1876
America's hundredth birthday
1876 is a year in the Common Era, notable in American history as the centennial of the Declaration of Independence.
It saw the disputed Hayes-Tilden presidential election and Custer's defeat at Little Bighorn.
In casual speech, invoking 1876 often signals something outdated: Your views on women belong in 1876.
Pennsylvania's largest metropolis
- world's fairInternational exhibition of nations
- independence celebrationFestivities honoring national sovereignty
- national prideEsteem for one's country
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
commemoration · exhibition · memorabilia · souvenirs · fireworks · parades · speeches · monuments
Infamous 1876 military defeat
- Little Bighorn1876 Montana battle site
- Sitting BullLakota spiritual leader
- Crazy HorseLakota war leader
- Black HillsForested Dakota mountains
Alexander Graham Bell · Wild Bill Hickok · Deadwood · disputed election · National League · baseball · Tom Sawyer · Mark Twain
Voice communication device
- Alexander Graham BellTelephone's Scottish-born creator
- telegraphElectrical message system
- Thomas EdisonProlific American inventor
- mimeographStencil-based copying device
internal combustion · refrigeration · industrialization · invention · patent · innovation · mechanization · steam power
People released from slavery
- sharecroppingFarm rent in produce
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- carpetbaggersOutsiders exploiting local turmoil
- scalawagsPlayful troublemakers
Radical Republicans · Fifteenth Amendment · segregation · disenfranchisement · Ku Klux Klan · poll tax · literacy test · grandfather clause
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania's largest metropolis
- world's fairInternational exhibition of nations
- independence celebrationFestivities honoring national sovereignty
- national prideEsteem for one's country
patriotism · commemoration · exhibition · memorabilia · souvenirs · fireworks · parades · speeches · monuments · flags
Custer's Last Stand
Infamous 1876 military defeat
- Little Bighorn1876 Montana battle site
- Sitting BullLakota spiritual leader
- Crazy HorseLakota war leader
Black Hills · Alexander Graham Bell · Wild Bill Hickok · Deadwood · disputed election · National League · baseball · Tom Sawyer · Mark Twain
telephone
Voice communication device
- Alexander Graham BellTelephone's Scottish-born creator
- telegraphElectrical message system
- Thomas EdisonProlific American inventor
mimeograph · internal combustion · refrigeration · industrialization · invention · patent · innovation · mechanization · steam power · manufacturing
freedmen
People released from slavery
- sharecroppingFarm rent in produce
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- carpetbaggersOutsiders exploiting local turmoil
scalawags · Radical Republicans · Fifteenth Amendment · segregation · disenfranchisement · Ku Klux Klan · poll tax · literacy test · grandfather clause · federal troops
- Prairie Treatiesadhesions, annuities, reserve lands, Big Bear, education rights
1876the present
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