Realism and Naturalism Era By juliannestaten 1855 "Leaves of Grass" is published 1855 "My Bondage and My Freedom" is published 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates 1859 John Brown leads a raid at Harper's Ferry 1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected US president 1860 South Carolina secedes from the union 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter, civil war begins 1863 Emancipation Proclomation 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrenders 1874 "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is published 1876 Baseball National League is founded 1877 COMPROMISE OF 1877 1877 Thomas Edison patents the phonograph 1883 Brooklyn Bridge is opened 1883 Railroads adopt standard time zones 1886 Statue of Liberty is dedicated 1894 Sino-Japanese war breaks out 1895 First pro football game played in Pennsylvania 1903 "Call of the Wild" is published 1908 Henry Ford builds his first model
