Timeline Project 1876-1900

  • Battle of Little Big Horn

    Battle of Little Big Horn
    A battle between the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne tribes against Colonel George Custer and his troops. Custer was unaware of the size of the tribe's warriors and was quickly overwhelmed by them. This became known as Custers Last Stand
  • Thomas Edison and the Photograph

    Thomas Edison and the Photograph
    Thomas Edison announces his completion of the first photograph by recording sound off of tinfoil cylinders
  • Terror with President Garfield

    President Garfield was shot in the Potomac Railroad station by Charles Guiteau and died 79 days later
  • Statue of Liberty

    Statue of Liberty
    A gift from France to show our alliance, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated to the New York harbor
  • 26th President Election

    26th President Election
    Grover Cleveland, the current holder of office, was defeated by his opponent Benjamin Harris in electoral votes, but not popular votes
  • Johnstown Flood

    The damn started to show concern when it spillway became clogged with debris‘s. An engineer saw signs of disaster and tried to warn the town, but the telegraph lines were out. Jonestown was swept away by the 40 mph water and it took over 2,200 lives.
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre
    US Calvary open fire on innocent men women and children in the Lakota tribe.
  • Coxey’s Army

    A protest march for the unemployed led by Jacob Coxey
  • U. S. S. Maine

    U. S. S. Maine
    in American battleship that exploded in a harbor in Havana, Cuba
  • War with Spain

    War with Spain
    due to the events with the USS Maine in February the US declared war on Spain