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Many Indians decided that they were tired of white Americans taking control over their land, so they wanted to do something about it. The Indians decided to start a war with the Americans, but the Americans were quickly out-numbered. This was a major victory for the Indians.
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Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray both submitted patents on the telephone in 1877 revolutionizing the way people communicated.
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The Compromise of 1877 happened between U.S. Congressmen that argued the previous presidential election. The last troops in the south were withdrawn which ended the Reconstruction Era.
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The presidents elected in this time frame was Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, and William McKinley
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James A. Garfield was assassinated in 1981 by Charles J. Guiteau.
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The Statue of Liberty was gifted to the US from the French.
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Congressed passed restrictions on Chinese immigration due to large numbers coming into America. This act was implemented from ten years.
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At the sound of a canon, people were released to go claim the land that they wanted in the Oklahoma area. The economy was at an all-time low at the time, so people were very eager to claim land.
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This war was won by the United States and it allowed them to have full control over Cuba. It also ceded sovereignty on Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.