The 1880 Census counts 50,155,783 people living in the country.
More Americans leave the farm and work in factories. Over 300,000 workers demonstrate for an 8-hour work day. The American Federation of Labor, an organization of skilled workers, is founded.
The first building with a steel skeleton is constructed in Chicago and the Age of the Skyscraper begins.
Booker T. Washington opens the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Railroads in the United States and Canada adopt a standard time.
The Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania kills 2,295 people.
The 1880 Census counts 50,155,783 people living in the country.
More Americans leave the farm and work in factories. Over 300,000 workers demonstrate for an 8-hour work day. The American Federation of Labor, an organization of skilled workers, is founded.
The first building with a steel skeleton is constructed in Chicago and the Age of the Skyscraper begins.
Booker T. Washington opens the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Railroads in the United States and Canada adopt a standard time.
The Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania kills 2,295 people.