1876-1900 Timeline

By SarahKrusing

  • The Compromise of 1877

    This Compromise ended the Reconstruction era and was settled between southern Democrats and allies of Republican Rutherford Hayes.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Congress passed this act to restrict immigration from China for 10 years.

  • Dawes Severalty At

    Act that gave out land to individual household by distributing the land from Indian reservations.

  • Tariff Act of 1890

    This Act raised duties on imports to almost 50%.

  • Pullman Strike

    After big wage cuts, railroad works lead strikes in multiple cities causing over 14,000 troops to be deployed in order to end the revolts.

  • USS Maine battleship sunk

    The USS Maine battleship was sunk and was a leading factor to the declaration of war on Spain
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    Spanish American War

    Conflict Between Spain and America and resulted in America gaining territory in the western Pacific and Latin America.

  • Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris was a treaty signed by Spain and America to end the Spanish-American war