American History: 1865-1898 By Kinectech Period: 1865 to 1866 Black Codes 1867 Credit Mobilier Scandal 1867 Purchase of Alaska 1867 The Grange 1869 Women Vote in Wyoming 1870 Standard Oil Company Founded 1871 Klan Act 1873 Comstock Law of 1873 1873 Mark Twain uses the term "Gilded Age" 1874 Gold found in Black Hills 1875 Boss Twweed escapes prison 1875 Whiskey Ring Exposed 1876 Telephone Invented 1877 Compromise of 1877 1877 Great Railroad Strike Period: 1877 to 1965 Jim Crow Laws 1881 A Century of Dishonor 1881 President Garfield Assassinated 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1883 Pendleton Act 1883 Time Zones Introduced 1886 American Federation of Labor Formed 1886 Sears Department Store Founded 1887 Dawes Act 1887 Interstate Commerce Act 1889 1st Carngie Library Opened 1889 Hull House 1889 Oklahoma Land Grab Period: 1889 to 1893 Billion Dollar Congress 1890 How the Other Half Lives 1890 National American Woman Suffrage Association 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890 The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee Period: 1890 to 1900 Yellow Journalism (Peak Years) 1891 Populist Party Formed 1892 Carnegie Steel Company founded 1892 Ellis Island opened 1892 Homestead Steel Strik 1893 Hawaii Monarchy Overthrown 1893 JP Morgan bailout of US Government 1893 Repeal of Sherman Silver Purchase Act 1894 Coxey's Army 1894 Pullman Strike 1895 Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" Speech Period: 1895 to 1899 Venezuela Boundary Dispute 1896 Cross of Gold speech 1896 National Association of Colored Women 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Period: 1896 to 1899 Yukon Gold Rush 1898 Spanish American War 1901 Tenement House Act 1905 Niagara Movement