1876-1900

By rebeccablalack

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. (lasted one day)

  • Rutherford B. Hayes

    Wins the 1876 presidential election, although not the popular vote. Inaugurated into office on March 4, 1877

  • Phonograph

    Thomas Edison combined the telegraph and the telephone to create the phonograph.

  • James Garfield

    James Garfield defeats Winfield Hancock in the U.S. Presidential election in 1880

  • Billy the Kid Shot

    Outlaw, Billy the Kid, is shot and killed by lawman Pat Garrett in the New Mexico territory.

  • Brooklyn Bridge

    After over a decade, the Brooklyn Bridge is opened. There was a huge celebration.

  • Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland is inaugurated into office as President of the United States.

  • The Haymarket Riot

    The Haymarket Riot began in Chicago when a bomb was tossed into a mass meeting called in support of striking workers.

  • The Great Blizzard

    The Great Blizzard of 1888 strikes the East Coast of the United States.

  • Johnstown Flood

    A wrongly constructed dam in Pennsylvania bursts open, resulting in the devastating Johnstown Flood.

  • Homestead Steel Strike

    The Homestead Steel Strike in western Pennsylvania turned into a violent, day-long battle between Pinkerton men and townspeople.

  • Panic of 1893

    A decline in the New York stock market triggered the Panic of 1893.

  • HMS Victoria

    HMS Victoria dank off the coast of Syria during fleet maneuvers.

  • U.S.S. Maine

    U.S.S. Maine exploded off the coast of Havana.

  • The First Submarine

    Irish immigrant, John Holland designed their first submarine and it was given to the U.S. Navy