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Native Americans and a System of Reservation
The U.S. government ordered the Native American Indians that resided throughout the western lands of America into the System of Reservation. This event led to the Great Sioux War -
President Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes won the presidential election and became the 19th president of the United States. -
Telephone Invention
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. -
California Gold Rush Founder Dies
John Sutter who owned the land where the discovery of gold was made died. -
President James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield won the presidential election and became the 20th president of the United States. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull defeated General Custer. -
President Garfield Shot
James Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau in the Washington, D.C. railroad system. -
President Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21st president after the assassination of President Charles Garfield. -
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
The Civil Service Reform Act is passed by Congress, overhauling federal civil service and establishing the U.S. Civil Service agency. -
Changes in the Civil Rights Act
The U.S. Supreme Court finds part of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional and decides to now allow individuals and corporations to discriminate based on race. -
President Grover Cleaveland
Grover Cleaveland won the presidential election in 1885 and 1893. He was the first president to leave the White House and return for a second term making him the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. -
The Haymarket Riot
In Chicago, Illinois three days after the start of a general strike in the United States that pushed for an eight-hour workday the Haymarket riot and bombing took place -
President Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison won the presidential election and became the 23rd president of the United States. -
Wall Street Journal
The very first Wall Street Journal was published. -
President William McKinley
William McKinley won the Presidential vote and became the 25th president of the United States -
Battle of San Juan Hill
Theodore Roosevelt led the Rough Riders during the Battle of San Juan Hill. -
President McKinley Shot
President William H. McKinley is shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York while shaking hands with fair visitors, following his speech at the event on President's Day the day before. Leon Czolgosz is arrested for the crime. -
First Successful Flight
Inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright succeed in the first sustained and manned plane flight, taking the heavier-than-air machine through the winds of Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, and man into an age of flight -
The Louisiana Purchase Opens
Known for its spectacular ivory buildings, the inventions of the ice cream cone the Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens. -
President Theodore Roosevelt
After serving three years in the office due to the death of William McKinley, he defeats Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker and Theodore Roosevelt wins his first election for President. -
The Pure Food, Drug, and the Meat Inspection Acts are passed
These three Acts are passed. -
Native American Senator Takes Office
Charles Curtis, from Kansas, takes office as the first Native American Senator -
Invention of the Vacuum
British engineer Hubert Cecil Booth and American inventor David T. Kenney invented the vacuum cleaner. -
Rural Credits Act
Financial aid to farmers is awarded by the passage of the Rural Credits Act. These payments would be further strengthened with the passage of a second bill, the Warehouse Act. -
WWI
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I. -
A Congressional Resolution
A Congressional resolution is signed by President Warren G. Harding, declaring peace in World War I hostilities with Germany, Austria, and Hungary. The treaties would be executed one month later. -
The Civil War in China
The civil war in China prompts one thousand United States marines to land in order to protect the property of United States interests. -
President Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hover wins the presidential election and became the 31st president of the United States. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt wins the presidential election and became the 32nd president of the United States. He was president for 4 terms -
The New Deal
The New Deal social and economic programs were passed by the United States Congress -
The 21st Amendment
The 21st Amendment which ends prohibition is passed by the U.S. Constitution. -
The First African American Federal Judge.
William Henry Hastie was appointed to the federal bench which made his the first African American to become a federal judge. -
Pearl Harbor
This attack from the Japanese took the greatest amount of U.S. naval lives in history with 1,177 sailor and marines perishing in the attack, as well as the loss or damage to twenty-one naval ships, led to the entry of American troops into World War II.