Timeline: 1876-1900 | Timetoast

Period: 1869 to 1877

Ulysees S. Grant - President
Mar 7, 1874

Telephone Invention

On this date, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone.
Period: 1877 to 1881

Rutherford B. Hayes - President
Period: Jul 14, 1877 to Sep 4, 1877

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

This strike began in West Virginia after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cut wages for the third time within one year.
Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

James A. Garfield - President
Period: Sep 20, 1881 to 1885

Chester A. Arthur - President
May 24, 1883

Brooklyn Bridge Opens

The Brooklyn Bridge is opened in New York during a time of increasing industrialism.
Period: 1885 to 1889

Grover Cleveland - President
Period: 1889 to 1893

Benjamin Harrison - President
Dec 29, 1890

Wounded Knee Massecre

U.S. Cavalry killed nearly 150 Sioux at Wounded Knee in South Dakota.
1893

1893 Depression

Tow large corporations collapsed causing the stock market to crash
Period: 1893 to 1897

Grover Cleveland - President
Period: 1897 to 1901

William McKinley - President
Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898

Spanish American War

A short war during the American flirtation with Imperialism.