Timeline By Pedro Portillo 1877 Great Railroad Strike

Timeline By: Pedro Portillo

1877 Great Railroad Strike : 1877 Chief Joseph surrendered The strikes and the violence it spawned briefly paralyzed the country's commerce and caused economy to go down 1881 James Garfield assassinated After a harrowing journey of more than 1, 000 miles across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, pursued by the federal army, he and his followers surrendered to the troops. He claims he was tired and loved his people 1881 Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute took place in Washington, D. C. on July 2, 1881, at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau Tuskegee Institute was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881 under a charter from the Alabama legislature for the purpose of training teachers in Alabama. Tuskegee's program provided students with both academic and vocational training.

1877 Railroad Strike act : 1882 Great Chinese exclusion passed by Congress and The strikes and the violence signed by President it spawned paralyzed Chester A. briefly Arthur. This the and act country's providedcommerce an absolute caused to go down 10 -yeareconomy moratorium on Chinese labor immigration 1877 Joseph civil surrendered 1882 Chief Pendleton service act provided that Federal After a harrowing Government jobsjourney be of more thanon 1, 000 awarded themiles basisacross of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, merit and that and Montana, pursued by the Government employees federal army, he and his be selected through followers surrendered to the competitive exams. troops. He claims he was tired and loved his people 1881 James Garfieldsquare assassinated 1886 Haymarket riot 1881 T. Washington 1886 Booker American federation of founded Tuskegee Institute labor took in Washington, laborplace protest rally near D. C. on July 2, 1881, at the Chicago’s Haymarket Baltimore and Potomac Square turned a riot Railroad Station. into Garfield after someone threw was shot by Charles J. a bomb at police. At least Guiteau eight people died as a result of the violence that day Tuskegee Institute was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881 under a first federation of labor charter from the. United Alabama unions in the legislature for the purposeinof States. It was founded training teachers in in Alabama. Columbus, Ohio, May Tuskegee's program provided 1886 by an alliance of students with both academic craft unions disaffected and vocational training. from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association

1887 Dawes Severalty Act 1887 Jane Adams Founded Hull House adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land divide it into allotments for individual Indians. 1889 The “Gospel of Wealth” one of the first social settlements in North America. It was founded in Chicago in 1889 when Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr rented an abandoned residence at 800 South Halsted Street that had been built by Charles G. Hull in 1856. article written by Andrew Carnegie in 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich.