1869 |
- Completion of first transcontinental railroad.
- National Woman Suffrage Association founded.
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1870 |
- John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil Company.
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1872 |
- Andrew Carnegie builds world’s largest steel plant.
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1873 |
- Wall Street panic leads to major economic depression.
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1874 |
- Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) founded.
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1876 |
- Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates telephone.
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1877 |
- Rutherford B. Hayes sworn in as president.
- Munn v. Illinois.
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1880 |
- James A. Garfield elected president.
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1881 |
- Garfield assassinated; Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes president.
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1882 |
- John D. Rockefeller develops the trust.
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1883 |
- Pendleton Civil Service Act.
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1884 |
- Grover Cleveland elected president.
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1886 |
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1887 |
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1888 |
- Benjamin Harrison elected president.
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1890 |
- McKinley tariff.
- General Federation of Women’s Clubs
- Sherman Antitrust Act.
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1892 |
- Ida B. Wells launches antilynching campaign.
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1893 |
- Wall Street panic touches off national depression.
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1895 |
- J. P. Morgan bails out U.S. Treasury.
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1901 |
- U.S. Steel incorporated and capitalized at $1.4 billion.
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