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The Telephone is created
Back in the 1870s, a one Alexander Bell was working at an Institute for deaf mutes where he met the founder, Gardiner Hubbard. Both discovered there passions for mechanical inventions, especially the telegraph. Later on, Bell begin to test sending music across wires to see if people could hear it from a far distance. He was eventually able to to not only do this with music, but also voices, and thus, in 1876, Bell was the first to invent and use the phone to call somebody. -
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
The Great Railroad Strike, also known as The Great Upheaval, begin in Martinsburg, west Virginia. After Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, or better known as B&O, cut workers wages for a third time that same year, workers have had enough and started a strike which resulted in more then 100,000 of them closing of the railroad until there wage was raised. The strike ended on August 1, with the workers unsuccessful in raising the wages, and states increasing their own militia to better be prepared. -
The creation of the Lightbulb
Back in 1878, Edison begin researching a way to create a better lamp that could produce light. By October 14 of 1878, he patent it as an application to improve on electrical light, but still continued to run test on it for better improvement. It was not until 1879 that he patient his creation and called it the lightbulb. -
James Garfield is elected as the 20th president
In 1881, James Garfield is elected as president of America, becoming the 20th president so far. What Garfield was best known for was his civil rights for African Americans and his proposal of substantial civil service reforms, which would be passed by congress in 1883. -
James Garfield is assassinated
6 months later, after Garfield's election, he is assassinated by a one Charles J. Guiteau in New Jersey. The motives as to why Guiteau murdered Garfield was because he wanted revenge against him for putting him in political debt and allowing for his vice-president, Arthur Chester, to be elevated to presidency. Guiteau was convicted of murder and hung a year after the assassination. -
The Dawes Act is passed
In 1887, around the time when America begin its westward expansion, there was a law passed by America that was a way for them to gain land legally. Basically, America created a law that would allow for them to break up Indian tribes, in order to gain more land to give to white farmers to own and do what they please. This of course was met with resistance from the Indian tribes. -
The USS Maine explodes
On February 15, 1898, the battleship USS Maine suddenly explodes in a Cuba harbor of Havana, killing 266 of 354 of the crew. The reason why it exploded was unknown, but tension between America and Spain quickly grew, which led to a naval blockade and eventually, war broke out, which lasted only 3 months. Historians eventually concluded that a fire broke out on the ship, which caused the ammunition to ignite on the warship, resulting in it exploding. -
The Boxer Rebellion
In 1899, during which countries were trading with one another, a Chinese's secret society, known as the boxers started to attack foreigners, with the goal to push all foreign people out of china. Many other countries, including America, sent troops to help push back the Boxers. It ended with America and other countries pushed back the Boxers and massacring a large amount of them, ending the Rebellion.