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House in New York
Dr. Staton Coit opens the first settlement house in New York -
construction in chicago
First skyscraper built -
eight-hour work day
over 3,000 worked demonstrate in behalf of an eight-hour work day -
The Haymarket Square bombing
The Haymarket Square bombing in Chicago kilss seven police officers and wounds sixty -
Supreme Court
Corporations are persons covered by the 14th Amendent , and are entilted to due process. -
Statue of Liberty
President Grover Cleveland unviels the Statue of Liberty. -
Samuel Gompers
The American Federation of Labor was founded with Samuel Gompers as president. -
Interstate Commerce Act
It requires rialroads to charge reasonable rates and forbids them from offering rate reductions to preferred customers. -
The Dawes Severalty Act
This act subdivides Indian reservations into individual plots of land of 160 to 320 acres. -
Edward Bellamy
He published his utopian novel, Looking Backward. -
White settlement
President Benjamin Harrison opens a portion of Oklahoma to white settlement. -
Johnstown flood
An abandoned reservoir broke killing 2,295 people. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. -
Mississippi Plan
Restricts black suffrage by requiring voters to demonstrate an ability to read and interpret the US Constitution. -
Sitting Bull
Indian police kill Sitting Bull in South Dakota. -
New Orleans mob
Break into a prison and kills 11 Sicilian immigrants accused of murdering the city's police chief. -
Populist party
The Populist party was found in Cincinnati, Ohio. -
9,000 acres of land
The land was ceded to the Sauk, Fox, and Pottawatomi Indians, it was nw opened to white settlement. -
Ellis Island
Opened to screen immigrants, twenty million passed through before it was closed in 1954. -
Homestead Steelworks
Henry Clay Frick managed Andrew Carnegie's steelworks at Homestead. He cut wages which caused a strike on July 26. Ten strikers and three Pinkertons were killed. Pennsylvania's governor then sent in the state militia to protect strikebreakers. It ended on November 20. -
James Baird Weaver
James Baird Weaver, a former Union general from Iowa, was nominated by the Populist party for president. -
Columbian Exhibition
It was open in Chicago to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. -
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
Pro-American interests depose Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. -
Coxey's Army
Jacob Coxey lead a march on Washington by the unemployed. -
Pullman Strike
Workers at the Pullman sleeping car plant in Chicago went on strike after the company cut thier wages. -
American Railway Union
Federal troops forbid the American Railway Union from interfering with interstate commerce and delivery of the mail. -
supreme court
supreme court strikes down an income tax -
Plessy v. Ferguson
U.S, suoreme court rules that segregation of balcks and whites was permitted under the constitution as long as everyone is treated equally. -
cross of gold
William Jennings Bryan gives his cross of gold speech -
The de Lome letter
Written by the Spanish minister to the Untied States. -
battleship Maine
Battleship Maine blows up and sinks -
Commodore George Dewey's flotilla
Defeats the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines.
