40 Events from 1860 to 1900 That Changed America

1875
As waves of immigrants poured into the United States, the country’s traditional ethnic identity began to change. In 1875, Archbishop John McCloskey became the first American Roman Catholic clergyman to be named a cardinal. Upon his death 10 years later, he was buried in New York City’s famed St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

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