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Rutherford B. Hayes becomes the 19th president of the United States.
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Farmers from Texas form their first agricultural labor union in Lampasas, Texas.
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The Federal government left the south to their own devices and democrats come more into power.
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Railroad workers go on strike for higher wages, an ultimate failure. But created the idea of forming unions
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Thomas Edison patented the lightbulb.
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James A. Garfield becomes 20th president of the United States
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Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. army, ending native resistance to white settlers.
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Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21st president of the United States.
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Time when the U.S denied those into the United States if they fit a certain criteria. This included Chinese or Asian descent.
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William "Buffalo Bill" Cody starts a romanticized show based on the Wild West.
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Grover Cleveland becomes the 22nd president of the United States.
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When over 300,000 workers nationwide stopped work, in petition of a eight-hour workday.
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Split up Indiana tribes from tribes and into single family units.
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Benjamin Harrison becomes the 23rd president of the United States.
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first measure in forbidding trusts.
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Bloody confrontation of employees vs. employers in the Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
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a widespread railroad strike and boycott that messed up the railroads in the U.S. Midwest.
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William McKinley becomes the 25th president.
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Hawaii is annexed to the United States.
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Western Markets have equal access to Chinese Markets.
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The exchanging of gold for only paper money.