Timeline 18-25 By fancynancy16 Jan 13, 1844 Caleb Cushing signed a Treaty of Wanghia w/ China Caleb Cushing signed a Treaty of Wanghia w/ China Jan 1, 1848 Treaty o Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican War Feb 2, 1849 California Gold Rush Aug 24, 1850 Fillmore assumes presidency after Taylor's death Mar 15, 1852 Pierce defeats Scott for presidency Jan 13, 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act Republican party forms Jul 20, 1854 Republican party organized Jan 13, 1857 Tariff of 1857 May 13, 1857 Panic of 1857 May 15, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run Aug 13, 1864 Lincoln vetoes Wade Davis Bill Apr 16, 1866 Congress passes Civil Rights Bill over Johnsons veto Sep 20, 1867 Reconstruction Act May 7, 1870 Fifteenth Amendment ratified Nov 13, 1870 Standard Oil Company organized Dec 31, 1870 Force Acts Sep 13, 1872 Freedmens Bureau ended Jun 13, 1873 Panic of 1873 Apr 16, 1879 Edison invents electric light Jan 13, 1882 First immigration restriction laws passed Aug 19, 1882 Chinese Exclision Act Apr 25, 1890 National Womens suffrage Association formed Aug 16, 1890 Basketball invented Sep 28, 1893 Depression of 1893 begins Oct 20, 1893 Columbian Exposition held in Chicago Jul 30, 1895 JP Morgans banking syndicate loans $65 million in gold to federal gov. Oct 15, 1897 Library of Congress opens Jan 13, 1899 Kate Chopin published "The Awakening" Oct 24, 1900 Theodore Dreiser publishes Sister Carrie Aug 9, 1901 Steel Corporation formed Oct 23, 1907 Henry Adams published "The Education of Henry Adams" Dec 1, 1910 NAACP founded