Timeline of Important Events 1865-1935

Important United States History Events 1865-1935

Important Event #19

USS Maine Explosion 1898

Important Event #18

The US battleship sent to Havana to protect Americans and their property. An accidental explosion sank it, killing 260 men. The newspapers said was blown up by Spain. This led to the Spanish-American War.

Important Event #12

Presidencies from 1865-1935

Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

Important Event #1

James A. Garfield Assassination 1881

Abraham Lincoln Assassination

1865

A case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregated, "seperate but equal" public accommodations for blacks and whites did not violate the 14th amendment.

Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865*

Andrew Johnson 1865-1869

Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877

Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881

James A. Garfield 1881*

Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885

Grover Cleveland 1885-1889

Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893

Grover Cleveland 1893-1897

William McKinley 1897-1901*

Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909

William H. Taft 1909-1913

Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

Warren G. Harding 1921-1923

Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929

Herbert Hoover 1929-1933

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945

Important Event #9

Important Event #7

Lincoln was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14 of 1865.

Important Event #17

Red River War 1874

He became president of the US and within 4 months was assassinated by Charles Guiteau.

Important Event #4

Yellowstone National Park 1872

The Panic of 1893

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Important Event #20

Important Event #2

This act affirmed that all persons born in the United States are citizens and that all citizens are equally protected by law.

The US Army launched a campaign to forcibly remove Indians from the Southern Plains and into reservations in Indian Territory.

Cause by over building, over speculation, labor disorders, and ongoing agricultural depression.

William Mckinley Assassination 1901

It was the first National Park

in the United States.

It is located between the

borders of Wyoming, Montana,

and Idaho.

It is also famous

for Old Faithful.

The

13th Amendment

1865

Important Event #5

Important Event #13

Important Event #3

Transcontinental Railroad

1869

Important Event #10

Chinese Exclusion Act

1882

Freedmen's Bureau Established

1865

Important Event #16

The first Transcontinental Railroad was completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory

Mckinley was fatally shot by Anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Theodore Roosevelt took over office.

Important Event #8

The 13th amendment is passed, completely outlawing slavery.

The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Homestead Strike 1892

A government agency that was to help newly freed African Americans find jobs, homes, education, and a better life.

This act was passed by Congress and it prohibited Chinese Immigration.

This was one of the most violent strikes in the US. It was against the Homestead Steel Works in retaliation against cut wages.

The Panic of 1873

Important Event #6

A federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era to guarantee African Americans equal treatment in public accomidations and transportation. It prohibited discrimination against blacks in public places. It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

The Great Chicago Fire 1871

Important Event #15

Important Event #14

Wounded Knee Massacre

1890

September 18, 1873.

Jay Cooke´s firm went bankrupt and caused banks to close, stock markets to collapse, and left unemployment rates terribly high.

This killed hundreds of people and destroyed almost all of downtown Chicago, Illinois

Haymarket Riot

1886

The site of two conflicts between the Sioux Indians and the US government. The Sioux left the reservation in protest because of the death of Sitting Bull. The US Army killed 150 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee.

Important Event #11

This took place in Chicago, IL between rioters and police. It was a direct result of the extreme tensions between laborers and the wealthy business owners. It ended when someone threw a bomb and killed dozens of people.

Battle of Little Bighorn 1876

June 25, 1876 gold was discovered in the Black Hills Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Whites invaded the Indians' land and drove them to war. George A. Custer and all of his men were killed by the Sioux Indians.