1876 - 1900 By facebooker_2165144867097231 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn Mar 10, 1876 Invention of the Telephone Period: Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 4, 1881 President Rutherford B. Hayes (19th President) Jul 14, 1877 The Great Railroad Strike Oct 14, 1878 Invention of the Light Bulb Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881 President James A. Garfield (20th President) Sep 19, 1881 Assassination of President Garfield Period: Sep 20, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885 President Chester A. Arthur (21st President) May 6, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act May 24, 1883 Brooklyn Bridge Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889 President Grover Cleveland (22nd President) May 4, 1886 Haymarket Riot Oct 28, 1886 Statue of Liberty Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893 President Benjamin Harrison (23rd President) Nov 2, 1889 North and South Dakota Become States Nov 8, 1889 Montana Becomes A State Nov 11, 1889 Washington Becomes A State Jul 3, 1890 Idaho Becomes A State Jul 10, 1890 Wyoming Becomes A State Jul 6, 1892 Homestead Riot Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897 President Grover Cleveland (24th President) Jan 4, 1896 Utah Becomes A State Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901 President William McKinley (25th President) Period: Apr 25, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 Spanish American War Period: Feb 4, 1899 to Jul 2, 1902 Philippine-American War Nov 14, 1899 Treaty of Berlin Sep 8, 1900 Galveston Hurricane