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John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the Ford Theater
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The National Labor Union was America's first official labor union at a time when factory work needed unions.
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America purchased the Alaskan territory from Russia, but it did not become a state until later on.
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Ulysses S. Grant won the presidency for being a war hero, but those abilities did not transfer as well.
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A railway from the east to west coast was finished in Utah thanks to many Chinese immigrant workers.
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The 15th Amendment prohibited the denial of voting rights to persons of color, becoming an important Civil Rights Amendment
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John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company and used horizontal integration to control the industry.
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Boss Tweed of Tamany Hall was eventually brought down by cartoonist Thomas Nast after years of corrupt politics and stealing.
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A financial panic spread in 1873 due to overspeculation and unsecure loans
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President Grant signed the Civil Rights Act, but it was ruled unconstitutional in 1883.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, connecting people all over the country.
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The Compromise of 1877 gave the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes and pulled troops from
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The end of the Reconstruction era gave way for the Industrial Revolution to begin
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Thomas Edison invented the electric lightbulb, eventually allowing people across the country to use light without a candle.
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James Garfield won the election, but was assassinated a few months after the inaguration and succumbed to his wounds.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act prevented further immigration from China for several decades.
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Grover Cleveland became the President for the first time, and he had a nonconsecutive term later on.
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The Interstate Commerce Act regulated the railroads across the country to prevent monopolies from forming.
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Benjamin Harrison, grandson of William Henry Harrison, defeated Cleveland in the election
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The Sherman Act prevented businesses from forming trusts and monopolizing.
