Unit 6 (1865-1898) Flashcards
1865
Beginning of Great Sioux War
1866
Medicine Log treaty reservation system
1869
Founding of the Knights of Labor
1870-1900
The Gilded Era
1873
Panic of 1873
1876
Alexander Graham develops the telephone; Custer’s Last Stand
1877
Great Railroad Strike; Munn v. Illinois
1879
Thomas Edison develops the lightbulb
1882
Formation of the Standard Oil Trust; Chinese Exclusion Act
1883
Pendleton Act
1886
Founding of the American Federation of Labor; Haymarket Bombing
1887
Interstate Commerce Act; Dawes Severalty Act
1890
Sherman Antitrust Act; Ghost Dance Movement; Massacre of Wounded Knee
1892
Homestead lockout; Sierra Club Formed
1893
World’s Exposition in Chicago (Chicago World’s Fair)
1894
Pullman Strike
1896
Plessy v Ferguson
1898
Spanish American War
1900-1920
The Progressive Era
1906
Publication of “Jungle”; Meat Inspection Act; Pure Food and Drug Act; Hepburn Act
1909
Creation of the NAACP
1912
Election of Woodrow Wilson
1913
16th Amendment; 17th Amendment; Henry Ford introduces conveyer belt to automobile production
1914
Federal Reserve Act; Federal Trade Commission; Clayton Antitrust Act; Beginning of World War 1
Beginning of Great Sioux War
1865
Medicine Log treaty reservation system
1866
Founding of the Knights of Labor
1869
The Gilded Era
1870-1900
Panic of 1873
1873
Alexander Graham develops the telephone; Custer’s Last Stand
1876
Great Railroad Strike; Munn v. Illinois
1877
Thomas Edison develops the lightbulb
1879
Formation of the Standard Oil Trust; Chinese Exclusion Act
1882
Pendleton Act
1883
Founding of the American Federation of Labor; Haymarket Bombing
1886
Interstate Commerce Act; Dawes Severalty Act
1887
Sherman Antitrust Act; Ghost Dance Movement; Massacre of Wounded Knee
1890
Homestead lockout; Sierra Club Formed
1892
World’s Exposition in Chicago (Chicago World’s Fair)
1893
Pullman Strike
1894
Plessy v Ferguson
1896
Spanish American War
1898
The Progressive Era
1900-1920
Publication of “Jungle”; Meat Inspection Act; Pure Food and Drug Act; Hepburn Act
1906
Creation of the NAACP
1909
Election of Woodrow Wilson
1912
16th Amendment; 17th Amendment; Henry Ford introduces conveyer belt to automobile production
1913
Federal Reserve Act; Federal Trade Commission; Clayton Antitrust Act; Beginning of World War 1
1914