Triple Era US History By pulidor Period: 1869 to 1877 Ulysses S. Grant Period: 1870 to 1900 The Gilded Age Period: 1877 to 1881 Rutherford B Hayes. Period: 1880 to 1914 American Imperialism Period: 1881 to 1881 James A Garfield Period: 1881 to 1885 Chester A Arthur Jul 20, 1881 Sitting Bull Surrenders Period: 1885 to 1889 Grover Cleveland Dec 8, 1886 Founding of the AFL Period: 1889 to 1893 Benjamin Harris Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island Opening Period: 1893 to 1897 Grover Cleveland Pt.2 Period: Apr 13, 1896 to May 18, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Period: 1897 to 1920 The Progressive Era Period: 1897 to 1901 William McKinley Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 Spanish-American War Period: 1901 to 1909 Theodore Roosevelt Dec 17, 1903 Wright Brothers First Flight Jan 1, 1907 Pure Food and Drug Act Jan 1, 1907 Panic of 1907 Period: 1909 to 1913 William Howard Taft Feb 12, 1909 Founding of the NAACP Period: 1913 to 1921 Woodrow Wilson Aug 18, 1920 19th Amendment Added