Timeline By jmunoz124 Period: 1858 to 1877 Peak Power of Tammany Hall Ring Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865 Presidency of Abraham Lincoln Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865 American Civil War Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Period: Jan 1, 1863 to Mar 31, 1877 Reconstruction Period: 1865 to 1895 Public Education in all states Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869 Presidency of Andrew Johnson Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877 Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant Jun 26, 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn 1877 Great Strike of 1887 Period: 1877 to 1965 Jim Crow Era Period: Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 4, 1881 Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881 Presidency of James Garfield Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885 Presidency of Chester A. Arthur May 6, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act begins 1883 Joseph Pulitzer builds the New York World newspaper Jan 16, 1883 Pendleton Civil Service Act passed Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889 Presidency of Grover Cleveland May 4, 1886 Haymarket Affair Jun 29, 1892 Homestead Strike Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897 2nd Presidency of Grover Cleveland 1895 William Randolph Heart begins buying up newspapers Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901 Presidency of William McKinley 1906 Gentleman’s Agreement