The U.S. history timeline 1876-1900

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    The Centennial Exposition celebrates

    The Centennial Exposition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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    Battle of the Little Bighorn

    The Sioux won a decisive victory

  • Colorado becomes a state

  • the 19th President of the United States

    William Wheeler is sworn in as the 19th Vice President of the United States. Rutherford Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President of the United States.

  • Reconstruction ends

  • Great Railroad Strike of 1877

    The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. This strike finally ended some 69 days later. Because of economic problems and pressure on wages by the railroads, workers in numerous other cities, in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, into Illinois and Missouri, also went out on strike.

  • Morgan Dollar first minted

  • Bland–Allison Act

    The act restored the silver dollar to legal tender.

  • Thomas Alva Edison invented the first commercially available electric lamp.

  • Knights of Labor formed

  • A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson is published

  • the 20th President of the United States

    James Garfield is sworn in as the 20th President of the United States with Chester Arthur as Vice President. Chester Arthur is sworn in as the 21st President of the United States.

  • James Abrams Garfield was assassinated.

  • Chester Alan Arthur was president of the United States.

  • Chinese exclusion law is established

  • Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

  • Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 Legalized racial segregation.

  • Brooklyn Bridge opened to traffic.

  • the 22nd President

    Grover Cleveland is sworn in as the 22nd President of the United States with Thomas Hendricks as Vice President.

  • Haymarket affair

  • Statue of Liberty

    Statue of Liberty was dedicated in Manhattan, New York City as a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States.

  • The American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio

  • the Dawes Act

    Congress passed the Dawes Act to assimilate the Indians

  • the 23rd President

    Benjamin Harrison is sworn in as the 23rd President of the United States with Levi Morton as Vice President.

  • The Johnstown Flood.

  • North Dakota, and South Dakota obtain statehood

  • Montana become states.

  • Washington become states.

  • The National American Woman Suffrage Association was formed.

  • Wyoming become states.

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

  • Idaho become states.

  • McKinley Tariff

  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre. In South Dakota, 500 U.S. cavalry soldiers of the 7th Cavalry slaughtered the Lakota, a tribe of Sioux Indians.

  • The General Electric Company is formed.

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    Homestead Strike

  • The Panic of 1893

  • the 24th President

    Grover Cleveland is sworn in as the 24th President of the United States with Adlai Stevenson is sworn in as the Vice President of the United States.

  • World's Columbian Exposition

  • Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act

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    Coxey's Army.

    Coxey's Army. A protest march by unemployed American workers led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey.
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    Pullman strike

  • Utah is the 45th state admitted to the Union.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)

  • the 25th President

    William McKinley is sworn in as the 25th President of the United States with Garret Hobart as Vice President.

  • Hawaii was officially incorporated into the United States.

  • There was an explosion on the USS Maine in Havana harbor.

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    Spanish-American War

  • The American Anti-Imperialist League was formed.

  • The Newlands Resolution

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    Newsboys' strike

  • Open Door Policy