Realism and Naturalism Timeline

  • Charles Darwin Published "On the Origin of Species"

    Charles Darwin Published "On the Origin of Species"

  • Election of Abraham Lincoln

    Election of Abraham Lincoln

  • Hiram Rhodes Revels is theFirst African American to be Sworn into the United States Congress

    Hiram Rhodes Revels is theFirst African American to be Sworn into the United States Congress

  • 15th Amendment Added to Constitution

    15th Amendment Added to Constitution

    Race could no longer ban someone from voting
  • World's First National Park is Established

    World's First National Park is Established

  • First Zoo is Opened

    First Zoo is Opened

  • Battle of Little Big Horn

    Battle of Little Big Horn

  • Immigration to Northern Cities

    Immigration to Northern Cities

    9 million people within a twenty year period
  • Beginning of the Contraction of the Panama Canal under President Theodore Roosevelt

    Beginning of the Contraction of the Panama Canal under President Theodore Roosevelt

  • The Statue of Liberty arrives for the first time in New York

    The Statue of Liberty arrives for the first time in New York

  • Washington Monument Officially Opens to the Public

    Washington Monument Officially Opens to the Public

  • New York Stock Exchange Collapses

    New York Stock Exchange Collapses

  • Women in Colorado are Granted the Right to Vote

  • Stephen Crane Published His Most Famous Book "Red Badge of Courage"

    Stephen Crane Published His Most Famous Book "Red Badge of Courage"

  • First Boston Marathon

    First Boston Marathon

  • First Major Oil Discovery in Texas

    First Major Oil Discovery in Texas

  • First Movie Theater Opens in the United States

  • Boy Scouts of America is Established