Timeline Activity 1880-1914 By facebooker_1386228551716947 Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Jan 1, 1900 Gilded Age Period: Jan 1, 1880 to Dec 31, 1914 1880-1914 Jan 2, 1880 Sitting Bull’s surrender. (slightly before) Mar 15, 1881 Construction of the Panama Canal Jul 8, 1881 Founding of the Tuskegee Institute Dec 8, 1886 Founding of the AFL (American Federation of Labor) Period: Jan 1, 1896 to Jan 1, 1916 Progressive Era Apr 21, 1898 Spanish American War Jan 1, 1899 Phillipino American War Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Jan 1, 1950 American Imperialism Dec 17, 1903 Wright Brothers first flight Dec 31, 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act Feb 12, 1909 Founding of the NAACP Jan 1, 1913 NWP Protests for Women's suffrage