1867 Patrons of Husbandry: also called the "Grange," it soon becomes the voice of the farmer

1869 Prohibition Party: created to outlaw alcohol

1872 Greenback Party: organized to promote the use of "greenbacks," paper money not redeemable in gold

1874 Women’s Christian Temperance Union: formed to combat drinking alcohol

1875 Farmers’ Alliance: first organized in Texas to unite farmers

1877 Munn v. Illinois: in a victory for the Granger movement, Supreme Court upholds power of a state to legislate warehouse and intrastate traffic rates

1878 Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act: Congress orders a limited amount of silver coinage

1881 Garfield assassinated: Chester Arthur sworn in as president

1887 Interstate Commerce Commission: federal agency regulating trade across state lines created

1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act: Congress outlaws business combinations that restrain trade

1892 Populist Party: organized by Farmers Alliance and other reform groups

1893 Panic of 1893: the overexpanded economy plummets into a 4-year depression

1894 "Coxey’s Army:" led by Jacob Coxey, 400 people march from Ohio to Washington to demand public works for the unemployed

1896 William McKinley elected president: defeats Democrats and Populists to usher in three decades of Republican control of the White House

1903 The Souls of Black Folk: W. E. B. DuBois publishes his call to black action

1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: founded by DuBois and other black and white leaders

1867 Alaska acquired

1871 Minor Keith: American imperialist arrives in Costa Rica

1878 Samoan Treaty: avoids Anglo-German-American Pacific crisis

1883 Naval building program: Congress supports plan to build steel ships

1889 First Pan-American Congress: Blaine seeks stronger Latin American ties

1890 The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783: published by Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan

1893-1896 Depression: encourages expansionist policies

1895 Venezuelan boundary dispute: provokes Anglo-American tensions

1898 U.S.S. Maine; War with Spain

1898-1902 Philippine insurrection

1899-1900 Open Door notes: ask foreign powers to respect China’s sovereignty

1900 Boxer Rebellion: uprising of Chinese nationalists

1901 Hay-Pauncefote Treaty: gives U.S. control over isthmus canal