1880-1914 By gracegonz 1881 Sitting Bull Surrenders 1881 Panama Canal Construction Begins 1885 French Gift America with the Statue of Liberty 1886 Founding of the American Federation of labor 1892 Homestead Strike 1898 Spanish American War 1898 Annexation of Hawaii 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President 1903 Wright Brother first flight 1906 Pure Food and Drug act