1876-1900

  • Telephone

    Telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell invented the phone.
  • Centennial Exposition

    A celebration for the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn
    "Custer's Last Stand"
    This was a victory for the Native American's
  • The Compromise of 1877

    This ended the Reconstruction Era, and the troops were called home from the south.
  • Rutherford Hays becomes president

  • James A. Garfield becomes president

  • Garfield is assassinated

  • Chester A. Arthur becomes president

  • Grover Cleveland becomes persident

  • Interstate Commerce Commission is founded

    This was put into place to help regulate railroads, buses, and telephone companies
  • The Dawes Act

    This gave the government the right to divide land, and give it to Native Americans.
  • Spanish- American War

    Spanish- American War
    This was a war that was the Philippine Revolution and the Cuban War of Independence. We got involved whenever one of our ships was blown up.
  • Benjamin Harrison becomes president

  • The Tariff Act of 1890

    This raised prices on imported items, trying to keep domestic industries alive.