Program 8 *1881 Clara Barton organize the American Red Cross *1882 Chinese Exclusion Act passed by Congress *1885 Mark Twain publishes "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" *1889 Oklahoma Land Rush begins *1890 Battle at Wounded Knee *1983 First gas powered automobiles demonstrated *1896 Plessy vs Ferguson case upholds Segregation *1898 Sinking of the Maine