15 important dates

By chloefairy
  • Indian Wars- last battle of Crazy Horse

    Indian Wars- last battle of Crazy Horse

    They fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana.
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    Important Events

  • US Senate proposes female suffrage

    US Senate proposes female suffrage

  • Susan B. Anthony writes what will become the 19th Amendment

    Susan B. Anthony writes what will become the 19th Amendment

  • Thomas Edison invents workable lightbulb

    Thomas Edison invents workable lightbulb

  • James A. Garfield elected president from Republican side

    James A. Garfield elected president from Republican side

  • President Garfield assassinated

  • The Chinese Exclusion Act is created

    The Act restricts Chinese from immigrating and coming to America
  • Oklahoma opened for settlements

    Oklahoma opened for settlements

    There was a rush for land available as the Native Americans were pushed out of Oklahoma, some cheated and rushed forward to claim land the day before.

  • US Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act

  • Panic of 1893

    Panic of 1893

    Gold reserves ran dry and railroads went backrupt; Great Depression for the people back then

  • William Bryan gives his famous Cross of Gold speech

    Involved in bimetallism, opposed the party that wanted only gold as currency.
  • William Mckinney elected President

    William Mckinney elected President

    Elected into office the same time the Populist party was beginning to come in

  • Spanish American war is declared

    Spain and America go to war and is declared by Congress.
  • Hawaii is annexed into the US

    Hawaii is annexed into the US

  • Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as President

    President Mckinley's death leads to him sworn in