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Invention of the Telephone
While Italian innovator Antonio Meucci (pictured at left) is credited with inventing the first basic phone in 1849, and Frenchman Charles Bourseul devised a phone in 1854, Alexander Graham Bell won the first U.S. patent for the device in 1876. -
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Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
The first official World's Fair to be held in the U.S. was held in Philadelphia. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. -
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The Battle of Little Bighorn
It was an armed engagement between combined forces. -
Colorado becomes a state
On August 1, 1876 (28 days after the Centennial of the United States), U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation admitting the state of Colorado to the Union as the 38th state and earning it the moniker "Centennial State". -
The Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten deal, informally arranged among U.S. Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ending the Reconstruction Era. -
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Rutherford B. Hayes became President
Hayes, a lawyer, and staunch abolitionist defended refugee slaves in court proceedings in the antebellum years. -
Inventions of the light bulb
As a young man, Edison moved to New York City and eventually established a laboratory. In 1877 he invented the phonograph, which used a record made of tinfoil to playback sound. -
James A. Garfield is now President
James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his death by assassination six and a half months later. -
James A. Garfield was assassinated
He is the only sitting member of the United States House of Representatives to be elected to the presidency -
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Chester A. Arthur became President
Previously the 20th vice president -
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Grover Cleveland became President
He was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th president of the U.S. -
Found of Interstate Commerce Commission
The initial purpose of the ICC was to control railroads and their unfair business practices. -
The Dawes Act of 1887
The objective of the Dawes Act was to assimilate Native American Indians into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions. -
The National Geographic Society was founded
The National Geographic Society, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world. -
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Benjamin Harrison became President
He was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd president of the U.S. -
South Dakota became a state
South Dakota is an expansive, sparsely populated midwestern U.S. state where rolling prairies give way to the dramatic Black Hills National Forest. -
North Dakota became a state
North Dakota is a midwestern U.S. state dominated by the Great Plains. -
Montana became a state
Montana is a western state defined by its diverse terrain ranging from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains. -
Washington became a state
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. -
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a United States antitrust law that regulates competition among enterprises, which was passed by Congress under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. -
Idaho became the 43rd state
It officially became U.S. territory with the signing of the Oregon Treaty of 1846, but a separate Idaho Territory was not organized until 1863, instead of being included for periods in Oregon Territory and Washington Territory. -
Wyoming became a state
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. -
Sherman Silver Purchase Act
It not only required the U.S. government to purchase nearly twice as much silver as before but also added substantially to the amount of money already in circulation. -
The Tariff Act of 1890
After 450 amendments, the Tariff Act of 1890 was passed and increased average duties across all imports from 38% to 49.5%. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The Battle of Wounded Knee, was a domestic massacre of several hundred Lakota Indians, almost half of whom were women and children, by soldiers of the United States Army. -
Baltimore crisis
The Baltimore crisis was a diplomatic incident that took place between Chile and the United States, after the 1891 Chilean Civil War, as a result of the growing American influence in the Pacific Coast region of Latin America in the 1890s -
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Homestead Strike
Workers belonging to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers struck the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead, Pa. to protest a proposed wage cut. -
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The Panic of 1893
The crisis was set off by the collapse of the two largest employers, the Philidelphia and Reading Railroad and the National Cordage Company. -
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Grover Cleveland's second service as President
His second term opened the worst financial crisis in the country's history. The Panic of 1893. -
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Pullman Strike
It was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States. -
Utah became a state
Utah is a state in the western United States. -
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William McKinley became President
He was president of the U.S. from March 4, 1897, until his assassination six months into his second term. -
Dingley Act
Passed by Congress in July 1897, the Dingley Tariff Act increased duties by an average of 57 percent. -
The explosion of USS Maine
A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship, USS Maine, in Cuba’s Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard. -
The Teller Amendment
The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress -
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Spanish-American War
Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
The American Anti-Imperialist's League was founded
The American Anti-Imperialist League was an organization established on June 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines as an insular area. -
Newlands Resolutions
It was a joint resolution passed on July 4, 1898, by the U.S. Congress to annex the independent Republic of Hawaii. -
Treaty of Paris
Was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain & representatives of the U.S. on Sept. 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
The Open Door Policy
It called for the protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China