1872. The Geneva Tribunal makes an award to the United States on account of the “Alabama” Claims. The Emperor of Germany decides San Juan boundary question. Ulysses S. Grant re-elected President. Outbreak of the Modoc War.
1873. Surrender of the Modocs. Capture of the American steamer Virginius by a Spanish gunboat. Surrender of the Virginius. Financial Panic.
1874. President Grant vetoes Inflation Bill. Race riots in the Southern States.
1875. Supplementary Civil Rights Bill passed.
1876. The Custer Massacre by the Sioux Indians. Admission of Colorado into the Union. Disputed Presidential Election (Hayes, Republican, and Tilden, Democrat). The Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Invention of the Telephone.
1877. The Electoral Commission awards the Presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes. Great Labor Strike throughout the United States. Campaign against the Nez Percé Indians.
1878. End of the Ten Years’ War in Cuba. China sends a minister to Washington for the first time.
1879. Resumption of Specie Payment in the United States.
1880. James A. Garfield elected President. Treaty with China relative to the restriction of Chinese Immigration.
1881. Assassination of James A. Garfield. Chester A. Arthur succeeds to the Presidency. Construction of the Panama Canal begun by the French.