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Grant Elected President
On November 3 in 1868 there was a Republican named Ulysses S. Grant and a Democrat named Horatio Seymour fighting for the place of the president of the United States. After the election, Grant got 214 of 294 votes, But his popular polls are only 306,000 out of 5.7 million votes cast. What most helped him was 500,000 recently Southern Black voters for Grant's success. -
Curtis Heads Civil Service Commission
Curtis; who was asked by President Ulysses S. Grant to take the head job at the Civil Service Commission. His career turned into an editor of Harper's Weekly. Where Curtis worked on political corruption and advocated imitation off of the British system of awarding government positions; but in 1875 Curtis resigned because of the commission's recommendations. -
Crédit Mobilier Scandal
There were reports from the New York Sun that the Vice President named Schuyler Colfax and many other members of the Congress received a free stock that returns for protecting the Crédit Mobilier, a railroad construction company from investigation for financial irregularities. -
Panic of 1873
Jay Cooke and Company, a Philadelphia investment back collapse which triggers the whole nationwide to alarm; which leads us to a broader economic depression which didn't end until 1879. -
Corruption in Grant Administration
238 people were in the federal grand jury including the president Ulysses S. Grant's. Dozens of whiskey distillers, revenue official, and even General O.E. Babcock all made secret plan to defraud the United States government of tax revenues. -
Railroad Strike of 1877
This event started on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Brakemen and fireman decided to walk off the job at Camden Junction, Maryland; which man a wildcat strike. This strike ended up shutting down thousands of miles throughout northeastern of United States. -
McCormick's Mechanical Harvester
On this event, Cyrus McCormick showed his machine called mechanical harvester. He even showed another idea which was the twine binder. Several of new technologies that were increasing the agricultural productivity after that. -
Homestead Steel Strike
The board of Carnegie Steel of chairs named Henry Frick and the manager of Carnegie's Homestead steel plant decided to shut down there factory and lock out all there workers. Because of negotiations with representatives of steel and iron workers break down. -
Pullman Strike
This event takes place outside of Chicago, with workers from the Pullman Company. They all go on a strike when the company's owner named George Pullman. The reason why is because they refuse to reduce rents so they can match the announced wage cuts. -
Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
There is a position as assistant secretary in the Navy, so Theodore Roosevelt resigns. He did that to form a volunteer cavalry regiment; where he had to fight in Cuba after the United States declares war against Spain.
