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Congress allowes an eight hour work day for people working for the government,
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A golden spike is driven into a railroad tie at Promontory Point. Finshing the transcontinental railroad. Built in around three years with 20,000 workers, it had 1,775 miles of track.
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Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first African American Representative.
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Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi became the first African American to serve in the US Senate.
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The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution assures the right to vote with out discrimination against eachother because "of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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An electoral commission declares Rutherford Hayes the winner of the disputed presidential election.
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President Hayes begins to withdraw federal troops from the South, Bring an affical end to Reconstruction.
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Thomas Edison invents the phonograph.
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Gives the woman the right to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
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Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.
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President James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau, He died on Sept. 19.
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Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Institute.
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Sitting Bull and other Sioux Indians return to the United States from Canada.
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The Supreme Court rules that the Civil Rights Act of 1875 only forbids state-imposed discrimination.
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Congress passes the Pendleton Act, creating a Civil Service Commission and filling government positions.
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Railroads in the United States and Canada adopt a system of standard time.
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The Haymarket Square bombing in Chicago kills seven police officers and wounds sixty.
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The Supreme Court holds that corporations of persons covered by the 14th Amendment
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President Grover Cleveland unveils the Statue of Liberty
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President Benjamin Harrison opens a portion of Oklahoma to white settlement.
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Johnstown flood. An reservoir breaks, flooding the city of Johnstown, Pa., and killing 2,295 people.
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Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
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Mississippi Plan. Mississippi restricts black suffrage by requiring voters to demonstrate an ability to read and interpret the US Constitution.
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Indian police kill in South Dakota.
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The Populist party is founded in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Plessy v. Ferguson. The US Supreme Court rules that segregation of blacks and whites was permitted under the Constitution so long as both races receive equal facilities.
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The battleship Maine blows up and sinks while anchored in Cuba's Havana harbor.
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Spanish-American War. As a result of the conflict, the United States acquires Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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President McKinley signs a resolution annexing Hawaii.
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Wounded Knee Massacre.
