history By DLK Jan 24, 1858 Pike's Peak Gold Rush Jan 24, 1862 Homestead Act Jan 24, 1864 Sand Creek Massacre Jan 24, 1864 Nevada admitted to the Union Jan 10, 1868 Grant is elected Jan 10, 1869 Fisk and Gould corner the gold market Jan 24, 1869 Haymarket Affair Jan 24, 1869 Fisk and Gould corner the gold market Jan 10, 1871 Tweed scandal in New York Jan 10, 1872 Credit Mobilier scandal exposed Jan 10, 1873 panic of 1873 Jan 10, 1875 whiskey ring scandal Jan 24, 1876 Custer's Last Stand Jan 10, 1880 Garfield's election Jan 10, 1881 Garfield's assassination, Arthur assumes presidency Jan 10, 1882 chinese exclusion act Jan 24, 1884 Federal government outlaws the Indian Sun Dance Jan 24, 1886 Wabash v. Illinois Jan 24, 1887 Dawes Severalty Act Jan 24, 1887 Interstate Commerce Act Jan 24, 1889 Oklahoma opened to settlement Jan 24, 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act Jan 24, 1890 Battle Of Wounded Knee Jan 24, 1890 the Emergence of the Populist party Jan 24, 1892 Homestead Steel Strike Jan 24, 1894 Pullman Strike Jan 24, 1896 Mckinley is elected Jan 24, 1900 Gold Standard Act Jan 24, 1909 Foundation of NAACP Jan 24, 1924 Indians granted US citizenship