1876-1900

By jennifermartin

  • Invention of electricity

    In Fall 1879, Edison presented his system of power generation and electrical light for reporters and investors.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Congress suspended the immigration of all Chinese laborers with this act. The Chinese were the first immigrant group to be restricted on the basis of race.

  • Immigration Act

    This denied admission into the US to people who could not support themselves who might otherwise threaten the security of the nation.

  • Chicago Haymarket affair

    Immigrants were accused of killing police officers in a bomb blast.

  • Dawes General Allotment Act

    This act separated Native American reservations into individual family homesteads.

  • 1898 Treaty of Paris

    This concluded the Spanish-American War and gave Spain $20 million in exchange for the Philippine Islands.

  • Open Door Policy

    This called for all Western powers to have equal access to Chinese markets.

  • Lacey Act of 1900

    This act banned the shipment of species killed across state lines.