Union organized Jul 24, 1866 First working transatlantic railroad Jan 10, 1868 Grant becomes president He beats Seymour Jan 10, 1869 The gold market is cornered by Fisk and Gould Jan 24, 1869 Knights of Labor organized Feb 24, 1869 Suez Canal completed Jan 24, 1870 Standard Oil Company Jan 10, 1871 NY- Tweed Scandal Jan 10, 1872 Credit Mobilier scandal is exposed Jan 11, 1872 Grant beats Greely for the presidency Mar 13, 1873 Panic of 1873 Jan 17, 1875 Whiskey Ring Scandal May 31, 1875 Civil Rights Act Nov 10, 1875 Resumption Act Jan 24, 1876 Alexandar Bell invents the telephone Jan 10, 1877 Compromise of 1877 Jan 10, 1877 Reconstruction Ends Jan 10, 1877 Railroad Strikes Jan 24, 1879 Edison invents the electric light Jan 10, 1880 Garfield wins presidency Beat Hancock Jan 10, 1881 Gafield Assasinated Hancock becomes president Jan 24, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Jan 24, 1883 Pendleton Act Jan 24, 1884 Clevelad becomes president Feb 24, 1886 Haymarket Square bombing Mar 24, 1886 American Federation of Labor formed Feb 24, 1887 Interstaate Commerce Act Jan 24, 1888 Harrison becomes president Jan 24, 1890 Billion Dollar Congress Feb 24, 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act May 24, 1890 McKinley Tarriff Act Jan 24, 1892 Homestead steel strike Jan 24, 1892 Cleveland becomes president... again Jan 24, 1893 Depression of 1893 begins Jan 24, 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson legalizes segragation