History timeline industrial age By ns2246 Period: 1800 to 2000 History timeline industrial age 1876 Alexander graham bell invents the telephone 1877 munn vs. Illinois established government regulation of railroads 1877 mother Jones supports the great strike of 1877 1879 Thomas A. Edison invents workable light bulb 1884 Grover Cleveland is elected president 1886 hay market riot turns against public sentiment against unions 1890 congress passes the sheman antitrust act 1894 president Cleveland sends Federal troops to Illinois to end Pullman strike 1896 central pacific and union pacific finish transcontinental railroad 1896 William McKinley is elected for president 1900 William McKinley is reelected