1876-1900

By SethThomas24
  • Beville invented the metal windmill

    Beville invented the metal windmill

    Henry H Beville invented the "Iron Duke" windmill.
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell granted his telephone patent.
  • Battle of the Little Bighorn

    Battle of the Little Bighorn

    This was a war between the Native Americans, and the Calvary of the US Army. The battle turned out to be victorious for the Native Americans.
  • Rutherford B Hayes

    Rutherford B Hayes

    Rutherford B. Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President of the United States.
  • End of the Reconstruction Era

    End of the Reconstruction Era

    The Reconstruction era was a period in American history following the American Civil War.
  • The Great Railroad Strike

    The Great Railroad Strike

    Workers for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad went on strike because the company had reduced wages twice over the previous year. The strikers refused to let the trains run until the most recent pay cut was returned to the employees.
  • Phonograph invented

    Phonograph invented

    Thomas Edison was issued the first patent for the phonograph.
  • Edison invented light bulb

    Edison invented light bulb

    Edison made the first public demonstration of his incandescent ligh bulb in Menlo Park.
  • James A Garfield

    James A Garfield

    James A Garfield is sworn in as the 20th President of the United States.
  • Chester A Arthur

    Chester A Arthur

    Chester A. Arthur is sworn in as the 21st President of the United States.
  • The Pendleton Civil Service Act

    The Pendleton Civil Service Act

    The Civil Service Act established a merit-based system of selecting government officials and supervising their work.
  • Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland is sworn in as the 22nd President of the United States.
  • Haymarket Massacre

    Haymarket Massacre

    The Haymarket affair was a violent confrontation between police and labor protesters in Chicago that became a symbol of the international struggle for workers' rights.
  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Interstate Commerce Act

    The Interstate Commerce Act was created to limit the monopolistic practices o f the railroad industry.
  • The Dawes Act

    The Dawes Act

    The Dawes Act of 1887 regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States.
  • Benjamin Harrison

    Benjamin Harrison

    Benjamin Harrison is sworn in as the 23rd President of the United States.
  • Diesel invented the diesel engine

    Diesel invented the diesel engine

    Rudolf Diesel invented an efficient, compression ignition, internal combustion engine that bears his name.
  • Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

    Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

    The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices.
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre

    The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army.
  • Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland is sworn in as the 24th President of the United States.
  • William McKinley

    William McKinley

    William McKinley is sworn in as the 25th President of the United States.
  • Spanish-American War

    Spanish-American War

    One of the shortest wars in American history. It was fought over Cuba, because the U.S. thought Spain was treating this island nation unfairly.
  • Gold Standard Act

    Gold Standard Act

    President William McKinley signed the Gold Standard Act, which established gold as the sole basis for redeeming paper currency.