1876-1900

By alexa.harriman

  • Colorado becomes a state

    Colorado becomes a US state. It joined the states as number 38.

  • The Great Railroad Strike

    The Great Railroad Strike included riots throughout the street and many innocent people were shot. The strikers lost and were sent to jail.

  • Founding of Tuskegee Institute

    Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and then he became an important leader for African American progress.

  • The first social house

    Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr established Hull-House, the first settlement house in the US, in Chicago. The Hull House Hull-House to offered social services to Americans. Which shaped social services today

  • The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements speech

    Jane Addams gives The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements speech. This was very important since female idealism and leadership thrived during the Progressive era.

  • The American Railway Union was organized

    The American Railway Union was among the largest labor unions. It was also one of the first industrial unions in the United State .Eugene Debs was one of the founders

  • The Atlanta Compromise speech

    Booker T. Washington delivered the “Atlanta Compromise” speech. This speech was an address to the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta.

  • Rudyard Kipling delivers The White Man’s Burden

    Rudyard Kipling delivers his speech called the White Man's Burden after the US waged war against Filipino insurgents. Kipling talks about Americans' duties and American Pride