1876-1900

By Maddie Bayles

  • Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone

  • The Farmers Alliance was formed

    An agricultural labor union was formed in Lampasas it was called the Farmers Alliance.
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    Rutherford B. Hayes is president

    Rutherford B. Hayes was elected as president in 1977 and was in office untill 1881 He was the 19th president of the United States.

  • End of the Reconstruction Era

    The Compromise of 1877 formally ends the Reconstruction Era.

  • The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

    After wage cuts were made railroad workers went on strike trying to bring their wages back up but it eventually failed and ended on September 4, 1877

  • Thomas Edison receives a patent for the light bulb

    Thomas Edison receives a patent for the light bulb

  • James Abram Garfield becomes president

    James Abram Garfield became president on March 4th, 1881 but he died six months later on September 19th, 1881.

  • James Garfield becomes president

    James Garfield becomes president

  • James Garfield is assassinated

    The president James Garfield is assassinated
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    Spanish-American War

    The Spanish-American War lasted from April 21, 1898 to August 13, 1898

  • Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War.