1880

1st major gold strike in Alaska.

P.T. Barnum merges with Bailey to form
"The Greatest Show on Earth."
(Barnum had already spent nearly 30 years entertaining the public with his "curiosities.")

1880-90 5,246,613 immigrants enter the United States.

Organization of National Farmers Alliance.

James Garfield elected president; when he is assassinated in 1881, vice president Chester Arthur takes over.

Opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

U.S. Salvation Army is organized.


1881

Tuskegee Institute founded.

Booker T. Washington

The American Red Cross is organized.

1881-87 The Midwest experiences a massive land boom.

1883

Chinese Exclusion Act

November 18, 1883 The American Railroad Association created standardized time zones (from 50 down to 4). This meant the end of local time standards, i.e. the noon mark on the kitchen floor.

Brooklyn Bridge completed

Buffalo Bill Cody forms his Wild West Show.
The show ran until 1913.

1886

Haymarket Riot

The capture of Geronimo marks the end of Plains Indian warfare.

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) is organized.

First American settlement house
is formed.

Jane Addams, founder of Hull House
in Chicago.

Western Association of Writers formed


1887

Dawes Act dissolves Indian Tribes as legal entities.


1888

1st Kodak hand camera developed.

Tesla patents the induction motor.

Benjamin Harrison elected president

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