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1870 - 1880
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Standard Oil Company
The Standard Oil Company was incorporated by John D. Rockefeller. -
Hiram Rhodes Revels
First African-American to be sworn into office. -
15th Amendment ratified
The Secretary of State ratified the 15th Amendment to the Constitution. This Amendmnt gave African - Americans the right to vote. -
Georgia Readmitted into Union
Georgia was the last former state of the Confederacy and this officially dissolved the Confederated States of America. -
The great fire of Chicago
The great fie of Chicago caused $196 million in damages, burned 1.2 million acres of land, destroyed 17,450 buildings, killed 250 people and left 90,000 homeless. -
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is established in the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. This was the world's first national park -
Amnesty Act of 1872
President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872 and restored civil rights to citizens of the South except for five hundred Confederate leaders. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony illegally voted in the presidential election to publicize the cause of a woman's right to vote. -
Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer
Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Calvary against the Sioux for the first time near the Tongue River in one minor clash of the Indian War. -
The Panic of 1873
The New York Stockmarket crashed causing panic and leading to bank failures. This was the start of an economic depression that lasted for five years. -
Greenback Party
Farmers who had been hurt financially in the Panic of 1873 organized a political organization known as the U.S. Greenback Party. -
Civil Rights Act Created
The United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act which gave equal rights to blacks in jury duty and accommodations. -
Sioux and Cheyenne rebel
Hundreds of Sioux and Cheyenne led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse rebelled against the U.S. Government. This led to the Battle of Little Bighorn. -
Telephone Invented
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Lt. Colonel George Custer and his 7th U.S. Cavalry fight the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians on the bluffs above the Little Bighorn River. This became known as the Battle of Little Bighorn. All 264 members of the 7th Cavalry and Custer died in the battle. -
Compromise of 1877
The U.S. Congress reaches the Compromise of 1877 which elects Rutherford B. Hayes as President and William A. Wheeler as Vice President. -
Phonograph Patented
Thomas Edison patented the phonograph. -
Edison Light Company
The Edison Light Company begins operation. -
Albert Einstein is born.