1876-1900 By facebooker_173697597679466 1876 Phonography and Electric light system invented Mar 7, 1876 First official patent for telephone 1877 Railroad Strike 1877 Formation for Socialist Labor Party 1877 Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce surrendered 1878 Bland-Allison Act 1879 First elevated railroads developed 1880 James Garfield elected President 1881 Tuskegee Institute established 1881 Chester Arthur became President after Garfield's death Jul 2, 1881 James Garfield shot by Charles Guiteau Sep 19, 1881 James Garfield died from gunshot wound 1882 Charles Guiteau hung for murder of President James Garfield 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1883 Civil Service Act (Pendleton Civil Service Act) 1884 Grover Cleveland elected President 1886 Alaska bought from Russia for 7.2 million dollars 1886 Colored Farmers' National Alliance formed 1886 Geronimo died 1886 Sitting Bull surrendered at Fort Buford, Montana May 4, 1886 Haymarket Square Incident 1887 Interstate Commerce Act 1887 Dawes Act (Dawes General Allotment Act) 1888 Benjamin Harrison elected President 1889 North and South Dakotas, Montana, and Washington declared States of America 1890 McKinley Tariff Act 1890 Dependent Pension Act 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890 Sherman Silver Purchase Act 1890 Idaho and Wyoming declared States of American 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee 1892 Homestead Steel Strike 1892 Grover Cleveland elected President for 2nd Term 1892 Ellis Island opened 1893 Panic/Depression of 1893 1894 Pullman Strike 1896 American Federation of Labor formed 1896 William McKinley elected President 1896 Court case Plessy v Ferguson Resulted in Jim Crow laws 1897 W.E.B. DuBois began his teaching career 1897 Western Federation of Miners formed 1897 Boston opened short underground railroad 1898 Treaty of Paris Apr 25, 1898 War of 1898 Period: Feb 4, 1899 to 1902 Philippine-American War