1865-1898 By BJeanineC Jan 21, 1865 Greeley's "Go West, young man" Jan 21, 1869 Knights of Labor organized Jan 21, 1869 Plessy v. Ferguson Jan 21, 1869 First Transcontinental Railroad completed Jan 21, 1870 Standard Oil Trust Founded Jan 21, 1874 WCTU formed Jan 21, 1877 Great Railroad Strike Jan 21, 1878 Posse Comitatus Act Jan 21, 1881 Tuskegee Institute created Jul 2, 1881 Garfield Assassinated Jan 21, 1883 Time Zones introduced May 4, 1886 Haymarket Riot Dec 8, 1886 American Federation of Labor Founded Jan 21, 1887 Dawes Act Jan 21, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act Dec 29, 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee Jul 2, 1892 Homestead Strike Jan 21, 1893 Turner's Frontier Thesis Jan 21, 1894 Pullman Strike Jan 21, 1901 US steel formed