Presidents 16-27 Lincoln-Taft Term to President

Abraham Lincoln

Homestead Act, 1862

Abraham Lincoln

Morrill Land Grant Acts

Abraham Lincoln

Tariff Acts raised duties on manufactured duties

Abraham Lincoln

National Banking Act

Abraham Lincoln

Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln's 10% Plan (loyalty oaths)

Andrew Johnson

Seward's Folly, 1867/Purchase of Alaska

Andrew Johnson

Amnesty Proclamation

Andrew Johnson

13th and 14th Amendments adopted

Andrew Johnson

1866 Civil Rights Act (adopted over veto)

Andrew Johnson

Radical Reconstruction and Impeachment

Andrew Johnson

Black Reconstruction in South

Ulysses S. Grant

Transcontinental Railroad completed, 1869

Ulysses S. Grant

15th Amendment adopted

Ulysses S. Grant

Whiskey Ring and Indian Ring

Ulysses S. Grant

Battle of the Little Big Horn

Ulysses S. Grant

Hayes-Tilden election/End of Reconstruction

Rutherford B. Hayes

Compromise of 1877

Rutherford B. Hayes

End of Reconstruction/Return White Supremacy

Rutherford B. Hayes

Indian Wars on the Plains

Rutherford B. Hayes

Exploitation of mineral wealth and land

Rutherford B. Hayes

Cattle Kingdom and Open Range ranching

James A. Garfield

Assassinated by a disappointed office seeker

James A. Garfield

Republican party splits (Stalwarts, Half-Breeds)

Chester A. Arthur

Pendleton Civil Service Act

Chester A. Arthur

Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882

Grover Cleveland

Dawes Act (1887)

Grover Cleveland

Interstate Commerce Act, 1887

Grover Cleveland

U.S. gets right to naval base at Pearl Harbor

Benjamin Harrison

Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890

Benjamin Harrison

Sherman Silver Purchase Act

Benjamin Harrison

McKinley Tariff

Benjamin Harrison

Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis

Benjamin Harrison

Homestead Strike, 1892

Grover Cleveland

Pullman Strike

Grover Cleveland

E.C. Knight Case

Grover Cleveland

Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896

Grover Cleveland

Cross of Gold Speech, 1896

Grover Cleveland

U.S. arbitrated border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana, 1895

Grover Cleveland

Queen Liliuokalani deposed by resident US in Hawaii, 1898

William McKinley

Height of business influence in government

William McKinley

Gold Standard Act of 1900

William McKinley

Dingley Tariff

William McKinley

Spanish American War, 1898

William McKinley

Teller Amendment, Platt Amendment

William McKinley

Acquisition of Hawaii

William McKinley

Open Door Policy (China)

Theodore Roosevelt

"the square deal"

Theodore Roosevelt

"trust buster"

Theodore Roosevelt

Coal Strike, 1902

Theodore Roosevelt

Hepburn Act, 1906

Theodore Roosevelt

National Reclamation Act

Theodore Roosevelt

First Governor's Conference

Theodore Roosevelt

Pure Food and Drug Act

Theodore Roosevelt

Meat Inspection Act

Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine

Theodore Roosevelt

"Speak softly and carry a big stick"

Theodore Roosevelt

Panama acquired, 1903

Theodore Roosevelt

Russo-Japanese War, 1905

Theodore Roosevelt

Gentleman's Agreement, 1907

William H. Taft

Payne Aldrich Tariff

William H. Taft

Mann Elkins Act

William H. Taft

Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy

William H. Taft

Challenge of Joseph Cannon

William H. Taft

"dollar diplomacy"

William H. Taft

U.S. involvement in Nicaragua

William H. Taft

16th and 17th Amendments