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8 Hour Work Days
Congress enacts an 8-hour work day for workers employed by the government. -
Railroad tie at Promontory Point, Utah
Built in just over three years by 20,000 workers, it had 1,775 miles of track. The railroad's promoters received 23 million acres of land and $64 million in loans as an incentive. -
First African American Senate
Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi becomes the first African American to serve in the US Senate. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees the right to vote regardless of race -
Indians no longer independant
Congress no longer allows Indians tribes to be treated as independant nations with whom the government must conduct negotiations -
Arrested
Susan B. Anthony and other women's suffrage advocates are arrested for attempting to vote in Rochester, N.Y. -
Financial Panic
The Financial Panic of 1873 begins. 5,183 business fail. -
First Abduction
4-years-old Charley Brewster Ross is abducted, this is the countries first kidnapping for ranson. The child was never found. -
Alexander Graham Bell
29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. -
Root Beer
Charles Elmer Hires introduces root beer. -
Phonograph
30-year-old Thomas Edison invents the Phonograph. -
Senate Won!
Senate defeats a woman's suffrage amendment 34-16 -
Women Attorney
Congress granted women attorney's the right to argue before the Supreme Court. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invents the light bulb! -
James Garfield
President James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau -
Tuskegee Institute.
Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Institute. -
United States from Canada
Sitting bull and the other Sioux Indians return to the U.S from Canada. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, they were barring the Chinese Immigrants for ten years. -
Standard Time
Railroads in the United States and Canada adopt a system of standard time. -
8 hour work day
300,000 workers demonstrate in behalf of an eight-hour work day. -
Haymarket square bombing
In Chicago, killed seven police officers and wounded sixty. -
Statue of Liberty
President Grover Cleveland unviels a symbol of freedom; the Statue of Liberty. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, outlawed any combination "in retraint of trade. -
Killing of Sitting Bull
Indian police kill Sitting Bull in South Dakota -
Death
Wounded Knee Massacure.
“The Sioux tribes are naturally warlike and turbulent” Benjamin President Harrison -
New Orleans Mob
A New Orleans mobs breaks into a prison and kills eleven Sicilian immigrants accused of murdering the city's police chief. -
Boll Weevil
The boll weevil arrives in Texas -
American Railway Union
Federal troops enforce a court injunction, that forbids the American Railway Union, from interfering with interstate and delivery of mail. -
Supreme Court
Supreme Court strikes down income tax. -
Income Tax
Supreme Court strikes down income tax
