1876-1900

  • Rutherford B. Hayes

    Becomes the 19th President of the U.S.
  • End of the Reconstruction

    The U.S. Government stops much of the reconstruction progress in the South.
  • Farmers Alliance

    A group of Texan farmers form the first Agriculture Labor Union.
  • Thomas Edison

    Shows his new lights and generators to reporters.
  • James A. Garfield

    Becomes the 20th President of the U.S.
  • Chester A. Arthur

    Becomes 21st President of the U.S. a few months after President Garfield dies from being shot.
  • Immigration Act

    Controls the amount of immigrants that come to the U.S.
  • Grover Cleveland

    Becomes the 22nd President of the U.S.
  • Strike

    Many workers nationwide go on strike to demand a longer work day
  • Dawes General Allotment Act

    Splits Indian tribes into individual families. Therefore trying to do away with tribes.
  • Benjamin Harrison

    Becomes the 23rd President of the U.S.
  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    Stops businesses from using tactics to limit competition.
  • Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Strike

    Workers strike at a steel mill. State forces are brought in to control the strike.
  • Pullman Factory Strike

    Strike at a rail car factory end with the arrest of a Union leader, Eugene Debs.
  • Plessy v. Furgeson

    Ruled that discrimination is legal as long as the separations were equal.
  • William McKinley

    Becomes the 25th President of the U.S.
  • Hawaii

    Becomes U.S. territory
  • Wars

    Philippine and Spanish American wars begin
  • Gold!

    U.S. government passes the Gold Standard Act.