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Rutherford B. Hayes elected 19th President
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In 1877 Texas farmers form the first agricultural labor union in Lampasas, Texas. They call themselves the Farmers Alliance.
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Railroad workers go on strike across the country. The workers' campaign for higher wages was ultimately a failure, but it sowed the seeds for the formation of the first labor unions.
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The Federal Government pulls out of the South and the Democrats take power. This undid most of the building progress in the region.
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Henry George's book Progress and Poverty becomes a best seller
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In 1879 Thomas Edison displays his invention of electrical lighting and generators to reporters and investors
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James A. Garfield becomes the 20th president
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Cyrus McCormick industrializes his plants to increase output
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In 1881 Sitting Bull Surrendered to the US Army, which ended the Native American resistance to the white settlers.
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Chester Arthur becomes the 21st president
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Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act that barred the Chinese from entering the country.
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Congress passes an immigration act that limits immigrants that have no means of support, mentally ill, and criminals from entering the United States.
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Grover Cleveland became 22nd President
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The nation grinds to a halt as 3 out of 5 workers go on strike to fight for an 8 hour day.
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Act stops discriminatory pricing in the business
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The act split tribes into individual family units, rather than a single tribal group.
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Harrison elected 23rd president
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Prevents monopolies in business
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The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steelworkers strike at one of Andrew Carnegie's steel mills. State militia called in to break the strike.
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Frederick Turner publishes his Frontier Thesis
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Supreme court case that ruled discrimination is legal as long as separate facilities were equal.
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William McKinley becomes the 25th president
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The policy is passed to allow trade with China
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Gold Standard Act ends the monetary debate by putting the US on Gold Standard