College History 2

1865-1896

Period: Aug 28, 1865 to Aug 28, 1896

Grant defeats Seymour for president

Mar 4, 1868

Grant won this election by 300,000 votes out of 5,716,082 cast and recieved an electoral college landslide. Grant was the youngest president so far at the age of 46.

Fisk and Gould corner the gold market

Jan 6, 1869

Jim Fisk and Jay Gould were two men who cornered the stock and gold markets.

Tweed Scandal

Jan 6, 1871

A New York boss scammed a bunch of people in the elections for awhile.

Credit Mobilier Scandal

Nov 4, 1872

Exposed many republicans and revealed their sneaky ways.

Panic of 1873

Oct 11, 1873

The money in the banks all went away and the people were sent into a panic.

Whiskey Ring

Mar 1, 1875

Since whiskey was illegal, people decided to sell it illegally.

Hayes-Tilden election standoff

Nov 7, 1876

Hayes and Tilden had an election standoff beacuse they were very close in the polls.

Compromise of 1877

Mar 29, 1877

Ended the reconstruction area and started many railroad riots.

Garfield defeats Hancock

Nov 2, 1880

james Garfield defeated Winfield Hancock to become president in 1880.

Garfield assassinated; Arthur takes over

Sep 19, 1881

James Garfield gets killed and Chester Arthur takes over when he died.

Chinese Exclusion Act

May 6, 1882

This act prevented all immigrants from doing chinese labor.

Civil Rights Cases

Aug 29, 1883

Series of cases that were fought in court becasue people wanted to be equal.

Cleveland defeats Blaine

Mar 4, 1884

Grover Cleveland defeats James Blaine to become president of trhe United States.

Harrison Defeats Cleveland

Mar 4, 1888

Benjamin Harrison defeats Grover Cleveland to become president.

Thomas B. Reed becomes speaker of house

Dec 2, 1889

Thomas Reeds influence on the house had a major impact on how it would work today.

McKinley Tariff Act

Oct 1, 1890

Raised average duty imports to 50%

Homestead steel strike

Jun 30, 1892

This was one of the most intese labor battles in history and the steel workers were mad becasue of the unions.

Depression of 1893

Feb 23, 1893

Everyone was loosing money and no crops were growing.

Wilson-Gorman Tariff

Aug 29, 1894

Slighty reduced the U.S. tariff rates and imposed an income tax of 2%.

J.P. Morgan banking syndicate loans $65 million

Aug 29, 1895

J.P. Morgan loans $65 million to the fedearl government.