1880-1914 By galangl Period: 1800 to 1914 American Imperialism Period: 1870 to 1900 Gilded Age Period: 1880 to 1884 President James Garfield Period: 1884 to 1888 President Grover Cleveland Oct 8, 1886 Founding of AFL American Federation of Labor Period: 1888 to 1892 President Benjamin Harrison Period: 1892 to 1896 President Grover Cleveland Period: Jun 30, 1892 to Jul 16, 1892 Homestead Strike Period: 1896 to 1904 President William McKinley May 18, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Jim Crow Laws Period: 1897 to 1920 Progressive Era Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 Spanish-American War Jul 12, 1898 Annexation of Hawaii Period: Feb 4, 1899 to Jul 2, 1902 Philippine American War Period: 1903 to 1914 Construction of Panama Canal Period: 1904 to 1908 President Theodore Roosevelt Period: 1907 to 1907 Wall Street Crash of 1929 Crash of the New York Stock Exchange; the Great Crash Period: 1908 to 1912 President William Taft Feb 12, 1909 Founding of NAACP Period: 1912 to 1920 President Woodrow Wilson Aug 18, 1920 19th Ammendment