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Republican Grant defeated Democrat Seymour for the 1868 presidency.
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Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to corner the gold market.
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Garfield was assasinated by Charles Guiteau and Vice President, Arthur resumes the presidency.
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"Boss" Tweed was the leader of New York City's Democratic Political Machine and responsible for the Tammany Hall scandal.
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several members of Congress received free stock in return for protecting the Crédit Mobilier, a railroad construction company, from investigation for financial irregularities.
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Grant beats Greeley for the presidency.
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The Panic of 1873 triggered a economic depression in the United States that lasted until 1879.
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This act provided the redemption of United States paper money.
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This Act required the equal facilities and treatment of all people regardless of race.
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A group of distillers and public officials who robbed the federal government of whiskey taxes.
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The Hayes-Tilden Election caused controversey and resulted in the Compromise of 1877.
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The Compromise settled the 1876 U.S. Presidential election and ended reconstruction in the South.
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Southern reconstruction ended after the Compromise of 1877, when all troops were pulled from the south.
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Garfield defeats Hancock for the 1880 presidency.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first major law restricting immigration to the United States, passed by congress adn signed by president Arthur.
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The Pendleton Act created the Civil Service Comission, which requires government officials to pass exams.
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Cleveland defeats Blaine for the 1884 presidency.
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The United States forms a treaty with the Hawaiian governemnet guaranteeing naval rights a pearl harbor.
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Harrison defeats Cleveland for the 1888 presidency.
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The Mikenley Tariff increased the tariffs on manufactured goods to as high as 49%.
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Cleveland defeats Harrison adn Weaver to win the 1892 presidency.
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Cleveland withdrew the Hawaiian treaty from the Senate in 1893
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The Pullman Palcae car strike was a massive strike agianst the railroads. The government eventually intervened.
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Cubans revolt against Spain because of misrule and injustice to their colony.
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Utah is the fourty fifth state admitted to the union.
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A Venezuelan boundray crisi breaks out with Britian,
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McKinley defeats Bryan for the 1896 presidency.
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The Dingley Tariff added a 47% to goods such as salt, sugar, wool, linens and silk,
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The Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor in Cuba. While the cause was most probably accidental, yellow journalism blamed Spanish officals.
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This Amendment authorized the United States to use military force to win Cuban Independance from Spain.
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The Spanish American war was fought because of diputes between the United States and Spain. American was eventually victorious.
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The United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 making it a U.S. territory.
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Dewey emerged victorious over a Spanish fleet at this battle.
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The United States Senate ratified a treaty that acquired the Philippines.
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The Gold Standard Act was passed in 1900 stating that gold was the only standard for redeeming paper money in the United States.
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The Foraker Act is a United States law that established civilian government to Puerto Rico.
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Recently annexed Hawaii, recieve full territorial rights in 1900 by th United States government.
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The Platt Amendment was a treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that tried to protect Cuba's independence.
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The Insular Cases were U.S. Supreme Court cases dealing with the status of territories acquired through the SPanish-AMerican War.
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American troops leave Cuba.
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Oklahoma was the fourty sixth state admitted to the Union.
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Wilson defeats Taft and Roosevelt for presidency.
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This Amendment gave congress the authority to create a national income tax.
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Also known as the Tariff ACt, this act lowered tariff rates from 40% to 25% and was signed by president Wilson.
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The Federal Reserve Act created the central banking system of the United States of America and was signed to law by President WIlson.
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The Seventtenth AMendment called for direct election of senators.
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Huerta takes power in Mexico in 1913 as a result of the MExican Revolution.
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WWI begins in Europe with the Central Powers versus the Allied Powers
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This ACt was an amendment to clarify the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890.
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This occupation was a result of poor diplomatic relations between Mexico and the US, relating to the Mexican Revolution.
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The Federal Trade Comission promotion of consumer protection and the and prevention of monopolies.
