1862:
1865:
Civil war end
Reconstruction begins
Lincoln assassination, Johnson takes over
1866:
1867:
Tenement House Act passed in NYC
The Grange party formed
1868:
Ulysses S. Grant elected
1869:
1870:
Farmers Alliance formed
1873:
End of minting silver; gold sole monetary standard
Panic of 1873
1874:
Barbed wire invented/patented; closure of the west
Grant refuses to increase paper money supply
1876:
Battle of Little Big Horn: last great Indian victory
Telephone patented
1877:
Military withdraws from south, end radical reconstruction
1878:
Bland-Allison Act: required treasury to buy silver and begin coinage again
Susan B. Anthony's women's suffrage amendment defeated
1879:
Lightbulb invented
1882:
Chinese exclusion act
1883:
Pendleton Civil Service Act ends spoils system
Civil Service Commission established
Segregation becomes lawful with civil rights cases
Time zones established across country
1884:
Mark Twain writes Huckleberry Finn: The "first truly American novel"
1886:
Munn v. Illionis reversed, states can't control interstate lines
Settlement house movement begins
American Federation of Labor established
1887:
Farm and land prices fall dramatically
Dawes Severalty Act: Forced assimilation of American Indians
1889:
North and South Dakota, Washington state, and Montana become states
Motion picture camera created
Pan-American conference held in DC
Andrew Carnegie published the Gospel of Wealth
1890:
Sherman Silver Purchase Act directed treasury to purchase 50% more silver
Wounded knee massacre ends Indian Wars
Yosemite: first national park established
Censurs Bureau claims frontier officially closed
1891:
People Party/Populists formed from Greenback Party, Silver Party, and Farmers Alliance
1892:
1893:
Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed
Chicago World Fair
Anti-Saloon League crusades to limit/prohibit alcohol
1894:
Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act reestablishes reduced McKinley Tarriffs
Pullman Strike paralyzes nation, Cleveland calls in troops
Coxey's Army marched on Washington D.C. demanding government provide jobs
1895:
1896:
Utah becomes state
Mormon church no longer accepts polygamy
Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska begins, increases supply of gold and demand for silver
1898:
Spanish-American War begins
1899:
1900:
Gold Standard Act paper money only backed by Gold
1865:
Civil war end
Reconstruction begins
Lincoln assassination, Johnson takes over
1866:
1867:
Tenement House Act passed in NYC
The Grange party formed
1868:
Ulysses S. Grant elected
1869:
1870:
Farmers Alliance formed
1873:
End of minting silver; gold sole monetary standard
Panic of 1873
1874:
Barbed wire invented/patented; closure of the west
Grant refuses to increase paper money supply
1876:
Battle of Little Big Horn: last great Indian victory
Telephone patented
1877:
Military withdraws from south, end radical reconstruction
1878:
Bland-Allison Act: required treasury to buy silver and begin coinage again
Susan B. Anthony's women's suffrage amendment defeated
1879:
Lightbulb invented
1882:
Chinese exclusion act
1883:
Pendleton Civil Service Act ends spoils system
Civil Service Commission established
Segregation becomes lawful with civil rights cases
Time zones established across country
1884:
Mark Twain writes Huckleberry Finn: The "first truly American novel"
1886:
Munn v. Illionis reversed, states can't control interstate lines
Settlement house movement begins
American Federation of Labor established
1887:
Farm and land prices fall dramatically
Dawes Severalty Act: Forced assimilation of American Indians
1889:
North and South Dakota, Washington state, and Montana become states
Motion picture camera created
Pan-American conference held in DC
Andrew Carnegie published the Gospel of Wealth
1890:
Sherman Silver Purchase Act directed treasury to purchase 50% more silver
Wounded knee massacre ends Indian Wars
Yosemite: first national park established
Censurs Bureau claims frontier officially closed
1891:
People Party/Populists formed from Greenback Party, Silver Party, and Farmers Alliance
1892:
1893:
Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed
Chicago World Fair
Anti-Saloon League crusades to limit/prohibit alcohol
1894:
Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act reestablishes reduced McKinley Tarriffs
Pullman Strike paralyzes nation, Cleveland calls in troops
Coxey's Army marched on Washington D.C. demanding government provide jobs
1895:
1896:
Utah becomes state
Mormon church no longer accepts polygamy
Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska begins, increases supply of gold and demand for silver
1898:
Spanish-American War begins
1899:
1900:
Gold Standard Act paper money only backed by Gold
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