1. By: Sir Matthew LUMBARD
The life and chronicles of the ever fluctuating American peoples during the time period of
By:
Sir
Matthew LUMBARD

2. Social Changes Parkfield Earthquake-1881
American Red cross is established by Clara Barton-1881
Michigan Thumb fire kills 282 people.-1881

3. Social CHANGES The Knights of Columbus is established in 1882
The Brooklyn bridge is opened in 1883
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Atlantic coast, effecting areas from Virginia to Maine to Cleveland in 1884.

4. SOCIAL changes The Washington monument is completed in 1884.
Also in 1884, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is written by superb author Mark Twain.
In 1885, The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii

5. Social changes. The Statue of Liberty arrives in 1885.
150 white miners attack Chinese coworkers in the Rock Springs massacre-1885.
The Home Insurance building becomes the first skyscraper

6. social changes
Geronimo surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Skeleton Canyon, Arizona in 1886.
The National Geographic Society is founded in 1888.
Stanford opens its doors in 1891.

7. Social Changes
The first basketball game is played in the Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA, 1891.
1894-First Coca-Cola bottle sold
1895- W.E.B Du Bois becomes the first African-American to receive a PhD from Harvard.
In 1900, a coal mine explosion kills 50 miners in West Virginia.

8. POLITICAL CHANGES
James Garfield defeats Winfield S. Hancock to win the 1880 presidential election

9. Political CHANGES
July 2, 1881 – James Garfield is shot by lawyer Charles Julius Guiteau. He survives the shooting but suffers from infection of his wound, dying on September 19.

10. Political changes
May – The Chinese Exclusion Act is the first important law that restricts immigration into the U.S.A.
August – The U.S. Congress passes the 1882 Immigration Act.

11. Political
January 16, 1884 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, reforming the United States civil service with the aim to end the spoils system, becomes law.
March 4, 1885 – Grover Cleveland succeeds Chester A. Arthur as President of the United States

12. Political
November 6 – U.S. presidential election, 1888: United States Democratic Party incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the popular vote, but loses the Electoral College vote to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison, therefore losing the election
March 4 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States (1885 – 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893).

13. Polictical changes
1889-Four states—North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington—are added to the nation this year, more than any other year excluding the Thirteen Colonies.
November 3, 1896 – U.S. presidential election, 1896: Republican William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan

14. January 4 1896 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state
Political changes
January – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state
February – The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor, Cuba, killing 266 men. Popular opinion blames Spain and helps precipitate the Spanish–American War

15. Political changes
March – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard