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Rutherford B. Hayes was elected for president. He was the 19th president of the United States. -
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877. This was the beginning of many more strikes to come in the industrial era. -
James A. Garfield was elected in 1880. He was elected by a landslide. -
In 1881 president Garfield was assassinated in Elberon, New Jersey. We was killed by Charles J. Guiteau. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed in 1882. It prohibited Chinese immigration. -
The Haymarket Riot was a protest that turned violent when police showed up to the scene. A bomb was thrown at a police officer and eight people were killed. -
The Dawes General Allotment Act forced Indians into small allotments of land instead of allowing them to live on their homeland with their entire tribe. -
Many workers' wages were cut yet rent stayed the same in George Pullman's railroad company. The workers revolted and lit train cars on fire but were quickly controlled by the government. -
A pivotal point in furthering the "separate but equal" doctrine in America. -
The Spanish-American War was brought about by Spain trying to take Cuba and America waging war because it would affect their trade otherwise. -
William McKinley won the 1900 election against William Jennings Bryan.