Us History II Timeline 1880-1914 By aruggieri Period: 1867 to 1911 American Imperialism Period: 1880 to 1896 Gilded Age 1881 James Garfield Period: 1881 to 1885 Chester Arthue Jun 20, 1881 Sitting Bull surrender Period: 1885 to 1889 Grover Cleveland Period: 1889 to 1893 Benjamin Harrison Dec 29, 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee Jan 1, 1892 Opening of Ellis Island as an immigration center Jun 30, 1892 Homestead Strike Period: 1893 to 1897 Grover Cleveland Period: 1897 to 1920 Progressive Era Period: 1897 to 1901 William McKinley Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 Spanish American War Jul 12, 1898 Annexation of Hawaii Period: 1901 to 1909 Theodore Roosevelt Period: 1903 to 1914 Construction of the Panama Canal Jun 30, 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act Period: 1909 to 1913 William H. Taft Feb 12, 1909 Founding of the NAACP Period: 1913 to 1921 Woodrow Wilson Aug 18, 1920 19th amendment