1876

1876-1900

By Brennan_Gowan

  • Civil Rights Act

    Enacted by Ulysess S. Grant, the Civil Rights Act was made to protect all citizens and their legal rights.

  • Colarado Bcame a State

    Colarado becomes a part of the United States.

  • Compromise of 1877

    This event formally ended the reconstruction era and resulted in the federal government pulling the last of the troops out of the south.

  • The Light Bulb

    Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.

  • James Garfield Becomes President

    Garfield, a general of the civil war, becomes president in the 1880 election.

  • Garfield is Assasinated

    Garfield was shot and later died on September 19th, 1881

  • Dawes Act of 1887

    It allowed the president of the United States to survey Native Amrican land and divide it among individual Native Americans.

  • North Dakota Becomes a State

    North Dakota becomes a state of the Union.

  • South Dakota Becomes a State

    South Dakota becomes a part of the union.

  • Montana Becomes a State

    Montana becomes admitied to the union