1876-1900

By Maddie Bayles

  • Civil Rights Act

    This act tried to make all men equal in the eyes of the law and outlawed racial discrimination in public places, like restaurants

  • Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

  • Colorado becomes a state

    Colorado becomes the 38th state in the U.S.A.
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    Hayes presidency

    Rutherford B. Hayes is the 19th president of the U.S.

  • The Compromise of 1877

    This ended the Reconstruction era. The U.S. government removed the troops from the South
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    The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

    Railroad workers' wages were cut in 1877. In an attempt to bring them back up, the workers went on strike. It spread across the U.S. and caused trouble but it failed to accomplish much.

  • Lightbulb

    Thomas Edison receives a patent for his invention the lightbulb
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    Garfield Presidency

    James Garfield is the 20th president of the U.S. He didn't serve a full term because he was assassinated.
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    Spanish-American War

    This war was between Spain and America over Spain's colonial rule in the Western hemisphere. The war made the U.S. a Pacific power. It was ended with the treaty of Paris

  • The Newlands Resolution

    This was passed by the U.S. Congress with the aim to annex the then independent Hawaii.