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Volume 7: 1871-1881

  • 1871 – CHICAGO FIRE
  • 1872 – SUSAN B. ANTHONY IS ARRESTED FOR VOTING
  • 1875 – ROBERT SMALLS, FORMER SLAVE, ELECTED TO THE HOUSE
  • 1876 – ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL DEMONSTRATES THE TELEPHONE
  • 1876 – BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN
  • 1879 – THOMAS EDISON DEMONSTRATES THE INCANDESCENT LAMP
  • 1880 – GEORGE EASTMAN PATENTS KODAK ROLL FILM
  • 1881 – BOOKER T. WASHINGTON OPENS TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE

    Volume 8: 1882-1898

  • 1881 – CLARA BARTON ORGANIZES THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
  • 1882 – CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS
  • 1885 – MARK TWAIN PUBLISHES “THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN”
  • 1889 – OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH BEGINS
  • 1890 – BATTLE AT WOUNDED KNEE
  • 1893 – FIRST GAS POWERED AUTOMOBILE IS DEMONSTRATED
  • 1896 – PLESSY vs FERGUSON CASE UPHOLDS SEGREGATION
  • 1898 – SINKING OF THE MAINE

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  • View a printer friendly version of this page...Copyright Date: 2003 Length: 50 minutes School Audience:
  • Grades 8-12
  • Post Secondary
  • Subjects:
  • History
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  • DVD
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