APUSH chapter 19 By Abbyivey 1862 Morrill act authorizes land grant colleges 1869 Knights of labor founded 1870 Standard oil founded 1873 Financial panic brings severe depression 1876 Baseballs national league founded, Alexander graham bell patents the telephone 1879 Thomas Edison invents the incandescent bulb, depression ends 1881 Tuskegee institute found 1882 Peak of immigration to the United States in the 19th century, Chinese exclusion act passed, standard oil trust founded 1883 William graham sumner published the social Darwinist classic “what social classes owe to each other” 1886 Campaigns for 8hour workday peak, haymarket riot and massacre discredit the knights of labor, American federation of labor founded 1890 Sherman antitrust act passed 1893 Stock market panic precipitates severe depression 1895 Coney Island opens 1896 Rural free delivery begins 1900 Andrew carnegies “gospel of wealth” recommends honesty and fair dealing 1901 US steel corporation formed