1876-1900

By MarcHess

  • Battle of Rosebud

    1,500 Native American Indians attack General George Crook's army at Rosebud Creek

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Native American Indians did not like the continual reductions in their land size, and when gold was found in South Dakota, the US Army decided to invade their land. More than 10,000 Indians gathered to fight George Custer's 600 men. It was a decisive Indian victory.

  • Railroad strike of 1877

    Workers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad riot, leading to further strikes which are eventually put down by the military.

  • Competition of the Transcontinental Railroad

    The transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Summit in Utah, when the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad meet.

  • James Garfield Elected President

    James Garfield is elected the 24th president of the united states, winning against Winfield Hancock.

  • Kansas Begins Prohibition

    Kansas becomes the first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.

  • Assassination of President Garfield

    James Garfield is shot as the Potomac Railroad station, and dies on September 19th

  • Grover Cleveland Elected President

    Grover Cleveland, the governor of New York, is elected president, narrowly defeating James Blaine

  • Seattle Riot of 1886

    Growing opinions against the Chinese result in riots in Seattle

  • Harrison Elected President

    Benjamin Harrison is elected President through the electoral college, despite losing the popular vote to Grover Cleveland

  • North Dakota becomes States

    North Dakota becomes the 29th state and South Dakota becomes the 40th state to join the union.

  • Montana becomes a State

    Montana joins the union as the 41st state

  • Washing becomes a State

    Washing joins the Unites States as the 42nd state

  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    US 7th calvary demanded the Indians surrender their weapons, and a fight breaks out, resulting in the death of Native Americans

  • May Day Riots

    Rising unemployment in Cleveland lead to riots

  • USS Maine Explodes

    The USS Maine explodes in a Cuban Harbor. The explosion is blamed on the Spanish and leads to the Spanish-American War

  • Spanish-American War

    War is declares on Spain, begininning the Spanish-American War

  • Spanish-American War ends

    Hostilities end between america and Spain in Cuba