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The Great Sioux War
It was a series of battles between the U.S. and Lakota Sioux/Northern Cheyenne. The war started because the United States wanted ownership of the Black Hills. -
The Telephone was invented
Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. -
Colorado became a state
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Phonograph
Thomas Edison invented the Phonograph. -
The light bulb was invented
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. -
James A. Garfield is elected as president
James A. Garfield is elected as the 20th president of the United States. -
The Tuskegee Institute
This African American educational institution was founded by Booker T. Washington. -
James A. Garfield was assassinated
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Chester A. Arthur becomes president
Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21st president of The United States. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress suspended the immigration of all Chinese laborers with the Chinese Exclusion Act, making the Chinese the first immigrant group subject to admission restrictions on the basis of race. They became the first illegal immigrants. -
Immigration Act
The act denied admission to people who were not able to support themselves and those, such as paupers, people with mental illnesses, or convicted criminals, who might otherwise threaten the security of the nation. -
Brooklyn Bridge Opens
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First Rodeo
In Pecos, Texas cowboys from two ranches, the Hash Knife and the W Ranch, competed in roping and riding contests as a way to settle an argument; this event is recognized by historians of the West as the first real rodeo. -
Grover Cleveland is elected president
Grover Cleveland is elected president for the first time. -
The Dawes Act
The act splintered Native American reservations into individual family homesteads. Each head of a family was to be allotted 160 acres. Single people over age eighteen would receive an eighty-acre allotment, and orphaned children received forty acres. A 4 year timeline was established for them to make their allotment selections. If at the end no selection had been made, the act allowed the secretary to appoint an agent to make selections for the remaining tribal members. -
Motion Picture
Thomas Edison patented the concept of motion pictures. -
Benjamin Harrison became the 23rd president
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North and South Dakota became states
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Montana becomes a state
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Washington becomes a state
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Idaho became a state
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Wyoming becomes a state
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The Significance of the Frontier in American History
Fredrick Jackson Turner presented his “frontier thesis" in his essay, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”. -
Panic of 1893
It was a national economic crisis and depression in the U.S. -
Pullman Strike
It was a nationwide railroad strike that ended when President Cleveland dispatched thousands of American soldiers to break the strike. -
Utah becomes a state
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William McKinley becomes president
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The Spanish-American War
The war was between the U.S. and Spain. There were two major causes to the start of the war, first one was that America supported ongoing struggles by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the second was the explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor. The war ended Spain’s colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power. -
The Battleship Maine sunk
The battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor and fueled calls for war with Spain. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty ended the War of 1898/Spanish-American War that allowed the US to gain Spain’s former holdings of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.