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Rutherford B. Hayes elected as president.
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They had escaped into the wilderness, but were starving and suffering when they finally surrendered.
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The first major rail strike, which happened as a result of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers' wages being cut. After it ended in six weeks, nearly 100 Americans had died. -
The Nez Perce Tribe, led by Chief Joseph, were fleeing from the U.S. Army, who wanted to place them in reservations. -
James A. Garfield was elected as president, only to be assassinated four months after being elected.
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Chester A. Arthur elected as president.
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The first real rodeo was held in Pecos, Texas. -
Grover Cleveland elected as president.
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300,000-500,000 laborers went on strike. They were trying to better their circumstances. -
The Dawes General Allotment Act divided the Indian reservations into separate land allotments for the Indian families. The remainder of the land was given to settlers. -
Benjamin Harrison elected as president.
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Sitting Bull is shot by Indian police at Standing Rock Indian Reservation. -
Nearly 300 Lakota Indians are killed by the army during the winter of 1890. The massacre marks the end of the major resistance by the Plains Indians. -
Grover Cleveland reelected as president.
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William McKinley elected as president.
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Thomas Edison patents the kinetoscope, which is a device that you can watch moving pictures without sound through. -
The Anti-Imperialist League is formed to fight U.S. annexation of the Philippines.
