1876-1900 By craigwallace Mar 10, 1876 Invention of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell Jun 25, 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn Nov 7, 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes Election 1877 Great Railroad Strike Aug 12, 1877 Patent of the Phonoraph Oct 5, 1877 Chief Joseph Surrender Oct 14, 1878 Light Bulb Invention Nov 7, 1880 James A. Garfield Elected May 21, 1881 Founding of the American Red Cross Jul 2, 1881 Assassination of James Garfield Jul 4, 1881 Tuskegee University Founded Jan 16, 1883 The Pendleton Act Nov 7, 1884 Grover Cleveland Elected Mar 17, 1886 Carrollton Massacre May 4, 1886 Haymarket Riot Oct 28, 1886 Statue of Liberty Dedicated Feb 8, 1887 Dawes Severalty Act 1888 Kodak Camera 1888 Motion Picture Projector Nov 7, 1888 Benjamin Harrison Elected Apr 22, 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush May 31, 1889 Johnstown Flood Jul 2, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act Dec 15, 1890 Death of Sitting Bull 1891 Populist Party Founded Period: Jun 30, 1892 to Jul 6, 1892 Homestead Strike Jul 4, 1892 Populists nominated James B. Weaver Nov 7, 1892 Grover Cleveland Re-Elected Period: May 1, 1893 to Oct 30, 1893 Worlds Colombian Exposition Period: May 11, 1894 to Jul 20, 1894 Pullman Strike 1896 Start of Alaskan Gold Rush Jun 4, 1896 Henry Fords First automobile Nov 7, 1896 William McKinley Elected Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Aug 13, 1898 Spanish American War Aug 12, 1898 Annexation of Hawaii Aug 27, 1900 Great Galveston Hurricane Nov 7, 1900 William McKinley Re-Elected