1870 Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks Created 1877 Nez Perce Uprising 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1887 Dawes Act 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act passed 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre 1895 Kodak hand-held camera 1898 US acquires Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam 1908 Ford builds auto assembly line

1876 Bell patents the telephone 1879 Edison invents electric light   1893 New Zealand becomes first country in the world to grant women the vote 1895 Lumiére brothers introduce motion pictures 1900 Boxer Rebellion/China 1910 Mexican Revolution 1912 Titanic Sinks