The Period of Realism and Naturalism By kpatrick 1844 "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is published my Mark Twain 1855 "My Bondage and My Freedom" by Fredrick Douglass 1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected as the US president 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln 1865 Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant and the Civil War is over 1876 Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell 1877 Thomas Edison and the phonograph 1883 Brooklyn Bridge 1884 Mark Twain releases the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1890 Last battle of Wounded Knee fought between US and Native American's 1895 "The Red Badge of Courage" is published to the public 1895 The Red Badge of Courage 1898 Radium and Polonium are invented by Marie Currie 1903 Wright Brothers had a brief flight with their first powered aircraft 1908 Henry Ford and the Model-T 1910 Jack Johnson beats Tommy Burns and becomes the first black boxer to win the Heavyweight Championship