1876-1900

By CatherineC

  • First Telephone

    Alexander graham Bell invented the telephone
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    The Battle of Little Bighorn

    This battle was between U.S. federal troops and the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors due to the tensions regarding the discovery of gold on Native American lands.

  • Election of 1876

    Rutherford B. Hayes won the 19th presidency.

  • The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

    This began when the after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cut wages for the third time in a year. It was the first national strike that propelled America's industrial revolution. It was a strike by railroad workers as they were driven by despair and desperation and battled troops in the streets of major U.S. cities.

  • Invention of the Light Bulb

    The first patent for the first light bulb invented by Thomas Edison was configured.

  • Election of 1880

    James A. Garfield won the 20th presidency against democrat Winfield Scott Hancock.

  • The Founding of the Red Cross

    This is a humanitarian organization that gives emergency assistance, disaster relief and education.

  • The Assination of James A. Garfield

    20th President James A Garfield was assassinated six and a half months into his presidency.

  • The Chinese Exclusion Act

    The Chinese Exclusion Act was a U.S. federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.

  • The Election of 1884

    Grover Cleveland won the 21st presidency as the first Democratic president to hold office since 1856.

  • The Haymarket Riot

    This was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration at Haymarket Square in Chicago. It started as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day and in reaction to the killing of several workers the previous day by the police.

  • Coca Cola

    Dr. John S Pemberton creates the popular carbonated drink known as Coca Cola.

  • Statue of Liberty is dedicated

    President Grover Cleveland dedicates the statue of liberty as a gift from France.

  • The Election of 1888

    Benjamin Harrison won the 22nd presidency.

  • Jim Crow Laws

    The Jim Crow Laws become the Law of the Land

  • Election of 1892

    Grover Cleveland defeats former president Benjamin Harrison and becomes the 23rd president.
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    The Columbian Exposition

    This was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival to the New World in 1492

  • The first automobile

    Henry Ford invents the first ever automobile

  • Election of 1896

    William McKinley won the 28th presidential election
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    The Spanish-American War

    was fought between the United States and Spain. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana harbor in Cuba.

  • The election of 1900

    Former President William McKinley defeated his challenger William Jennings Bryan in the 29th quadrennial presidential election.