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Christopher L. Sholes created the typewriter in 1868. -
He formed the Standard Oil Company on January 10, 1870. The success of this business made him one of the world's first billionaires. -
The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteed African-American males the right to vote. -
It was a phase of fast scientific discovery and industrialization from 1890-1930. -
The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877. -
A federal grand jury revealed 238 people for conspiring to rob the United States government of tax profits. -
Alexander Graham Bell successfully transmitted a human voice over a wire. The telephone transformed
personal and business communication. -
The Triple Alliance was an agreement among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy to help each other under certain circumstances. -
On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was given to the US by France. -
He supported the use of direct-current electricity. He also developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, sound recording, and motion pictures. -
The president of the United States in 1888 was Benjamin Harrison -
Wyoming and Idaho became the 43rd and 44th states in July 1890. -
The Wounded Knee Massacre took place in South Dakota when U.S. Cavalry troopers fired on Lakota people who had been there. -
James Naismith invented basketball, using a basket and a ball. -
This was an industrial lockout and strike that began on July 1, 1892, a battle in which strikers defeated private security agents. -
William Mckinley was the 25th president of the United States in 1897. -
A sheriff's posse kills more than 19 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania. -
The United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898.