Period 6: 1865-1898 By jayrobertson 1865 1st Coney Island Amusement Park https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/coney-timeline/ Period: Apr 1, 1865 to Dec 15, 1898 Period 6: 1865-1898 https://www.gilderlehrman.org/ap-us-history/period-6 Apr 9, 1865 Civil War Ends = South Surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/historyculture/the-surrender-meeting.htm Aug 15, 1865 Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall at their height of power https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/boss-tweed Aug 20, 1866 William H. Sylvis founded NLU https://fiveable.me/key-terms/united-states-history-since-1865/national-labor-union?scrlybrkr=44641037 Jun 15, 1867 Long drives launch cattle bonanza https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/gilded-age-american-west/ Jul 20, 1867 The Indian Peace Commission formed https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ791490 Oct 18, 1867 US purchases AK https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-takes-possession-of-alaska Dec 4, 1867 National Grange founded https://www.nationalgrange.org/about-us/history/ Nov 4, 1868 Ulysses S. Grant elected president https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ulysses-s-grant-event-timeline Nov 27, 1868 Black Kettle and Cheyenne killed by US https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/chief-black-kettle May 18, 1869 Transcontinental railroad completed https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad Nov 6, 1869 Princeton vs Rutgers in 1st intercollegiate FB game Dec 10, 1869 Wyoming territorial legislature granted women the right to vote and to hold public office https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/woman-suffrage/ Dec 28, 1869 Knights of Labor founded https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/knights-of-labor Jan 10, 1870 John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/united-states-history-since-1865/standard-oil Feb 8, 1870 U.S. govt implementation of Concentration Policy https://library.fiveable.me/apush/unit-6/westward-expansion-social-cultural-development-1865-1898/study-guide/tjZEnBbepPcpcbtaF5eA Feb 1, 1871 First Granger Laws passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/granger-laws Oct 8, 1871 Great Chicago Fire https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/october-08/ Mar 1, 1872 Yellowstone National Park Act https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/management/yellowstoneprotectionact1872.htm Aug 18, 1872 Montgomery Ward distributes 1st catalog https://www.chicagohistory.org/montgomery-ward/ Sep 4, 1872 Credit Mobilier scandal exposed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/credit-mobilier-scandal Nov 7, 1872 Grant reelected president https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/ulysses-s-grant/ Oct 27, 1873 Barbed wire invented https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/barbed-wire Nov 18, 1874 WCTU founded https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/womens-christian-temperance-union Jan 14, 1875 Specie Resumption Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/specie-resumption-act-of-1875 May 10, 1875 Whiskey Ring uncovered https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/whiskey-ring 1876 John Hopkins University creates 1st modern grad school Mar 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell receives patent for telephone https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alexander-graham-bell-patents-the-telephone Jun 26, 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/battle-of-little-bighorn Jan 29, 1877 Compromise of 1877 https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/compromise-of-1877 Mar 21, 1877 National Farmers' Alliance formed https://study.com/academy/lesson/farmers-alliance-origins-accomplishments-significance.html Apr 24, 1877 Reconstruction Ends Jun 14, 1877 Nez Perce War https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/nez-perce-tribe Jul 16, 1877 Great Railroad Strike https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/great-railroad-strike-of-1877 Oct 22, 1879 Thomas Edison improved on the electric light bulb https://www.history.com/news/when-edison-turned-night-into-day Nov 1, 1879 Carlisle Indian School formally opened 1880 Social Darwinism ideologies that emerge https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/social-darwinism Nov 5, 1880 Garfield elected President https://millercenter.org/president/garfield 1881 Helen Hunt Jackson's "A Century of Dishonor" https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/century-of-dishonor Jul 2, 1881 Garfield is assassinated; Arthur becomes president https://www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-president-james-a-garfield May 6, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/chinese-exclusion-act Jan 16, 1883 Pendleton Civil Service Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/pendleton-civil-service-act May 24, 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opens https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brooklyn-bridge-opens 1884 1st steel girder "skyscraper" built Nov 7, 1884 Cleveland becomes president (1st term) https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/grover-cleveland-first-term-event-timeline 1886 Apache War https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/geronimo-surrenders 1886 AFL founded https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/american-federation-of-labor-afl May 4, 1886 Haymarket square riot https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/haymarket-square-riot Feb 4, 1887 Interstate Commerce Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/interstate-commerce-act-of-1887 Feb 8, 1887 Dawes Severalty Act passed Nov 6, 1888 Benjamin Harrison elected president https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/benjamin-harrison-event-timeline Jun 20, 1889 "Gospel of Wealth" published https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/gospel-of-wealth Sep 18, 1889 Jane Addams opens Hull House https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/hull-house 1890 Alfred T Mahan publishes The Influence of Sea Power upon History https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-influence-of-sea-power-upon-history-summary.html 1890 Bison nearly extinct https://www.environmentandsociety.org/tools/keywords/near-extinction-great-plains-bison-1820-1900 Jan 15, 1890 Jacob Riis published How The Other Half Lives https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/how-the-other-half-lives Apr 8, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/sherman-antitrust-act Jul 14, 1890 Sherman Silver Purchase Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/sherman-silver-purchase-act Dec 29, 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/wounded-knee-massacre 1891 The Populist Party founded https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/populist-party Dec 21, 1891 James Naismith invents basketball https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/basketball-invention-james-naismith Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island opens https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/ellis-island Apr 15, 1892 General Electric formed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/general-electric Jul 1, 1892 Carnegie Steel Founded https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/carnegie-steel-company Jul 6, 1892 Homestead strike https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/homestead-strike-of-1892 Nov 3, 1892 Cleveland elected to a 2nd term as president (Non-consecutive) https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/grover-cleveland-second-term-event-timeline May 1, 1893 Columbian exposition of 1893 http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1386.html May 3, 1893 Panic of 1893 https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/panic-of-1893 Jul 12, 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis https://study.com/learn/lesson/the-significance-of-the-frontier-in-american-history-turner-summary-analysis.html Mar 25, 1894 Coxey's Army began its march https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/jacob-coxey May 11, 1894 Pullman Strike https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/pullman-strike-of-1894 1895 Jim Crow laws passed throughout the South https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws Sep 18, 1895 Booker T Washington outlines Atlanta Compromise https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/atlanta-compromise-speech May 18, 1896 Plessy v Ferguson decision https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/plessy-v-ferguson Jul 9, 1896 William Jennings Bryan delivers Cross of Gold speech https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/cross-of-gold-speech Nov 3, 1896 McKinley elected president https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/william-mckinley Feb 15, 1898 U.S.S. Maine explodes = Start of the War w/ Spain https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-maine-explodes