American History 1876-1900

By JennySwaim15

  • Battle of Little Big Horn

    Also known as the Battle of Greasy Grass. Battle between the U.S. government and the Indians. Custer's Last Stand.

  • Surrender of Nez Perce and Chief Joseph

    Chief Joseph surrendered to the U.S. Army and stated he would fight no more forever

  • Edison Electric Light Company founded

    Began operation on this date

  • Chinese Exclusion Acts

    Prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers

  • Haymarket Riot in Chicago

    Labor radicals protesting the killing and wounding of workers by police

  • American Federation of Labor founded

    Founded to organize shilled workers into unions

  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Massacre of the Lakota Indians by the U.S. army
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    The Pullman Strike

    A nationwide railroad strike that was the first time the government intervened in strikes

  • Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" Address

    Agreement between Booker T. Washington, African American leaders, and Southern white leaders that blacks would work and submit to white rule and whites would guarantee blacks due process and basic education