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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone a few days after receiving a patent for it and states the famous words to his partner Thomas Watson, " “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.” (Link to Video: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alexander-graham-bell-patents-the-telephone)
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During this time, many railroad workers went on strike, in hopes of gaining higher and better working conditions.
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The Central Government pulls out of the South, and Democrats come back to control, destroying a great part of the advancement in the area. This formally ends the reconstruction era.
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Rutherford B. Hayes becomes the 19th President of the United States.
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Around this time in 1880, Thomas Edison has patented his idea for a light bulb and begins the process of manufacturing with his company.
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James A. Garfield becomes the 20th President of the United States, but is assassinated a few months Lateran July 2, 1881
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Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21st President of the United States.
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Much like the Chinese Exclusion Act, congress passes the Immigration Act. This limits immigrants that cannot support themselves, the mentally ill, and criminals from entering the United States
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Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act, banishing Chinese migrants from entering the nation. (Link to Video: https://www.pbs.org/video/chinese-exclusion-act-trailer-n22mpb/)
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Stephen Grover Cleveland becomes the 22nd President of the United States.
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It was authorized by the 49th US Congress. It approved the Leader of the US to survey local Native American land and separate it into allotments for individual native peoples.
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Benjamin Harrison becomes the 23rd President of the United States.
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Thomas Edison creates a motion picture camera and viewer in 1891
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Stephen Grover Cleveland gets elected President a second time as the 24th President of the United States.
