United States History: 1876 - 1900

  • Colorado becomes a state

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    Rutherford B. Hayes being president

  • Edison Announces Electric Power and Lighting

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    High Immigration Numbers

    Many Immigrants Moved over to America to purchase land because it was cheaper
  • James A. Garfield as president

    James elected as president for the 1881 term
  • James A Garfield shot

    President James A. Garfield was shot by a lawyer, Charles J. Guiteau. Vice president Chester Arthur
  • Supreme Courts finds the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional

    In the finding of this, the Supreme court allowed cooperations to discriminate by race.
  • Grover Cleveland wins election

    Grover Cleveland wins election over James Blaine and is put in office in 1885
  • Wounded Knee Battle

    America defeated the Indians in South Dakota, marking it the end of the major battles between the Indians and Americans.