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Invention of the Telephone.
In 1876, Alexander Graham invented the telephone about 10 years after the telegraph. This invention was an idea people had had on their minds for a while but Alexander was the first to make it a reality. -
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Rutherford B. Hayes
As the 19th President, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War. -
Great Railroad Strike
Railroad laborers go on strike across the country. The workers' campaign for higher wages was ultimately a failure, but it sowed the seeds for the formation of the first labor unions. -
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James A. Garfield
He was the 20th president of the United States but Garfield was assassinated about 6 months after inauguration. After being shot, Alexander Graham Bell tried to find the bulled to save his life but without success. He died from the the bullet wound getting infected on September 19, 1881. -
Surrender of Sitting Bull
As a prisoner of war, he had no choice but to end his resistance. Sitting Bull surrendered to the United States Army, ending major Native American resistance to white settlers. -
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Chester A. Arthur
He served from 1881 to 1885 as the 21st president of America. After being vice president for about 200 days, the 20th president died forcing Arthur to replace him. -
The First Rodeo
The two earliest rodeos recorded were in Pecos, Texas, in 1883. They also were the first one to give out prizes. The first to charge admission was in Prescott, Arizona, in 1888. Next, first indoor rodeo took place at Fort Worth in 1917. By the late 1920s, rodeo had become an annual event in a few places in the East. -
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William McKinley
He was the 25th president of the United States. He served until his assassination in 1901. During his time in office, rejected the expansionary monetary policy of free silver, keeping the nation on the gold standard, and raised protective tariffs to boost American industry. -
Annexation of Hawaii
In 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii because they feared Japanese invasion. America needed a naval base in the Pacific ocean and Hawaii was the perfect location. -
Newsboys' Strike
Paper boys were angry at what William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer charged them for a newspaper bundle so the boys refused to sell their publishers' papers. The newsboy strike of 1899 was led by newsies, some as young as seven, who went head on with newspaper moguls Hearst and Pulitzer.