Gilded Age 1876-1900 By texkatgirl 1876 The Election of 1876 1876 The Centennial Exposition of 1876 1876 The Iron Horse Mar 7, 1876 Invention of the Telephone by Alexander Graham Bell Jun 25, 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn Mar 5, 1877 Inaugural Address of Rutherford B. Hayes - 1877 Jul 14, 1877 The Great Strike of 1877 Oct 5, 1877 Chief Joseph Surrenders Feb 9, 1878 Thomas Edison Patents the Phonograph Apr 15, 1878 The Exodusters Oct 14, 1878 The Invention of The Light Bulb - Thomas Edison Nov 4, 1879 The Invention of the Cash Register - James Ritty Mar 1, 1880 Ex Parte Virginia Apr 17, 1880 Benjamin "Pap" Singleton - Testimony Before the Senate Nov 2, 1880 The Election of 1880 May 21, 1881 Founding of the Red Cross Jul 2, 1881 The Assassination of James Garfield Jul 4, 1881 Tuskegee University was Founded Dec 3, 1881 The International Cotton Exposition May 6, 1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act Jun 30, 1882 The Ballad of Charles Guiteau Jan 4, 1883 The Pendleton Act May 24, 1883 The Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge 1884 Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion Nov 4, 1884 The Election of 1884 1885 World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition - New Orleans 1886 The Great Southwest Strike - March of 1886 - September of 1886 1886 Anti Chinese Riots - February 6-9, 1886 Mar 17, 1886 The Carrollton Massacre May 4, 1886 The Haymarket Riots May 8, 1886 The Invention of Coca Cola -John S Pemberton Sep 4, 1886 The Surrender of Geronimo Oct 28, 1886 The Dedication of the Statue of Liberty From France Dec 8, 1886 The American Federation of Labor was Founded 1887 The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 1888 The Invention of the Kodak Camera by George Eastman 1888 The Invention of the Motion Picture Camera by James Edison Mar 11, 1888 The Blizzard of 1888 Nov 6, 1888 The Election of 1888 Apr 22, 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush 1890 The Jim Crow Laws - 1890 Jul 2, 1890 The Sherman Antitrust Act Dec 15, 1890 The Death of Sitting Bull Dec 29, 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre 1891 Populist Party Formed - 1891 Mar 14, 1891 The Largest Mass Lynching in America Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island Opens Jun 30, 1892 The Homestead Strike - June 30, 1892 - July 6, 1892 Aug 4, 1892 The Lizzie Bordon Case Nov 8, 1892 The Election of 1892 May 11, 1894 The Pullman Strike - May 11, 1894 - July 20, 1894 Sep 18, 1895 Booker T. Washington Atlanta Compromise Speech 1896 Henry Ford - Quadricycle - 1896 May 18, 1896 Plessy V Ferguson - Nov 3, 1896 The Election of 1896 1898 Annexation of Hawaii - 1898 Apr 21, 1898 The Spanish American War - April 21,1898 - August 13,1898 Oct 19, 1901 The Martyred Presidents - Release