Homestead Act By adilene3030 1862 Homestead Act 1869 Transcontinental Railroad Completed 1876 Telephone Invented 1877 Reconstruction Ends 1877 Reconstruction Ends 1877 Gilded Age 1878 Light Bulb Invented 1883 Pendleton Act 1887 Daews Act 1887 Interstate Commerce Act 1890 Klondike Gold Rush 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1892 Homestead Steel Labor Strike 1894 Pullman Labor Strike