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The Battle of Little Bighorn
The Battle of Little Bighorn began on June 25, 1876. Custer and his all his men were defeated and killed by 3,000 Native Americans, and Chief Sitting Bull and Chief Crazy Horse, along with their men, won the Battle of Little Bighorn. -
Election of 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes was elected president over Samuel J. Tilden as the 19th president of the United States. -
The Homestead Steel Strike
The Homestead Steel Strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania became a fight between the strikers and the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The Pinkerton men fired guns at the strikers. Nine strikers and seven Pinkerton men were killed. -
Election of 1892
Grover Cleveland became president of the United States for a second time. He is the first and only president to win two non-consecutive terms. -
First Motion Pictures
Thomas Edison's first motion pictures, ten in all, were shown at Kinetoscope parlor in New York City on April 14, 1894. -
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The Pullman Strike of 1894
The Pullman Strike of 1894 was an unsuccessful strike by the American Railroad Union against the Pullman Company that ultimately resulted in the federal troopers ending the nationwide railroad strike, and 30 strikers were killed. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court ruled that the "separate but equal" principle of Jim Crow laws that separated white and black people from each other in the South was legal on May 15, 1896. -
Election of 1896
William McKinley was elected the 25th president of the United States over William Jennings Bryan.