America 1876-1900 By James.P.Jones 1876 Warner Brothers Established 1877 Great Railroad Strike 1877 Jim Crow Laws Began 1880 First Department Store Opened 1887 Interstate Commerce Act 1890 National Women's Club Federation Period: 1895 to 1896 William Jennings Bryan Speaking Tour Willams Jennings Bryan launched speaking tour to promote free coinage of silver 1896 Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers Stuck Carnegie Steel Mill 1896 National Association of Colored Women 1898 Fances Willard "do everything" policy fighting for equal rights, women rights and peace 1900 Gold Standard Act