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The Civil Rights Act of 1875 sometimes called the Enforcement Act or the Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to civil rights violations against African Americans.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and won the first U.S. patent for the device in 1876.
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Colorado is the 38th state in U.S.
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It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era.
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Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th United States president, took office after winning the closely contested 1876 presidential election
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James A. Garfield was a brigadier general during the Civil War, and he won the Presidential election of 1880. He was soon assassinated on July 2, 1881. Garfield was shot and died on September 19, 1881.
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Thomas Edison invented light bulb
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It was enacted by the 49th United States Congress. It authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans
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Washington, South and North Dakota, and Montana all became states. In 1890 Wyoming and Idaho soon followed and became states.
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It was enacted to protect domestic industries from foreign competition by raising the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent.
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It was part of the Ghost Dance War and the Sioux Wars. It occurred near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The U.S. Cavalry troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota and when the massacre was over, between 250 and 300 men, women, and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded.
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The Baltimore crisis was a diplomatic incident that took place between Chile and the United States. It was triggered by the stabbing of two United States Navy sailors from USS Baltimore in front of the "True Blue Saloon" in Valparaíso. The United States government demanded an apology, and Chile ended the episode when it apologized and paid a $75,000 indemnity.
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The American Anti-Imperialist League was an organization to against the American annexation of the Philippines. It supported that imperialism was a violation to the fundamental principle.
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The Newlands Resolution was passed by the United States Congress. Its aim was to annex the independent Republic of Hawaii.
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The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was signed by Spain and the United States. It ended the Spanish–American War. It was effective since April 11, 1899. It helped the United States became a world power.
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The policy was established to allow for a system of trade in China open to all countries. The Open Door Policy was a principle, but never signed into law.