CHAPTER TIMELINE |
| 1867 |
Patrons of Husbandry founded |
| 1875 |
Greenback party started |
| 1876–1877 |
Election of Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 1877 |
Munn v. Illinois |
| 1878 |
Bland-Allison Act |
| 1880 |
James A. Garfield elected president |
| September 19, 1881 |
Death of James A. Garfield and inauguration
of Chester A. Arthur as president |
| 1882 |
Chinese Exclusion Act |
| 1883 |
Commonwealth and Protectorate |
| 1883 |
Mongrel Tariff |
| 1884 |
Election of Grover Cleveland |
| 1886 |
Stone v. Farmers Loan and Trust Company |
| 1886 |
Wabash Railroad v. Illinois |
| 1887 |
Interstate Commerce Commission created |
| 1888 |
Benjamin Harrison elected |
| 1890 |
Dependent Pension Act |
| 1890 |
Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
| 1890 |
Sherman Silver Purchase Act |
| 1890 |
McKinley Tariff |
| 1892 |
Populist party founded |
| 1892 |
Grover Cleveland elected second time |
| 1893 |
Depression |
| 1896 |
William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech |
| 1896 |
Election of William McKinley |
| 1897 |
Dingley Tariff |
